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January 29, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dorado Software, Inc. (doradosoftware.com), a provider of
network infrastructure software, today announced the launch of its Redcell
Virtual Private Network Service Center (VPN SC), an integrated software
solution that makes creating, deploying, and managing multi-vendor VPNs
simple and scalable, the company says. Enterprises and service providers can
quickly deploy VPNs from edge to core, via Internet Protocol Security and
Multiprotocol Label Path Switching technologies. From a single product, VPN
SC offers strong authentication and security as well as bandwidth and SLAs.
"Currently large-scale VPN deployments are complex and require
time-consuming, manual device configurations," said Tim Sebring, founder and
CEO of Dorado Software. "Redcell VPN SC provides a powerful solution
designed to automate the creation and deployment of IP-VPNs, and enables VPN
services to be turned on faster, more accurately across a multi-vendor
environment. With feature-rich IPSec and MPLS service offerings, this
integrated solution allows the true cost saving benefits of VPNs to be
realized."
Redcell VPN Service Center addresses a number of problems, such as
management of security information, control of network security appliances,
management and configuration of routers, and the accuracy and time involved
in delivery of services. The VPN SC ensures users don't need a degree in
router or network appliance configuration, no matter the complexity of the
network. Inaccuracies occur in approximately 50% of all manual VPN
deployments. The VPN SC eliminates the errors by ensuring the correct
service is deployed each time, the company said. Even in instances where
full deployment is not possible, such as when a router is down and not
available for provisioning, the VPN SC offers rollback capability that
avoids partially deployed services. Users pick the members of the VPN,
define customer information, and the VPN Service Center does the rest.
"Service providers are increasingly adding Virtual Private Network services
to their product offerings due to the increased demand by their customers,
an indication that, as measured by Infonetics' research, VPNs are considered
a valuable tool for businesses," said Michael Howard, principal analyst and
co-founder, Infonetics Research. "Speed and accuracy of service provider
provisioning are essential for these VPN services. Dorado's Redcell VPN
Service Center will enable service providers to quickly deploy multi-vendor
IP services in their new generation networks."
In an MPLS environment, Redcell VPN SC facilitates private IP network
services, connecting physically disparate locations by defining a variety of
VPN types, and provisioning the network to support user requirements.
Integrated with Dorado's Redcell product family, Redcell VPN SC offers
enterprises and service providers an application to rapidly create secure
multi-point VPN connectivity.
Dorado's VPN Service Center is designed to create customer sites and capture
customer information; define and provision network paths on provider edge
routers, including RSVP- and/or LDP-signaled label-switched paths and define
and create both hub-and-spoke as well as fully meshed MPLS-based VPNs.
Redcell VPN SC Version 3 delivers MPLS VPNs. MPLS has emerged as a dominant
standard for IP-VPNs, offering important improvements in provisioning and
management of VPNs. Redcell VPN SC provides the ability to create named
paths, support LSPs (both RSVP and LDP signaled), define Customer
Edge-to-Provider Edge routing protocols, and create and deploy Layer 2 VPNs
(both "Kompella" and "Martini") and Layer 3 PLS Border Gateway Protocol
VPNs (based on RFC 2547). The Redcell VPN Service Center supports Juniper
M-series and Cisco multi-protocol series routers.
Support for additional equipment and IPSec capabilities, providing host-host
security services such as privacy, authentication, and message integrity
targeted at the enterprise, is expected in late Q1.
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