[March 13, 2009] Ecessa Offers New Secure WAN Link Controllers Tweet Mar 12, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Ecessa (formerly Astrocom), a provider of WAN link controllers for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SME), has announced its new product family of WAN Link Controllers that brings greater security and WAN link control to the SME market. The new ShieldLink family includes a built-in firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway along with increased flexibility in defining access control. These features are integrated in one network device to provide SMEs with greater functionality and reliability to manage Internet traffic and maintain websites more effectively without the high costs of other WAN offerings. Ecessa explained that by providing more integrated features targeting security, businesses save costs on implementing, managing and maintaining several new networking products, while maximizing secure and reliable 100 percent Internet traffic uptime. With the integrated VPN gateway feature, ShieldLink creates virtual tunnels that enable secure communications between sites by encrypting user traffic over the Internet using the strong security of IPsec. The VPN capability also provides flexibility in securing communications between remote telecommuters and the main office, regardless of location. ShieldLink's integrated firewall enhances access to networks with new security feature sets, and increased flexibility in defining access control. ShieldLink defines three classes (WANs, DMZ and LANs) of network interfaces for handling various network traffic zones. Preventing network intrusion to private networks by inspecting traffic passing through it (both inbound and outbound), ShieldLink regulates the flow of traffic within determined zones. For example, the Internet is a zone with no trust, while the LAN is a zone with higher trust. A demilitarized zone (DMZ), located between the Internet and the LAN, is an intermediate level of trust. "Ecessa has always been focused on the SME market, with a clear understanding of these specific customers' business and IT requirements for managing their WAN infrastructure," said Ron Thomas, president and CEO of Ecessa. "ShieldLink is the most recent example of how Ecessa continues to offer many enterprise-class features at a price point affordable to the SME market. This is extremely important when IT departments are looking to do more with less cost and resources." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]