Southern States and IVANS Introduce Southern States High-Speed Advantage at Take Action Now Trade Show in Greensboro, North Carolina.Broadband VPN Solution Facilitates Business Transactions for Southern States Dealers OLD GREENWICH, Conn. -- IVANS IVANS Insurance Value Added Network Services unveiled a high-speed virtual private network (VPN) solution for Southern States dealers at the "Take Action Now" trade show at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC. The solution incorporates the benefits of broadband remote access with the reliability of VPN security options, allowing retail locations and dealers to perform business transactions with Southern States faster and easier than ever before. Karen Lankford, vice president of information systems at Southern States said, "IVANS has been a one-stop shopping source for Southern States and has consistently delivered superior broadband service, support and solutions. Case in point is IVANS broadband VPN solution, which allows our dealers and business partners to conduct transactions with us via the Internet and, as a result, has greatly improved their customer experience. We are excited to partner with IVANS and to demonstrate Southern States High-Speed Advantage at the Take Action Now show." IVANS Broadband Aggregation Services Southern States High-Speed Advantage played an integral part in a large broadband aggregation project that IVANS designed and implemented earlier this year for the company. IVANS Broadband Aggregation Services provide a single point of contact for all of a company's remote access needs and can bridge the gap between legacy and leading-edge technologies. Offering multiple broadband access options including Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (communications, protocol) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - (ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop) A form of Digital Subscriber Line in which the bandwidth available for downstream connection is significantly larger then for upstream. (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ), Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) is a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) variant with E1-like data rates (72 to 2320 kbit/s). It runs over one pair of copper wires, with a maximum range of about 3 kilometers. (SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line ), ISDN Digital Subscriber Line ISDN Digital Subscriber Line (IDSL) transmits data digitally (rather than analog) on a regular twisted pair copper telephone line, across existing ISDN lines, at a rate of 144 kbit/s, slightly higher than a bonded dual channel ISDN connection at 128kbit/s. (IDSL) and cable, IVANS provides consolidated and custom billing. Further, it can act as a single source for help desk support as well as manage the installation of complex network environments with numerous vendors at each target location. Clare DeNicola, president and ceo of IVANS said, "Whether you are a retail store with hundreds of locations, an insurance agency with branch offices or a staffing firm with a remote workforce, we can manage the overall process, simplify the vendor management and reduce the complexities that are inherent in broadband aggregation." About Southern States Cooperative Southern States Cooperative is a agricultural supply cooperative owned by more than 300,000 farmers primarily in the United States. Southern States Cooperative supplies farmers with feed, seed, fertilizer, farm supplies and fuel. Southern States Cooperative is a cooperative owned by more than 300,000 farmers in 10 Middle Atlantic and Southeastern states, and helps supply those producers and other customers with feed, seed, fertilizer, farm supplies and fuel. The cooperative serves some 1,100 retail outlets, a number that includes Agway private dealers in nine New England states. The cooperative was founded as Virginia Seed Service in Richmond, Virginia by 150 farmers in 1923 to provide a reliable source of quality seeds. It expanded to feed distribution in 1925, fertilizer in 1926 and farm supplies and petroleum shortly thereafter. Southern States now also gins cotton, acquires peanuts and sells fish. In October 1998, the cooperative acquired the wholesale and retail farm supply system of Georgia-based Gold Kist, a cooperative that has since become a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. . In 2000, Southern States acquired the wholesale business of Agway. Visit www.southernstates.com. About IVANS IVANS, Inc. provides industries with fully managed network, electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) and agency-company interface solutions to help solve complex business issues. With 24 years of experience successfully managing networks, the company also offers its clients relentless customer service, security solutions, reliable and accessible technical helpdesk support and expert enablement. Headquartered in Old Greenwich, CT, the company also has offices in Tampa, Fla. and Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information, visit www.ivans.com. |
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