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ZyXEL Announces New VPN Routers, UTM Appliance

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:51:40 GMT

ZyXEL today announced two new business-class VPN routers and a new Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance.

AT&T adds VoIP to VPN solution

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:12:48 GMT

This week, AT&T (NYSE: T) announced that new and existing virtual private network (VPN) customers could add VoIP to their service over AT&T's global network cloud. The addition to the VPN service signals the growing need to consolidate companies' voice and data networks.

AT&T business customers can pick between two solutions: AT&T's IP Flexible Reach SIP trunking service--which allows businesses to leverage their existing IP-PBXs, while taking advantage of new IP-based services--or AT&T Voice DNA which is a fully hosted network-based service. The VoIP service is certified to interoperate with major IP-PBX systems, including Microsoft, so it can work in conjunction with a business' existing phone system.

AT&T sees that business customers want a single platform to deliver voice, data, video and applications and that VPNs are a natural fit for the networked enterprise. Adding VoIP to AT&T's VPN service is just the next step in delivering this single platform.

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Telco 2.0 News Review

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:58:47 GMT

Telco 2.0 Top Stories

Strategy & Finance: Apps to pass voice by 2013? That's...brave
Broadband Connectivity: Fibre tax going up
Voice & Messaging 2.0: VZW launches mobile Skype for BREW gadgets
APIs: RIM launches App World 2.0, BlackBerry ID
Cloud Computing: Google's King of the Data Centres - don't go over the top on cloud

[Ed:Telco 2.0 is signing up a strong group of 'stimulus speakers' for its Autumn events in Los Angeles and London. Details here]

A survey of mobile operators for The Economist says that they expect revenues from apps to pass revenues from voice by 2013. Really? If valid, that's certainly the most radical prediction we've heard in a long time - you might almost consider it a marker of the existence of a bubble in apps. On the other hand, in the US, fixed-line substitution is running at 5% annually, so the prediction might not be so far off in as far as it involves voice revenues falling.

After last week's disappointing news that the UK's "fibre tax" is staying, there's worse - it's going up for everyone except Virgin Media.

Verizon Wireless is going further in their partnership with Skype - this week sees the arrival of a Skype app for featurephones based on Qualcomm's BREW platform, which takes mobile VoIP well outside the smartphone sector. Skype-to-Skype calls will be free, international SkypeOut cheap and paid for from Skype credit, and calls to US mobile or landline numbers will follow the existing VZW rate card.

Fring, meanwhile, announced its own clone of SkypeOut.

RIM launched the new version of BlackBerry App World this week - it's been in beta for a while, but this is rthe commercial kickoff. Key points include a wider range of pricing options (99 cents and $1.99 as well as free or $2.99), and interestingly, a new service called BlackBerry ID that lets you use your BlackBerry account information and authentication across other devices and services. There goes another operator asset.

It's also being rumoured that RIM is considering spending up to $400m to acquire a mobile ads company and give its (impressive) in-application ads platform a scale boost. Apple's iAds is said to be having difficulties with some advertisers.

Nokia, meanwhile, acquired a mobile analytics firm, Motally. As if they needed to do any more incredibly careful evaluation... At the same time, they're scrubbing the Nokia brand off Comes With Music and pulling it into Ovi, because everyone knows what an Ovi is....

More obviously, the price of listing an app on Ovi Store has been cut permanently - it's now the cheapest of the major app stores.

We mentioned that VZW's fleet of BREW featurephones are getting Skype. On the same them, here's a new Nokia - it's a Series 40 gadget, but it claims to be the only one around to combine a traditional 12-button pad and a touchscreen, and more importantly it brings Nokia Messaging, Ovi Mail, 16GB of removable storage, 3G and WLAN connectivity, and API compatibility with (some) apps written for S60 5th Edition. It's an example of the progressive up-grading of what used to be considered basic phones towards smartphone standards. (There's a retrospective of smartphones here, although Nokia people might well object that not everything on the market in 2005 looked like a Palm Pilot.)

Developers will be pleased to know that jQuery, the popular JavaScript application framework, is available for mobile devices, and the user interface screenshots have a pleasantly clean look. If you have a recent web browser, you can do JavaScript, and if you can require jQuery, there's a lot of things you can do on a featurephone.

Speaking of jQuery, a neat trick (beware - technical!) - need to pack your software libraries in a resource-constrained environment? Why not encode them as a highly compressed PNG graphic file? You can see what jQuery looks like as a picture here, and learn that sadly, cool as the idea may be, it's not as good as GZip compression.

Relatedly, we're approaching the 5 billionth end point connected to the Internet. Connect something to the Internet, of course, and you've immediately got some interesting problems - when DTAG talks about "Connected Car", they probably didn't mean letting random monkeys on the web track the movements of your car or make the warning lights on the dashboard flash in pretty patterns.

Facebook has launched its Yahoo! FireEagle/Google Latitude/Foursquare/whatever clone, Facebook Places, which lets you share your current location with them (and slurps your location from Latitude, Foursquare, Gowalla, or whatever stalkerware service you're using besides). Actually, it also lets other people share your location with the world at large, Facebook's advertising data-miners, etc - so you might want to read this EFF guide to how to control disclosure of location data through Facebook.

The EFF has written to Verizon in its capacity as owner of CyberTrust, asking what they make of Etisalat's drive to get rid of encrypted BlackBerry service - after all, Etisalat is using an SSL certificate authority signed by the Verizon division.

Google TV has run into certain problems, as talks with the major US TV networks didn't go well. It seems that they don't like the idea of subscribers being able to see both their subscription/TV offering and the stuff they serve out on the Internet and through firms like Hulu in one place.

Here's an interesting post mortem on Google Wave from the CEO of Canonical (the firm behind Ubuntu Linux).

In further Google news, what if the cloud wasn't all it's cracked up to be? So says Vijay Gill, the Google exec responsible for its vast data-centre infrastructure. More specifically, he argues that once you get past a certain level of capacity-utilisation, owning your own equipment becomes cheaper than buying in cloud services. This is the flip side of Joe Weinman's argument about cloud computing - it's still the peak/mean ratio that makes the difference, but in this case, we're looking at it from the other side of the curve. Interestingly, he also says that after a certain scale is reached, managing the relationship with the cloud provider and administering the system take up as much time as traditional systems administration does....

There's a fantastic list of Google's failures here - who remembers Google Web Accelerator, the Opera Mini-like compression proxy that incidentally stopped you from watching Google's YouTube videos? Not so sure about the conclusion, though. Here's an interview with Yahoo!'s chief scientist.

Android 2.2 has voice control, which probably sounds more impressive if you don't remember repeating your girlfriend's name at a late 90s Samsung device trying to get it to trigger a voice call. Some people are concerned about a drift towards closedness in the Android world.

Foxconn, assembler of iProducts, has launched a campaign of rallies to "raise morale" among the workers after the well-known wave of suicides. (Check out the photo from the rally - it's the most depressing thing you'll see all week.) More to the point, after the wave of strikes that followed the wave of suicides, Foxconn has accepted another pay rise.

Here's a list of 119 iPad apps for IT productivity. Vodafone's latest mobile-WLAN hotspot has a slot for micro-SD cards - how soon will it come with a little Asterisk server that talks to their GAN interface, automatic VPN encryption, and some collaboration tools, thus making it an instant office?

Orange UK's data network was down this week. PlayStation 3 hacked.

Brough Turner's notes from the Community Wireless Networks summit - beware technical! but well worth reading. He also recommends Ben West's conference blog.

Report: 27% of respondents migrating to VoIP this year

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:57:05 GMT

A new study issued by Atlantic-ACM shows that a good portion of telecom customers are planning to migrate to VoIP in the coming year.

In its 2010 edition of its Business Connectivity Wireline and Wireless Report Card, Atlantic-ACM surveyed small- and medium-sized business (SMBs), enterprise customers and wireless subscribers who rated their carriers and products like ISDN, DIA, IP VPN and VoIP. The survey found that 27 percent of respondents indicated that they already had or were planning to migrate to VoIP services within the year. Integrated access/PRI and circuit-switched voice users were the main group of respondents who were planning to make the migration to VoIP soon.

The research company believes that VoIP will continue to see high growth in the future as VoIP becomes more commoditized and customers see more cost savings and efficiency boosts.

For more:
- read the release

Apple Targeted in New Patent Suit Over VPN on iOS

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:59:18 GMT

Patent holding firm VirnetX yesterday announced that it has filed suit against Apple, Cisco, NEC, and Aastra, alleging infringement of five patents held by the company. As noted by Computerworld, Apple i...

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:44:21 GMT

Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely.

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:58:19 GMT

Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely.

Creating a VPN in Minutes Using Remobo

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:57:54 GMT

Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely.

Juniper Networks Protects Customers From New Microsoft Vulnerabilities Disclosed Today

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:00:50 GMT

JNPR ) today confirmed its Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) security systems and Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) firewall/virtual private network (VPN) systems with IDP offer protection for ...

Creating a VPN in Minutes

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:08:48 GMT

Remobo lets you instantly create a free VPN for remote desktop access, file sharing, private chat and for running 3rd party applications Shikhar Mohan Gupta BANGALORE, INDIA: Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely.

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:29:53 GMT

When the expense of a remote access server is no longer attractive, it's time to look at the solution offered by a VPN.

Juniper Networks Protects Customers From New Microsoft Vulnerabilities Disclosed Today

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:40:01 GMT

Virtual Personal Networks Allow Secure Internet Passage

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:32:34 GMT

Sometimes it takes a tunnel to provide safe passage from point A to B. The same applies to the Internet.

The solution is a virtual personal network (VPN) for sending secure data packets. The technology is especially popular for people who want to access work computers from home or for university students who need secure access to their academic network.

However, VPN is also gaining popularity among private users. Gamers, in particular, are enjoying the opportunities it creates. Many people also appreciate the privacy it offers against prying eyes.

VPN creates an encrypted connection between a remote computer and an existing network, says Gunnar Troitsch of Chip, a German computer magazine. The VPN essentially integrates the remote computer into the network, letting it operate as if it were on site.

Additionally, data packets sent between the two are safe from snooping, thanks to encryption.

VPN provides significant advantages over unprotected communications via the Internet, says Jens Toelle of the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE).

"Users can view the VPN connection as a tunnel leading them through the unsecure space of the Internet."

University students enjoy the technology to access library holdings or more powerful university computers, says Mark Perseke of Netzwelt, an online German magazine. The VPN software installed on the remote computer, also known as the client, provides the user with a new IP address, making the other computer essentially a guest of the university network.

The client must also know the address of the server, which is either publicly accessible or available via a private, individualized key -- the more standard practice.

But Troitsch says private users are starting to embrace VPN, especially because of the way it can be used to link gamers together into one network.

"Gamblers spread across the whole world can come together on one network via VPN to play,...

Mac OS X VPN Client Blasts Through Firewalls

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:46:00 GMT

Add one to the list of virtual private network clients for Mac OS X.

CVE-2009-4911

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Unspecified vulnerability on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via vectors involving SSL VPN and PPPoE transactions, aka Bug ID CSCsm77958.

After Microsoft Spat, VPN Player Gets Patent OK

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:58:17 GMT

VirnetX is given the all-clear from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, paving the way to hit up other vendors for licensing fees -- with some potential impact on IT buyers.

Dyn Inc. Selects NTT America as Infrastructure Partner

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:29:00 GMT

NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a global IP network services provider, today announced the company is helping customers provide premium externally managed DNS options for corporations and enterprises that need global, 24/7 access and support through its highest quality, fully redundant, dual stack, Tier-1 Global IP Network, as illustrated in a case study with Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.), the world's fastest growing provider of managed DNS.

"Both Dyn and NTT America share a keen understanding of Internet and network infrastructure and Dyn can leverage a wide variety of NTT America's infrastructure assets including financial stability, depth of services and a forward thinking approach on using innovation to help efficiently and cost effectively grow businesses"

When selecting an infrastructure partner, Dyn prioritized top criteria including a high performance, IPv6 ready, global network supported by engineering based customer service and chose NTT America to help power the Web infrastructure of customers like Zappos, Netflix and Twitter. "For our customers, it's all about performance; our goal is to optimize the speed of response," said Tom Daly, Dyn's President and CTO. "That's why the only option is to go with a Tier-1 network and NTT America is one of the best in the world. The investment required to keep a global network running at the performance levels we need is one of the major factors in our choice of network partners."

Dyn's solutions for enterprises are based on the Dynect Platform, a scalable external DNS platform that directs Internet traffic, routes around outages and maximizes network performance. The platform has key features that enterprises demand in a premium service including active failover to avoid any outage events, efficient network load balancing and a CDN manager, which provides geographical or weighed load balancing to improve performance and cost efficiencies.

"The kind of advanced solutions we are able to offer depends fundamentally on two things, technical expertise and innovation, as well as support and service levels that are second to none," commented Daly. "One of the things about NTT America that really impressed us, and maybe it's because we are 90 percent staffed by engineers, is that if we have any issue or question, our calls are answered directly by a network engineer 24/7 in their Network Operations Center (NOC). You aren't routed to a call center where your call is triaged by someone who doesn't understand the issue. This is really critical to both us and our customers because we guarantee nearly 100 percent DNS resolution, just like NTT America guarantees 100 percent uptime."

As a Tier-1 provider, NTT America's Global IP Network (GIN) provides private peering and seamless service from a single global ASN (ASN2914), directly connecting telecoms, ISPs, content providers, CDNs and enterprises at the highest performance levels available. In addition to its US and Latin American networking capabilities, NTT America employs six transpacific cable systems to provide one of the shortest, fastest paths for transpacific Internet traffic, meeting and often exceeding the performance metrics set by customers. In addition, the transpacific portion of the network has reached 300 gigabytes (300Gbps) per second of available capacity, one of the highest available for any global Tier-1 network. (Note: To view the NTT Communications Global IP Network, visit: http://www.ntt.net/english/about/network_map.cfm.)

To view the complete NTT America / Dyn Inc. case study, visit NTT America's website at http://www.us.ntt.net/products/case_studies/.

About NTT America

NTT America is North America's natural gateway to the Asia-Pacific region, with strong capabilities in the U.S. market. NTT America is the U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, the global data and IP services arm of a Fortune Global 500 telecom leader: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT). NTT America provides world-class Enterprise Hosting, managed network, and IP networking services for enterprise customers and service providers worldwide. For additional information on NTT America, visit us on the Web at www.us.ntt.com.

U.S. product information regarding the NTT Communications Global IP Network and its award winning IPv6 transit services may be found at http://www.us.ntt.net/, by calling 877-8NTT-NET (868-8638), or by emailing sales@us.ntt.net. Follow NTT America on Twitter at @NTT_America or join us on Facebook at http://www.nttamerica.com/facebook for up-to-date news and announcements.

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides a broad range of global networks, management solutions and IT services to customers worldwide. The company is renowned for delivering reliable, high-quality security, hosting, voice, data and IP services; its expertise in managed networks; and its leadership in IPv6 transit technology. NTT Communications' extensive infrastructure includes Arcstar™ Global IP-VPN and Global e-VLAN, as well as a Tier-1 IP backbone reaching more than 150 countries in partnership with major Internet service providers, and secure data centers in Asia, North America, and Europe. NTT Communications is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world's largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit www.ntt.com/index-e.html.

VPN Security Flaw Makes IP Address of Users Using IPv6 Easily Traceable

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:59:00 GMT

Duncan Geere reporting in Wired: "Since the slow introduction of internet monitoring systems around the world began, more and more people have attempted to preserve their privacy by signing up for VPN services like the Pirate Bay's Ipredator and Pirate Party offering Relakks. But it turns out that there's a gaping security flaw in these services that allows individual users to be identified..."

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Huge privacy flaw found in VPN systems Wired, Jun.18.2010
Huge Security Flaw Makes VPNs Useless for BitTorrent TorrentFreak, Jun.17.2010

Apple OS X gets IPsec VPN client

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:15:00 GMT

And it's free for single users

Mac users are being offered a new and feature-rich alternative to Apple’s in-house OS X VPN client which is also currently being offered free of charge to individual users.

Mac OSX 10.6.4 Released

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:40:25 GMT

From the apple site: "The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes Safari 5 and general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that: resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive, resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening, address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers, improve reliability of VPN connections, resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing, resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view, improve compatibility with some braille display."

Orange Business wins IP VPN deal from Daimler

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:11:48 GMT

Orange Business Services has won a contract renewal to support the Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network, or IP VPN, service for Daimler, a German truck and car manufacturer, in

snom 821 goes Gigabit

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:33:15 GMT

snom, a provider of VoIP phones, has launched its newest desktop IP phone--the snom 821. The phone builds on previous snom phones by adding an integrated gigabit switch, which the company bills as Gigabit Speed. The Gigabit switch provides for fast deployment of unified communications (UC) features.

The new desktop phone features snom's firmware with robust security through secure integrated open VPN, TLS and SRTP. The phone also boasts support for most SIP-based IP PBX and unified communications environments, including Microsoft OCS 2007 R2.

snom 821 also offers a large high-resolution TFT color display for call lists, phone directories, and caller information via the integrated XML browser as well as business features like 5-way conferencing, multiple ringtones, and up to twelve different SIP identities.

For more:
- read the release

Juniper's Sa Series SSL VPN Appliances Tested and Certified by U.S. Defense Department

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:54:17 GMT

Juniper Networks , a provider of software, silicon and systems for networking, has stated that their SA Series SSL VPN appliances have been tested and certified for public key infrastructure interoperability by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency Joint Interoperability Test Command .

Tulip lines up Rs 450 crore expansion

Mon, 31 May 2010 20:30:00 GMT

Tulip Telecom, a virtual private network (VPN) service provider, has lined up a capital expenditure of about Rs 450 crore during the current fiscal, mainly for laying fibre.

U.S. Defense Department Certifies Juniper Networks SSL VPN Appliances ...

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:28:00 GMT

Juniper Networks, Inc. today announced that its SA Series SSL VPN appliances have been tested and certified by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency Joint Interoperability Test Command for interoperability with Defense Department Public Key Infrastructure requirements.

Global Crossing teams with On24 for enhanced video conferencing

Thu, 27 May 2010 13:52:26 GMT

Global Crossing is using ON24's Webcast Center platform and Virtual Show solution to work with its suite of video conferencing services, giving customers a single online video platform that promises real-time interaction, social network capabilities and reliability.

The Webcast Center platform is a scalable, secure solution for providing webcasts and podcasts through the web. The Virtual Show solution is a customizable virtual event platform that could be used for corporate communications as well as training and continuing education initiatives.

Global Crossing has added a unique spin to the offering by esstabling a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection with ON24, which means added stability for content heavy video and audio communications. The new service is another addition to Global Crossing's sizable offerings which include web conferencing services like Global Crossing Web Meeting, Cisco WebEx, and Microsoft Office Live Meeting.

For more:
- read the release

Microsoft Settles Patent Dispute With VirnetX

Tue, 18 May 2010 20:23:38 GMT

Software titan agrees to shell out $200 million for a one-time fee, and commit to additional licensing arrangements for two patents concerning VPN technology.

Microsoft settles VPN patent case for $200M

Tue, 18 May 2010 04:22:22 GMT

In the original February 2010 lawsuit, Scotts Valley, Calif.-based VirnetX claimed Microsoft used its patented virtual private networking technologies in Windows XP and Vista, Windows Server 2003, Live Communications Server, Windows Messenger, Office Communicator and Microsoft Office from the 2003 edition on.

Microsoft settles VPN patent case for $200M

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Lost in same Texas court that made it pay i4i nearly $300M and banned Word sales

Microsoft today said it will pay communications software maker VirnetX $200 million to settle a three-year-old patent infringement case.

Microsoft To Pay $200 Million In VPN Lawsuit

Mon, 17 May 2010 18:48:00 GMT

Microsoft has decided to settle a three-year-old patent infringement case related to its use of virtual private network technology in XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

Microsoft to pay $200 M to VirnetX to make future patent suits go away

Mon, 17 May 2010 18:13:48 GMT

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews

Two months ago, VPN builder VirnetX was awarded $105.75 million by a Tyler, Texas jury, for Microsoft's infringing upon its patented tunneling protocol for private networks. Realizing that this could actually be the first home run by VirnetX in the same turn at bat, Microsoft has opted to pay $200 million to VirnetX as a settlement for this and all future lawsuits.

The technology that triggered the initial award was a way for VoIP phones to conduct communications on secure channels, without the phone user having to log in using some kind of keyboard. What Microsoft wanted for its Unified Communications suite was a way to keep the same "dialtone" when a user picks up a voice receiver and dials a recipient, and yet keep the channel between the parties secure using VPN technology.

VirnetX definitely held a patent on something meeting that general description, though Microsoft's challenge was that the basic innovation behind VirnetX's twist on tunneling wasn't much of a twist. After its fifth-of-a-billion-dollar payout, Microsoft will not be appealing that argument.

Instead, VirnetX will be putting its newfound revenue to use by funding something it calls the Secure Domain Name Initiative. Launched just last month, the company claims it will be utilizing the two patents it holds -- the two upon which the jury said Microsoft infringed -- to develop a system it describes as enabling always-on communications security between DNS endpoints, presumably using encrypted traffic. Imagine an HTTPS connection (or perhaps something more secure) where the browser doesn't have to create the session key, and where all traffic is encrypted by default.

To get to a Web where that's the case, apparently engineers will have to go through VirnetX's channels; and that $200 million payout doesn't just pave the way, but puts up guardrails, fences, and gates as well.

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Microsoft settles with VirnetX for $200 million

Mon, 17 May 2010 14:25:00 GMT

Microsoft has settled two lawsuits filed against it by VirnetX for $200 million. The Windows developer will now get a patent license from VirnetX relating to the VPN networking capability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. In mid-March, Microsoft was ordered to pay nearly $106 million to VirnetX for infringing the VirnetX patents....

tw telecom Collaborates with Cisco, BT to Deliver TelePresence Conferencing Solutions

Sat, 15 May 2010 09:22:37 GMT

May 14, 2010 -- tw telecom leverages its industry-leading, nation-wide business Ethernet and MPLS IP VPN services to connect enterprises to BT's Global Video Exchange across the U.S. -- tw telecom network services portfolio enables Cisco and its VARs to provide TelePresence equipment, with BT providing conferencing capabilities LITTLETON, Colo.

Juniper Networks Protects Customers From New Microsoft Vulnerabilities Disclosed Today

Tue, 11 May 2010 18:49:33 GMT

Mike

Fri, 07 May 2010 03:01:09 GMT

When the expense of a remote access server is no longer attractive, it's time to look at the solution offered by a VPN.

Amazon Opens Virtual Private Cloud in Europe

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Amazon has taken its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to Europe. Customers can now seamlessly connect their IT infrastructure via an encrypted IPsec Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to Amazon resources in the European Union, keeping their data in the EU and lowering latency. Until Tuesday VPC, a bridge between a company’s existing IT infrastructure and a set of isolated Amazon compute resources in the Amazon cloud, was only available in the US. With VPC customers can use their existing management capabilities such as security services, firewalls and intrusion detection systems on their Amazon resources.

Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud Service Comes to Europe (PC World)

Tue, 04 May 2010 12:50:14 GMT

PC World - Amazon Web Services has launched VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) in Europe, the company said on Tuesday. The service lets companies connect their existing data centers to isolated computing resources in Amazon's European cloud using an encrypted VPN (virtual private network) connection.

strongSwan 4.4.0

Mon, 03 May 2010 18:15:27 GMT

It also fully supports the new IKEv2 protocol with Linux 2.6 kernels. It interoperates in both IKEv1 and IKEv2 mode with most other IPsec-based VPN products.

Weekend Project: Setting Up a VPN on Your Linux Router or Gateway

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:41:39 GMT

Linux offers an array of free VPN alternatives, which you can set up and test in just a few hours' time. If you are running a Linux-based router as the gateway between your LAN and the Internet, the task becomes even simpler...

Netgear Targets SMBs With New ProSafe Gigabit VPN Firewall

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Today, Netgear released the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), a business firewall appliance that, at $500, is priced for the small- to medium-sized business IT budget.

NETGEAR Announces Gigabit VPN Firewall

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:21:22 GMT

NETGEAR today announced a quad-WAN Gigabit business firewall priced at under $500.

Cisco reading a 7-inch tablet of its own?

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:20:00 GMT

Cisco may be developing its own tablet device for the near future, a supposed leak may have given away late yesterday. During the most recent episode of CNET's Buzz Out Loud, an Irish listener's e-mail response about 37 minutes into the podcast claimed that Cisco is working on a 7-inch, Android-based tablet that would most likely be used for business communication. It would probably have hardware tailored to this with a front camera, dual microphones with noise cancellation, and possible support for Cisco-oriented features like VPN access and WebEx for meetings....

AT&T puts out AirCard 890 with ExpressCard, PC Card hooks

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:25:00 GMT

AT&T today added a rare dual-mode 3G modem to its choices. Sierra Wireless' AirCard 890 at its core is an ExpressCard/34 modem that works in modern notebooks like the 17-inch MacBook Pro but has a special PC Card housing that will let it fit into older portables. It can reach up to 7.2Mbps downstream with either card format and has both GPS and VPN support for those that need them....

Equinux releases VPN Tracker 6.2.1

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Germany-based Equinux has announced the release of version 6.2.1 of its VPN Tracker product, which can now be used to better interoperate with VPN devices from WatchGuard Technologies.

Equinux releases VPN Tracker 6.2.1

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:50:00 GMT

Germany's Equinex has released version 6.2.1 of its VPN Tracker software, which can now better integrate with WatchGuard VPN appliances.

Equinux releases VPN Tracker 6.2.1 (Macworld.com)

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:50:00 GMT

Macworld.com - Germany-based Equinux has announced the release of version 6.2.1 of itsÂ VPN Tracker product, which can now be used to better interoperate with VPN devices from WatchGuard Technologies.

Using iRedMail And OpenVPN For Virtual Email Hosting And VPN Services

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:03:35 GMT

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iPhone OS 4.0 Could Make iPad a Business Thin Client

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:26:37 GMT

The tech world is still buzzing about Apple's iPad. As user complaints about Wi-Fi issues and news of jailbreaks are released, business users are exploring the potential of the new tablet device that sold 300,000 units at launch.

iSuppli predicts early adopters and others attracted to the iPad's unique touchscreen-based user interface will drive iPad sales in 2010. In 2011 and 2012, the firm said, iPad sales will be driven up by a range of factors, including a flood of new applications, improved functionality, and declining prices.

But what about business adoption? Mike Disabato, a senior analyst at the Burton Group, a division of Gartner, said the iPad is missing some important enterprise functions.

"The iPad is the world's first literal 100 percent thin client. Look at the size of that device and you can imagine what an enterprise user could do with it. The downside is that it doesn't multitask," Disabato said. "With that much screen real estate, I need to be able to have an IM open, a VPN open, an e-mail open, and work on a document while I am on a phone call. But where is the camera? Where is the webcam so I can do my Skype video call?"

The Future of iPhone OS

Apple is offering details on iPhone OS 4.0 on Thursday. The new version of Apple's mobile operating system is expected to include multitasking. The iPad runs on the same operating system as the iPhone. That would allow users to run multiple applications simultaneously on the iPhone, and the iPad when the OS is updated.

"Even if Apple doesn't offer a camera, if the iPad gets to the multitasking functions with the new OS update and Apple makes the iPad enterprise-class ready where you can encrypt the content, you actually have enough screen real estate there to...

How we tested the cloud services

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

We used our facility in our hosted network operations center at n|Frame in Indianapolis to connect with each competitor's cloud. We used a Vyatta router/VPN virtual machine appliance to connect with each vendor to test their skills in connecting non-Cisco equipment.