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PRESS
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iDirect Technologies Certifies
Encore Networks As IP Alliance
Partner
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Encore Joins iDirect’s
IP Alliance Program™ Delivering
Best-Of-Class Next Generation
Satellite Solutions
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Dulles,
VA. November 28, 2005 – Encore
Networks, a leading developer of
Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions,
today announced that iDirect Technologies
has certified Encore as an application
partner in its IP Alliance Program™.
iDirect tested Encore’s BANDIT™ and
VSR™ platforms for interoperability
over their IP satellite modems.
The BANDIT™ product
line offers end-to-end VPN router
solutions and support for legacy
data protocols, while the VSR™ products
offer IP only interfaces. iDirect
created the IP Alliance Program™ to better meet the application and
networking needs of its customers
by bringing together the best technology
providers in the industry.
“This testing performed for the
IP Alliance shows that the iDirect VSAT
platform will support Encore’s suite
of VPN products which provide a vast array
of router-based solutions that support
current and emerging broadband applications,” stated
Matthew Girard, Encore Networks Director
of Market Development. “The IP Alliance
will promote the sharing of technical information
as well as interoperability testing to
provide certified network solutions.”
Encore’s network security products
are versatile IP+Legacy and IP only VPN
appliances that provide enterprise data
networks support for IP VPN’s, stateful
inspection, firewall, IP routing and QoS,
legacy data protocol convergence, and Encore’s
patent pending Selective Layer Encryption
(SLE). SLE enables satellite users, requiring
secure access, to realize the full potential
of their limited satellite bandwidth without
the typical performance degradation associated
with other IPsec VPN solutions. Through
the use of SLE, Encore can provide channel
efficient VPN solutions across Performance
Enhancement Proxy (PEP) based accelerated
satellite networks and seamlessly connect
to terrestrial VPN networks without the
need to decrypt and switch traffic at the
satellite hub.
“No single vendor can provide the
enterprise community with solutions
to all network challenges,” continued
Girard. “Through the efforts of the
IP Alliance Program, the goal of
delivering the next generation IP network
will be accomplished."
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| ABOUT ENCORE
NETWORKS |
Encore
Networks, Inc., 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). |
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| ABOUT iDIRECT TECHNOLOGIES |
| iDirect Technologies (www.idirect.net)
designs, develops, and markets satellite-based
broadband access solutions targeted at
the enterprise, government, carrier and
educational sectors that have the need for
fast, flexible, and geographically dispersed
two-way internet/intranet access. The company
has developed technology solutions that combine
high performance, worldwide availability, and
ease of installation, high reliability, and
low cost to end customers. In addition, iDirect
solutions offer unprecedented efficiencies,
increased revenue opportunities and higher
per customer gross margins to satellite network
operators. iDirect was included in the Deloitte & Touche Technology
Fast 500 list of the fastest-growing U.S. technology
companies and one of Virginia’s top 50
fastest growing technology companies
for both 2003 and 2004. iDirect operates its
corporate headquarters in Herndon, Virginia
and has regional offices in Europe, Asia, and
covering Latin America. |
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Encore Networks Contact:
Tony Crane
Director, Marketing Services
Encore Networks Inc.
703-318-4366
tcrane@encorenetworks.com |
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