World Wide Packets does VPLS
World Wide Packets is introducing gear to support virtual Ethernet LAN services to homes and businesses over copper wiring or fiber optics.
World Wide Packets is introducing gear to support virtual Ethernet LAN services to homes and businesses over copper wiring or fiber optics.
Fortinet is introducing a second content-filtering service to its multi-function security hardware – this time it's home-grown. Called FortiGuard, the service offers an alternative for Fortinet customers whose previous option, if they wanted to buy a content filtering service through Fortinet, was to buy a service from the company's partner Cerberian.
Users of Check Point Software Technologies firewalls need to upgrade them right away in order to shut down a vulnerability that can lead to the firewalls being taken over by attackers.
Expand Networks Inc. is introducing a compression device that can cram more data onto each WAN link for as many as 1,500 remote sites.
Avaya is introducing a SOHO box that can network home office data machines, support traditional, wireless and IP voice services and provide PBX call features.
While 56K bit/sec modems have been on the market since 1997, the wrangling continues over who deserves credit - and royalties - for the technology. Analog Devices, which makes modem chipsets, has settled out of court for an undisclosed amount with Brent Townshend, who holds five patents on the 56K modem technology.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. this week announced it will introduce two products by mid-2004 that will address Web security and internal network security for businesses. Called Web Security and Internal Security, these two product families can be deployed independently or integrated with current Check Point products such as VPN-1/Firewall-1. In an interview with Tim Greene, Check Point's Chairman and CEO Gil Shwed gave some flavor of what the new products would include.
Celite Systems Inc. has found a manufacturer to make modems for a broadband technology resembling Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and can cut access service delivery costs by 75 percent, the company claims.
Funk Software Inc. is introducing upgraded software that lets Cisco Systems Inc. gear users authenticate and gain access to wireless networks via Funk's RADIUS servers.
Check Point Software Technologies -- formerly a software-only company -- now offers a line of low-end VPN firewall appliances for branch offices and home offices.
F5 Networks has bought Secure Sockets Layer remote access vendor uRoam to help it offer a way to secure remote machines that are accessing corporate servers through F5 gear.
The latest upgrade of Symantec's pcAnywhere introduces eight management tools that the company says streamline communication with remote machines so help-desk staff can handle more calls per day.
Check Point Software Technologies is set to give its firewall customers the ability to detect and block application-layer attacks such as Code Red, Nimda and SQL slammer worms.
SonicWall is marrying a VPN appliance to a wireless access point in an attempt to make it easier to set up and secure wireless LANs at small corporate offices.
Cisco Systems is introducing software upgrades that boost the speed of and allow more concurrent users on some of its low-end PIX firewall appliances.