Dulles,
VA. September 29, 2005 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of Virtual Private
Network (VPN) security solutions and
satellite communications Value Added
Reseller, Orbital Data Net have teamed
to provide secure satellite broadband
communications to the Parks Division
of the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources. Orbital has deployed Encore’s
VPN router, the VSR-30™, as a VSAT solution
in locations throughout Missouri State
Parks where secure broadband access has
previously been unavailable.
Encore’s VSR-30™, with patented Selective
Layer Encryption (SLE), enables satellite
users, running encrypted applications
over IP, to realize the benefits of broadband
communications without the significant
performance degradation that is typically
associated with using IPsec on hybrid
satellite-terrestrial circuits.
“Running IPsec based encryption as part
of an end-to-end satellite VPN solution
has always imposed an unacceptable throughput
limitation on each connection,” stated
Greg Heifner, Orbital Data Net CEO. “The
SLE feature in the VSR-30 overcomes this
performance degradation and allows encryption
and VPN capabilities to process at full
link speed, while optimizing the performance
of key applications.”
Orbital Data Net is a privately held
company specializing in mobile and fixed
remote satellite based solutions for
government and commercial users operating
beyond the reach of traditional terrestrial
communications. Orbital designs and manages
these networks blending technologies
such as VSAT, DSL, fiber, and power line
connectivity.
Encore Network’s security products,
including the VSR-30™, are uniquely versatile
IP+Legacy and IP only VPN appliances
that support IPsec VPN, stateful inspection
firewall, IP routing and QoS, numerous
legacy data protocols, and Selective
Layer Encryption. The ability to perform
SLE to IPsec tunnel switching allows
satellite operators to offer their customers
both end-to-end on-net and off-net VPN
solutions.
Heifner continued, “Encore and Orbital
have worked closely to simplify last
mile encrypted VPN solutions that meet
the stringent performance requirements
of today’s satellite networks, either
large or small, without the need for
leased data circuits. The remote maintenance
feature of the VSR-30 allows us to maintain
the network twenty-four hours per day,
seven days per week, with no truck rolls.” |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a market leader in developing Secure, Converged,
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.
About Orbital
Data Net
Orbital Data Net, Inc. www.OrbitalData.net,
a division of Heifner Communications, is
a recognized leader in the commercial satellite
industry. The Orbital Data Net staff, with
expansive technical resources and backgrounds,
has the technical and logistic experience
to provide extremely novel network solutions.
With expertise in systems as diverse as
powerline connectivity to advanced fiber
optic networks, most of the company’s efforts
have been focused on the use of two-way
satellite links, or VSAT technology. |
