Dulles,
VA. March 1, 2004 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of integrated network
security and access products, today announced
it will introduce, at the Satellite 2004
Conference and Expo, the VSR-30™, a purpose-built
Virtual Private Network (VPN) router
designed specifically to deliver accelerated
throughput as well as encryption over
combined broadband satellite and terrestrial
networks. Available immediately and list
priced at $995, the VSR-30™ is the solution
for satellite operators and system integrators
that need to securely connect satellite
networks with terrestrial Internet links
as part of an end-to-end VPN solution.
IEC projects that broadband satellite
service revenues will increase from $15
billion this year to $40 billion in 2010
and will account for 30 percent of all
broadband services revenues worldwide.
Security concerns dictate the need to
encrypt satellite communications. However,
encrypting satellite communications that
subsequently flow through the Internet
as part of an overall site-to-site solution
often imposes an unacceptable throughput
limitation on each connection. The VSR-30™
solves this problem.
“Broadband access services over satellite
networks will experience significant
growth over the next few years,” stated
Abir Hnidi, Encore Networks Chief Technical
Officer. “Encore is committed to addressing
the VPN requirements of the satellite
market via the delivery of the VSR-30™
VPN solution, coupled with its innovative
Selective Layer Encryption capabilities.”
Installed like any common terrestrial-based
VPN router, the VSR-30 provides high
performance, end-to-end VPN solutions
and includes standard features such as
IP routing via Selective Layer Encryption,
advanced QoS capabilities, a stateful
packet inspection firewall, embedded
address management capabilities such
as NAT and PrAT, in addition to VPN flavors
such as IPsec, and GRE. All functionality
can be managed both in-band and/or out-of-band
either remotely or locally via intuitive
terminal access over a secure connection.
The VSR-30™, with its feature-rich ELIOS™
operating system and built-in support
of Selective Layer Encryption capability,
brings terrestrial VPN high performance
to satellite networks. Also, interoperability
with standards and proprietary based
methods of TCP acceleration ensures smooth
and easy deployment across multi-vendor
satellite-terrestrial networks. Such
functionality opens up new markets for
satellite operators and systems integrators
and allows them to offer a wide variety
of applications and value-added services
to their SME customers. Such applications
include:
- Reliable broadband internet access
- High
performance on-net and off-net VPN
solutions
- Enhanced
file transfer and unified messaging
applications
- Managed
security and access control solutions
- High
available solutions with dial back-up
and fail-over capabilities
“Satellite modems have been adopted
globally as an efficient way to deliver
broadband communications services via
satellite-based RF transponders,” stated
Bill Flanagan, Flanagan Consulting. "Many
users who send sensitive data via satellite
add encryption, because of the openness
of the satellite signal, only to find
that encrypting TCP limits effective
throughput. The VSR-30’s Selective Layer
Encryption feature removes this constraint,
permitting significant improvements in
throughput while preserving the security
of encryption." |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a leading developer of integrated IP+Legacy
VPNs and security applications, converged
signaling, and broadband voice and data solutions
for both carriers and enterprises. Encore
provides advanced security solutions that
include encryption, stateful inspection,
firewall, 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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