Intelispan to Bundle Public Key Infrastructure with WorldCom's Managed Private VPN Service
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1998--Officials with Intelispan, Inc. (OTC BB: IVPN) announced today that its subsidiary, Contego, has formed a strategic alliance with WorldCom Advanced Networks (NASDAQ NMS: WCOM - news) to integrate Intelispan's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with WorldCom's private, managed Internet Protocol (IP) digital fiber ATM network.
This alliance will allow the integration of the advanced IP management and IP filtering 'soft firewall' features of the WorldCom backbone network with Intelispan's PKI management and encryption technologies.
The resulting service offers the following benefits to customers: - Significantly improved two-factor, remote-access network security based on public key technology - Cost-effective, customer-controlled PKI without the significant up-front capital investment typically associated with PKI - Dramatically reduced operational costs as compared to alternative solutions.
The integrated service allows corporations to easily and securely broaden the reach of their Intranets and extranets for the deployment of E-commerce applications.
Intelispan's objective is to greatly reduce the operational, development and capital investment demands for corporations wishing to provide remote access to, and deploy applications over, secure IP-based networks.
''By providing a platform for trusted information exchange, Intelispan will allow corporations to focus their energies and resources on the deployment of E-commerce applications to support their core business, rather than on the development and maintenance of the underlying infrastructure required to support these applications,'' said Peter A. Nelson, Intelispan president and chief executive officer.
Intelispan's PKI will provide a unique platform allowing businesses to meet the growing need to extend the reach of their corporate Intranets and extranets. More importantly, it will do so without compromising the security of their information systems, data and applications.
The resulting network provides all of the managed security and key management benefits of Public Key technology combined with the managed performance and reliability of WorldCom's Tier One private ATM network.
Not a Typical VPN
Intelispan's exSPANd(SM) VPN differs from typical VPN solutions in a number of significant ways. exSPANd is a 'private managed network' separate from the Internet, which minimizes the risk of confidential data (encrypted or otherwise) transversing untrusted servers: an unfortunate hallmark of the Internet.
Unlike the Internet, exSPANd is private, meaning that access is controlled and limited to corporate customers and their communities of interest with no uncontrollable access provided to the general public.
About WorldCom Advanced Networks
Formed in 1998 from the combined WorldCom companies of CompuServe Network Services, ANS Communications, GridNet International and the Web hosting business unit of UUNET Technologies, WorldCom Advanced Networks is a leading networking and hosting company and a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc.
WorldCom Advanced Networks provides more than 3,000 customers with complete, fully integrated, Internet, Intranet and Extranet connectivity solutions in 114 countries. Additional information on WorldCom Advanced Networks can be found at wcom.net.
About Intelispan
Intelispan is a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that provides and distributes this group of secure, high-value business communications solutions through a network of Network Integration companies and VARs (alliance partners).
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