Dulles,
VA. June 21, 2004 – Encore Networks,
a developer of Virtual Private Network
(VPN) security solutions, recently signed
a national reseller and services agreement
with Telsource Corporation, a leading
network integrator and managed network
care provider. Telsource will sell, install
and service Encore’s BANDIT™ family of
broadband IP+Legacy VPN routers and also
provide on-site maintenance support for
certain Encore carrier and large enterprise
customers. In addition to the BANDIT™
product line, Telsource sells a wide
range of products from networking vendors
including Adtran, Cisco, Lucent, Mitel,
and Nortel Networks.
Established in 1984, Telsource has become
one of the nation’s leading network integrators
and field service engineering organizations.
Headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey,
Telsource provides installation, maintenance,
and managed network services for voice,
data, and video networking for carriers
including Verizon, AT&T, MCI, and
BellSouth. Telsource also builds and
supports enterprise networks in a variety
of industries including financial, insurance,
retail, hospitality, utility, and manufacturing.
“With spare parts depots located strategically
throughout the country, Telsource has
built a field engineering force that
offers fast, reliable on-site services
which will maximize our customers data
network applications,” stated Peter Madsen,
Encore Networks President and CEO. “Their
guaranteed maintenance response times
and 7/24 Network Operating Center, will
allow us to target larger network opportunities
with our BANDIT™ line of IP+Legacy VPN
gateways.”
“We look forward to supporting Encore’s
customers, both carrier and enterprise,
who have complex VPN networks with secure,
encrypted communications using the Internet
or other packet based technology such
as Frame Relay, DSL, Satellite, or Cellular
Wireless,” said Vincent Sciarra, President
and CEO of Telsource. “Also, by adding
Encore’s BANDIT™ products to our own
product portfolio, we’ve expanded our
service offerings that help customers
meet their data network goals.”
Designed for IP-based, next generation,
multi-service broadband networks, Encore’s
BANDIT™ products are small, but powerful
VPN tools that provide router/FRAD, firewall
and IPsec VPN functionality, dial backup,
Ethernet, and legacy protocol support
on one platform. Both service providers
and enterprise customers deploy BANDITs
for more cost-effective solutions for
IP+Legacy VPN, security, and data over
a single broadband connection. |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a market leader in developing manageable
equipment for Secure, Converged, and Broadband
solutions for carriers and enterprises. Customers
currently rely on Encore's innovative VPN
and security solutions for wireless, satellite,
and terrestrial networks that support both
legacy devices and the latest Internet routing
standards. Encore products facilitate the
migration from legacy data networks to broadband
IP connectivity. Advanced signaling and voice
inter-working solutions support circuit-to-packet
migration of voice services, on premises
or in the central office. Encore is a member
of the Virtual Private Network Consortium
(VPNC), United States Telecom Association
(USTA), Telecommunications Industry Association
(TIA), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and the United
Telecom Council (UTC).
About Telsource
As one of the nation’s leading network
integrators and field service engineering
organizations since 1984, Telsource www.telsource.com has provided nationwide installation, maintenance,
and managed network services for voice,
data and video networking for a variety
of industries including financial, insurance,
retail, hospitality, and telecommunications. |
