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Lucent Technologies Unveils Industry's Broadest Portfolio of Secure Virtual Private Network Solutions

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In a bid to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing market for e-business applications, Lucent Technologies has introduced the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions. The platform allows enterprises and service providers to securely and cost-effectively exchange information over a corporate intranet or the global Internet. The new solutions are designed to meet the distinct price, performance, and security needs of various applications, including site-to-site, remote access, and partner extranet.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lucent's Secure VPN portfolio brings together new hardware and software products with its existing award-winning Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)-based VPN routers, firewall-based VPN gateways, and centralized security policy management systems.
  • The platform is designed to provide a centrally managed, highly secure, and reliable network required by e-business applications.
  • The Secure VPN portfolio features a range of performance, security, and policy-based management capabilities that can enable VPN deployment acceleration in the year 2000.
  • Enterprise customers implementing new e-business applications can benefit from the reliability and ease of management afforded by deploying a single, fully integrated VPN router platform.
  • Lucent's VPN gateway solution includes a fully integrated suite of VPN gateway, IPSec client, and policy management products that are ideally suited for large-scale remote access environments or for customers who require a dedicated VPN security device.
  • The LSMS policy management platform is ideally suited for centrally managing large-scale remote access VPNs, while the QVPN Builder enables low-cost deployment of large-scale site-to-site VPNs.
  • The Secure VPN Portfolio is part of Lucent's VPNWorX, one of the most comprehensive solutions for VPNs, featuring a unique provider/subscriber architecture that extends Lucent's wealth of public network service provider experience directly into the enterprise.
  • Lucent's Secure VPN products exploit the ability to meet various price, performance, and security needs of network sites, ranging from small remote offices to large corporate headquarters.

Statistics:

  • Lucent's Secure VPN portfolio includes a range of VPN products, including hardware and software platforms, gateways, clients, and policy management systems.
  • The platform targets various applications, including site-to-site, remote access, and partner extranet.
  • The Secure VPN portfolio is designed to provide a centrally managed, highly secure, and reliable network required by e-business applications.
  • Lucent's industry leadership in VPN solutions is demonstrated by its partnership with the former Xedia and Ascend companies, bringing together a comprehensive set of VPN products.
  • Lucent's VPN gateway solution supports up to 100,000 users and offers high-speed data transmission capabilities, including the use of hardware encryption accelerators.
  • The Secure VPN Portfolio is expected to be priced competitively, with the new VPN Gateway 80 expected to be priced at under $5,000.

Sources:

  • Lucent Technologies, "Lucent Introduces Industry's Broadest Portfolio of Secure Virtual Private Network Solutions," Press Release, January 17, 2000.
  • Infonetics Research, "Lucent's Announcement Demonstrates Breadth as a VPN Vendor," January 17, 2000.

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