Dulles,
VA. February 28, 2004 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of integrated network
security and signaling interworking solutions,
today announced that it has been awarded
a five-year General Services Administration
(GSA) Information Technology Contract.
A GSA Schedule Contract is a prerequisite
for simplifying the process of selling
to Federal, State and Local Government
Agencies and enables government customers
to make purchases quickly and easily.
Encore’s Schedule 70 Information Technology
contract #GS-35F-0357R was facilitated
through Federal Schedules Inc., the nation’s
leading GSA Schedule Contract Consultant,
serving thousands of clients across the
United States and Internationally.
The GSA has developed the Multiple Award
Schedule (MAS) program, which is dedicated
to negotiating and awarding contracts
with vendors on behalf of Government
Agencies. These contracts are long-term,
Government-wide Acquisition Contracts
(GWAC) containing pre-negotiated prices,
delivery terms, warranties, and other
terms and conditions.
“As the largest consumer in the world,
the Federal Government has thousands
of procurement regulations which have
presented unique challenges for our commercial
marketing and sales teams,” stated Mark
Rafferty, Encore Networks Chief Financial
Officer. “Now, Encore can use the GSA
Schedule Contract as a means to dramatically
decrease overall time and costs associated
with selling to the Government by eliminating
extensive bidding processes, complex
RFP’s and lengthy contract negotiations.”
Encore Network’s BANDIT™ family of IP+Legacy
VPN security appliances offers quick,
secure network deployments for either
permanent or temporary installations
over wireless, satellite and terrestrial
networks. Encore’s patented Selective
Layer Encryption (SLE) allows encryption
and VPN capabilities at full link speed
over broadband satellite networks, while
optimizing the performance of key Government
applications.
Encore’s SignalPath™ Signaling Gateways,
a line of advanced protocol converters,
are designed to facilitate interoperability
between incompatible international communications
networks. SignalPath™ not only provides
a seamless connection between disparate
networks but also supports both protocol
and rate conversion solving a range of
interoperability challenges faced by
U.S. Government facilities based in foreign
countries. Through its SignalPath™ product
line, Encore Networks provides the most
comprehensive and scalable set of signaling
inter-working applications in the industry
and supports a long list of signaling
variants such as C7, SS7, NI-2, ETSI
ISDN, MF, R1, R2 and DTMF. |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a market leader in developing Secure, Converged,
and Broadband solutions for carriers and
enterprise customers. This includes innovative
VPN and security solutions for wireless,
satellite, and terrestrial networks, evolutionary
products for legacy data to broadband IP
conversion, as well as advanced signaling
and voice inter-working solutions for circuit-to-packet
migration. Encore is a member of the Virtual
Private Network Consortium (VPNC), United
States Telecom Association (USTA), Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA), and the Global
VSAT Forum (GVF).
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