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| Solutions
Utilizing Encore's BANDIT™ |
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IP+Legacy VPN Host Gateway Solution |
| Carriers
and customers in the Small to
Medium Enterprise (SME) market
are seeking an IP+Legacy Virtual
Private Network (VPN) host gateway
solution for their networks
that will allow them to interface
with existing embedded legacy
hosts and front-end processors,
while preserving capital expenses
and reducing operational costs.
At the same time, they plan
to implement a graceful migration
strategy that will enable them
to consolidate multiple applications
over less expensive broadband
IP VPN networks.
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| Smooth Migration of Legacy Data to IP |
| Legacy
enterprise network vendors are
seeking cost-effective solutions
to facilitate a smooth migration of
legacy networks to IP-based applications.
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| Migrating Legacy ATM Terminals to IP Networks |
| The
majority of ATM terminals currently
in use within the banking industry are
based on legacy technologies that operate
over slow, expensive leased line circuits.
Banks want to modernize, and therefore
economize, their networks to take advantage
of the faster packet-based technologies
available today, such as Frame Relay
and IP, without having to apply expensive
forklift-upgrades to their existing
bases of ATM terminals.
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| Secure Broadband Access for Remote and Branch Offices |
| Enterprise
customers are currently using
expensive private line services
and point-to-point links to
interconnect corporate headquarters
with their remote and branch office
locations.
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| International Site-to-Multi-Site Virtual Private Network Solution |
| International
carriers and global enterprise customers
are looking for solutions to help them
migrate from expensive private lines
and legacy networks to secure broadband
IP networks.
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| Next Generation, Multi-Service Integrated Solution for the Retail
Industry |
| Today’s typical
retail network supports many different
types of applications, such as
Point of Sale (POS) terminals, voice
key systems or PBXs, routers for Internet
access, and Virtual Private Network
(VPN) appliances for secure corporate
Intranet access. And typically, these
applications are supported by an assortment
of different carriers and service providers.
The goal of the Retail Industry is to
find ways to reduce overall transport
costs, to simplify billing, and to streamline
operations.
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| Optimized VPN Solution for Satellite Networks |
| The
inherent architecture of satellite networks
causes significant and unavoidable end-to-end
propagation delays ranging between 350
and 500 msecs that negatively impact
overall network performance. These delays
present a technical challenge to Satellite
Network Operators (SNOs) who want to
leverage existing networks and capital
investments while at the same time offering
their global enterprise customers additional
high-margin, value-added services, such
as high speed Internet access and Virtual
Private Network (VPN) capability.
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| Migrating Travel Networks to IP VPN Solutions |
Global
travel reservations services
want to save on the cost of upgrading
their networks while at the same time
maximizing security and convenience.
With tens of thousands of travel agencies
and airline sales offices often serviced
by a single network, monthly recurring
Frame Relay transport fees have
become a major concern. In addition,
many travel reservation service
clients who spend time away from their
offices need to be able to remotely
access the reservation networks. Moving
from a Frame Relay architecture to an
IPSec Virtual Private Network (VPN)
appears to be a solution that produces
the desired cost savings while maintaining
the required network security and providing
remote access.
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| Secure Marine Satellite Data Networks |
| Merchant
marine companies, oil and gas
firms and captains of industry
manage and operate land based IPsec
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to privately
and securely access corporate
data. However, they have not been able
to extend this VPN capability to their
most valuable assets – their
shipping fleets, production
platforms and private yachts.
The reason: VPN products that work well
for the terrestrial corporate VPNs perform
poorly over expensive satellite Internet
connections.
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| Secure
Remote Management Solutions with
the BANDIT-PLUS™ |
| Carriers
and service providers are deploying
increasingly more multi-service,
multi-vendor networks that allow them
to attract new business with innovative,
integrated voice, data, and video applications
over broadband connections.
These applications are supported via
a myriad of different networks, products,
and technologies. As the networks become
more interconnected and complex, carriers
are looking for cost-effective ways
to manage these networks, while increasing
the levels of network security, manageability,
and service availability.
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| Comprehensive (IP+Legacy) Solutions for the Banking Industry |
| The
majority of ATM terminals currently
in use within the banking industry are
based on legacy technologies that operate
over slow, expensive leased line circuits.
Banks want to modernize, and therefore
economize, their networks to take advantage
of the faster packet-based technologies
available today, such as Frame Relay
and IP, without having to apply expensive
forklift-upgrades to their existing
bases of ATM terminals.
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| Cellular
Data Links ‘Mobilize’ Terminals |
Communicating
via land lines at many remote sites
presents difficulties. Rough terrain
may drive up the installation cost.
Terrain or weather can make maintenance
difficult and expensive. Long local
loops in particular can require special
engineering that delays deployment of
needed equipment. Private radio can
offer a solution, but the choice of
frequency band often presents a tradeoff
between licensing costs, in time and
money, and potential interference.
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| Migration Of Legacy Systems And Applications To Broadband IP
VPN Infrastructure |
| Legacy
protocols began as part of financial,
business, and manufacturing
systems built around mainframe computer;
with their proprietary communications
methods. Businesses have long relied
on these systems for mission-critical
functions. In many cases up to the present,
the custom software and specialized
hardware deployed in these systems have
no counterparts in off-the-shelf
components based on IP; they can't be
replaced easily.
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| Secure NCP Bypass Solutions Over Satellite And Terrestrial Networks |
IBM
introduced Synchronous Data
Link Control (SDLC) to replace
earlier Bisynchronous Protocol
(bisync) as financial, business,
and manufacturing systems built
around mainframe computers grew
in size and became mission-critical
functions. In many cases up
to the present, the custom software
and specialized hardware deployed
in these systems have no counterparts
in off-the-shelf components based on
IP--they can’t be replaced
easily, and certainly not cheaply.
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| Replacing X.25 Legacy NetworksWith IP-based Virtual Private Networks |
| More
simply, legacy protocols are
deeply rooted in the networking
past. They certainly were in wide use
by 1990, long before the mass popularity
of the commercial Internet.
Such protocols may be mature and stable,
but often are considered to be inefficient
and outmoded in the context
of contemporary network technologies
and applications. In the domain of packet
switching, X.25 is considered primitive
by today’s
standards.
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