Dulles,
VA. January 27, 2005 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of integrated converged
Virtual Private Network (VPN) security
solutions, today announced that C-COM
Satellite Systems, a leader in mobile
satellite based technology, has selected
Encore’s complete line of VSR™ security
appliances for both fixed and mobile
global satellite VPN network solutions.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, C-COM
Satellite Systems is a publicly traded
company (TSXV: CMI) that develops, manufactures
and deploys two-way, high-speed satellite
based Internet services into vehicles
and transportable platforms. C-COM’s
products and services deliver high quality,
cost effective solutions for both fixed
and mobile applications throughout Canada,
the United States, the Caribbean, Europe,
Australia, Mexico, Latin America, the
Middle East and Africa. The industry’s
served today by C-COM’s solutions include
Law Enforcement and Homeland Security,
Emergency Response Teams, Natural Resources,
Public Services, Recreational Vehicles
and many other mobile and remote applications
requiring Internet access via satellite.
“Every industry has unique characteristics
and requirements, especially when it
comes to conducting business from vehicles
in remote locations,” stated Dr. Leslie
Klein, President and CEO of C-COM Satellite
Systems. “We see key functionality and
versatility in Encore’s VPN products
that directly address our customers’
requirements for immediate and secure
access to the Internet while on the move.”
The Encore VSR™ suite of secure broadband
VPN security products are powered by
the feature-rich ELIOS™ operating system,
which is optimized to work over satellite
and hybrid networks. Features like IP
routing and QoS, stateful inspection
Firewall, IP VPNs and Encore’s patented
Selective Layer Encryption (SLE™) allow
satellite carriers to provision high
performance IP VPNs on-demand, with the
ability to support redundancy and fail-over
dynamically via either broadband terrestrial
or satellite networks.
“C-COM works towards one objective,
the efficient delivery of advanced, secure
Internet solutions,” said Peter Madsen,
President and CEO of Encore Networks.
“Our VPN security products enable C-COM
to offer IP-based, secure end-to-end
satellite connectivity without the performance
degradation associated with traditional
IPsec VPN products.” |
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 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).
ABOUT C-COM
Satellite Systems
C-COM Satellite Systems, Inc. www.c-comsat.com is a leader in the development and deployment
of mobile satellite-based technology for
the delivery of two-way, high-speed Internet
services into vehicles. C-COM has developed
a unique proprietary Mobile self-pointing
(iNetVu™) antenna that allows the delivery
of high-speed satellite based Internet
services into vehicles while stationary
virtually anywhere one can drive and the
iNetVu Mobile antenna has also been adapted
to be deployable from Transportable Satellite
Internet platforms. The company’s satellite
based products and services deliver high-quality,
cost-effective solutions for both fixed
and mobile applications worldwide. |
