Dulles,
VA January 12, 2004 - Encore Networks,
a leading developer of integrated IP+Legacy
Virtual Private Network (VPN) security
solutions, today announced that RAMTelecom
has selected Encore's complete line of
BANDIT™ security appliances for their
satellite network solutions throughout
Canada. This will allow users to create
end-to-end VPN's across both satellite
and terrestrial networks.
"The search for a VPN appliance
that compensates for the inherent latency
of satellite networks and works across
the Internet appears to be over",
states Ralph Misener, President of RAMTelecom. "The
BANDIT™ has been certified in our laboratory,
and we are pleased to add it as a stand-alone
solution within our managed security
service. We are confident that the BANDIT™
will meet both the stringent requirements
of the Canadian Government and of our
large corporate clients."
Headquartered in Ottawa, RAMTelecom
is one of Canada's leading providers
of high-speed satellite Internet services
to remote communities and the Canadian
Federal Government.
"Given Canada's size and number
of remote communities, it is not surprising
to see a Canadian company taking the
lead in deploying products that can provide
end-to-end secure remote access over
satellite and terrestrial connections," stated
John Craig, Canadian Director of Sales
for Encore Networks. "With RAMTelecom's
experience and understanding of the challenges
providing satellite-based communications
to remote areas, defining and delivering
bundled broadband VPN solutions over
satellite networks is becoming a reality."
Encore Networks' BANDIT™ enables satellite
users, requiring secure access, to realize
the full potential of their limited satellite
bandwidth without the performance degradation
associated with off-the-shelf VPN products.
Through the use of our exclusive patented
breakthrough Selective Layer Encryption
(SLE™), Encore Networks can provide channel
efficient VPN solutions across Performance
Enhancement Proxy (PEP) based accelerated
satellite networks and seamlessly connect
to terrestrial VPN networks without the
need to decrypt and switch traffic at
the satellite hub.
Mr. Craig continued, "With the
formation of the new Canadian Ministry
of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness,
mirroring the office of Homeland Security
in the United States, the applicability
of Encore's offering is key to the security
and privacy of public services in Canada."
Encore Networks also combines IP+Legacy
capabilities in its BANDIT™ directly
addressing the secure remote access needs
of Canada's financial institutions, oil
and gas drilling enterprises, remote
weather monitoring and utilities.
Mr. Misener concluded, "RAMTelecom
sees key functionality in the BANDIT™
line of products to connect remote "Last
Generation" Datapac, X.25, SCADA,
lottery, airline reservation, SNA, Bisync,
SDLC and ATM networks to run securely
over satellite networks and into Internet
connected data processing centers. We
are very pleased with the versatility
of the Encore Networks BANDIT™" |
