Dulles,
VA. September 22, 2003 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of integrated IP+Legacy
Virtual Private Network (VPN) security
solutions, today announced that it has
recently joined the Virtual Private Networking
Consortium (VPNC), and has obtained both
Conformance and Interoperability VPNC
certifications. The VPNC is an association
for manufacturers in the VPN market,
both enterprise and carrier, whose primary
focus is on conformance testing and interoperability.
To obtain certification Encore’s VPN
security appliance, the BANDIT?, had
to demonstrate interoperability with
the VPNC’s member company’s including
Nortel, Cisco, NetScreen and others.
The VPNC is an independent organization
chartered with defining and conducting
multi-vendor product interoperability
tests, and issuing IPSec conformance
certification to products that pass authentication,
encryption and re-keying tests. The VPNC
also acts as an unbiased forum for VPN
manufacturers throughout the world that
helps customers and the press to understand
VPN technologies, which take advantage
of the Internet to reduce communications
costs while providing security and privacy
through the use of tunneling protocols.
As a member of the VPNC, Encore Networks
has been supporting and promoting the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
standards, participating in IPSec conformance
testing, and maintaining product interoperability
with all other VPNC members.
“Interoperability is key to the implementation
and the roll-out of VPN solutions which
significantly reduce the cost of communications
for an increasingly mobile work force,”
stated Abir Hnidi, Chief Technology Officer
of Encore Networks. “Encore’s membership
in the VPNC reinforces our dedication
to the fast growing VPN market and our
support for the universally accepted
standards which enable carriers and enterprise
companies to deploy best-of-breed multi-vendor
VPN services.”
“VPNC certification of conformance and
interoperability shows Encore’s commitment
to standards based security network solutions,”
stated Paul Hoffman, Director of the
VPN Consortium. “VPNC certification enhances
their ability to accelerate time-to-market
and demonstrates how suitable Encore’s
products are for mainstream deployments.” |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a leading developer of integrated, broadband
IP+Legacy™ VPN and security platforms, signaling
protocol conversion, and converged voice
and data solutions for both carriers and
enterprises. Encore provides advanced security
solutions that include encryption, stateful
inspection IP VPNs, support of legacy data
protocols and built-in dial backup and fail-over
capabilities. Encore’s innovative signaling
and data solutions include signaling conversion
for voice migration from circuit to packet,
a broad line of IADs, VPN router CPE and
host products to transform legacy data networks
to broadband IP infrastructure.
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