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. |