Motorola introduces hybrid VPN/VoIP router
Motorola Inc. is introducing a new VPN router for small offices and home offices that are part of corporate branch or telecommuter networks.
Stories by Tim Greene
General-purpose VPN hardware suffices for most
Enterprise customers might not need custom hardware to support all the sites on their VPNs (virtual private networks), especially if those sites have dedicated Internet connections that are T-1 or smaller.
IPass service caters to handhelds
IPass Inc., the ISP that supplies local-dial Internet access worldwide, is adding a VPN service for handheld devices.
StarVox touts VoIP VPN plaftorm
StarVox Inc., a 3-year-old company that started life making gear to extend PBX functions to remote sites, is focused now on bringing voice over IP to public phone networks.
CopperCom gear meets ATM standard
CopperCom Inc. says it has adopted a new ATM standard that will make it easier for DSL service providers to wheel out packaged voice and data services.
ISPSoft can provision across hardware
Start-up ISPSoft Inc. is introducing provisioning software that handles the configuration of multiple vendors' equipment employed in a single IP service.
Need dial-up VPN? Look to Win 2000
If you're building a dial-up VPN so workers in home offices or small offices can connect to the company headquarters, you might want to consider using the VPN capabilities of Windows 2000 as a way to save money and time.
Vendors grapple with security threats, each other
Companies need to pick and choose from a variety of security vendors to ensure they get the best products to protect their networks.
Vendors grapple with security threats, each other
Enterprises should be more wary than ever, a panel of security vendors Tuesday told a crowd at the Network World Security Showdown at ComNet. While enterprises are opening up their networks to admit legitimate business partners, at the same time attackers are becoming more sophisticated, warned the experts.
Start-Up Claims Breakthrough in Optical Switching
Start-up Lynx Photonic Networks Inc. says it has an optical-to-optical switching technology that's needed by optical backbones and is more reliable than alternatives from other vendors.
Nortel Sets VPN Sights on Smaller Sites
Nortel Networks Inc. is introducing two boxes that make it more affordable to hook smaller sites to corporate VPNs.
InfoExpress Forces Security Compliance
InfoExpress has new software to help keep in line remote access VPN users who are too smart for your own good.
Cisco Pushes Broadband Aggregation Up and Down
Cisco Systems has pushed up the high end and pushed down the low end of its broadband aggregation gear that lets service providers support DSL, cable modem and other high-speed access services.
Jetstream Upgrades Gear, Launches Marketing
Jetstream Communications Inc. is wrapping up its voice gateway gear and its programs to support service providers into a new program it calls Jetstream Formation.
Media Gateway and Softswitch Come Together
CopperCom, which bought up voice switch vendor DTI earlier this year, is wheeling out its first melding of CopperCom's media gateway with DTI's softswitch.