1.Xedia is an IREG customer, should help IREG with LU going forward, 'nuf said
2.IRE Continues to Drive VPN Deployment in Japan with Expanded Presence at Nomura Research Institute
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999--
SafeNet/Trusted Services Provides Comprehensive VPN
Management for Critical Investment Transactions
Information Resource Engineering, Inc. (IRE) (Nasdaq:IREG), a leading provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology and solutions for secure business communications, announced today Nomura Research Institute (NRI), Japan's premier think tank and systems integrator, has expanded its use of IRE's VPN products and services to include outsourced VPN management for a critical extranet application. The company has selected IRE's SafeNet/Trusted Services(TM) to provide low-cost, comprehensive VPN management for an extranet that connects more than thirteen securities brokerage firms for electronic trading communication.
NRI has relied on IRE's SafeNet technology since 1998 to protect the transmission of sensitive financial information, including operating its own SafeNet/Security Center to provide VPN management for the intranet service NRI provides to major financial companies. Based on its high level of satisfaction with IRE's technology and services, NRI has chosen SafeNet/Trusted Services to manage its extranet application and secure confidential post-trading communication between brokers and investors.
"SafeNet/Trusted Services offers us a management solution for our extranet that we can implement easily and with confidence," said Masaki Tochizawa, NRI's General Manager of Strategic Systems Product Department. "IRE has consistently responded to our VPN needs with solutions that allow us to concentrate on our core business while providing the comprehensive security our industry demands."
SafeNet/Trusted Services makes it possible for organizations to provide VPN management 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without the investment in equipment, facilities, and security expertise. Trained network security experts perform all the functions for effective VPN deployment including security policy creation and management, user enrollment, network management, and help desk support. Banks, government agencies, and an increasing number of Internet Service Providers rely on SafeNet/Trusted Services to provide comprehensive, standards-based security for their information assets.
"IRE's effectiveness in delivering solutions that fit the way companies do business is why we are becoming the world leader in VPN deployment," said Dubhe Beinhorn, IRE's Vice President of International Sales. "SafeNet/Trusted Services gives NRI the assurance they need to protect their mission critical business applications without forcing them to become security experts."
About Nomura Research Institute
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) is the leading Think Tank and Systems Integrator in Japan. Established in 1965 as Japan's first private think tank, NRI currently operates nine offices worldwide with approximately 2900 employees and sales of more than US $1,150,000,000 (US$1=JPY115). NRI employs a global information network, detailed research and analysis, and overall judgment to observe economic, industrial, and social change and offer its customers "Best Solutions" to optimize their business development strategies.
3. More about yesterday's HIFN chip announcement, a little later. But IREG encryption chip is still a better deal |
