Ascend Accelerates Market Adoption of Virtual Private
Networks With Breakthrough MultiVPN Strategy
Business Wire - May 04, 1998 08:51
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1998--
Ascend Solutions Move VPN Deployment Beyond Conventional Tunneling for
Enterprise and Service Provider Networks
Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced its
MultiVPN(TM) (virtual private network) strategy designed to advance the VPN
market by addressing the key concerns of both service providers and enterprise
subscribers. MultiVPN enables the utilization of the public network infrastructure
for private enterprise communications with management capabilities, assured
levels of service and availability, and compatibility and security through a
provider/subscriber architecture. By encompassing Internet protocol (IP),
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and frame relay (FR) technologies,
Ascend's MultiVPN strategy supercedes the traditional approach to VPNs with
value-added services and comprehensive solutions that leverage the entire
Ascend product line.
"Through our MultiVPN strategy, we are enabling the enterprise to build VPNs
with best-of-breed IP, ATM and frame relay solutions as well as enabling the
service provider to deliver VPN services with assured management,
compatibility and availability," said Kurt Bauer, Vice President, Access pro duct
management for Ascend Communications. "Together, our flexible
provider/subscriber framework, robust technology, and unequaled service and
management capabilities distinguish Ascend's approach to VPNs, and poise the
company to accelerate adoption of VPNs worldwide."
Until now, enterprise hurdles to VPN deployment have included inadequate
manageability, lack of availability/Service Level Agreements (SLAs),
incomplete application compatibility and unacceptable security deficiencies.
MultiVPN overcomes these challenges with a continuum of key products and
services. Issues faced by service providers when deploying VPN services have
included billing, service creation, provisioning, client network management,
Quality of Service (QoS) and high-availability services/SLAs. Again, MultiVPN
overcomes these deployment and administration hurdles with comprehensive
management capabilities and guaranteed service levels. With MultiVPN, both
the enterprise and the service provider utilize Virtual Private Remote
Networking (VPRN), Virtual Private Trunking (VPT), and Virtual IP Routing
(VIPR).
-- VPRN -- creates multi-protocol VPNs via the Internet;
-- VPT -- uses VPN technology to assure FR and ATM service
availability and optimizes trunk bandwidth to ensure SLA
performance even during periods of heavy congestion;
-- VIPR -- extends the enterprise private IP environment over public
network services by creating virtual routing environments for
each subscriber. Each routing environment can also deliver QoS
capability using IP Navigator. (For technical details on this
capability, please see the IP Navigator with Virtual Private
Routing release.)
VPRN, VPT and VIPR work with the Navis(TM) family of network and service
management products -- a key element of Ascend's MultiVPN strategy -- to
enable the service provider and enterprise with integrated private and VPN
management. (For additional technical details, please reference the NavisXtend
CNM Gateway/SLA release.)
"Ascend is redefining VPNs to move beyond conventional tunneling with
comprehensive solutions that are being widely embraced by service providers
and enterprises," said Deb Mielke, Senior Broadband Consultant, TeleChoice,
Inc. "Their MultiVPN strategy leverages two critical success factors -- the
growing presence of the company's access products throughout the enterprise
and Ascend's recognized leadership on the infrastructure side with core
networking products that continue to be widely adopted by service providers
across the globe."
Ascend's approach to VPNs has been positively received by both service
provider and enterprise customers. To date, forward-thinking organizations,
including Frontier and ISDNet, have initiated early deployment of Ascend's
MultiVPN solutions. (Further details are available in the Frontier and ISDNet
press releases.)
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells and services wide
area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service
providers and corporate customers worldwide.
Press and Industry analysts, please contact Meredith Valt or Kate O'Sullivan,
Alexander Communications, 415/923-1660, mvalt@alexandercom.com or
kosullivan@alexandercom.com. Investors and financial analysts, please contact
Kristina Graziano, 510/747-2345, kristina.graziano@ascend.com. For all other
inquiries please call toll-free: 800/ASCEND4.
For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend
web site at www.ascend.com, or send e-mail to info@ascend.com. Ascend is
headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda,
Calif. 94502; phone is 800/ASCEND4 and fax is 510/814-2300.
The foregoing statements may contain forward looking statements that are
based on current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results
could differ materially from these expectations as a result of factors including, but
not limited to, the Company's success in developing, introducing or shipping new
products, competition, the mix of distribution channels employed, the Company's
dependence on single or limited source suppliers for certain components used in
its products, risks inherent in international sales, seasonality and general
economic conditions. These and other factors are discussed in Ascend's 10-K,
10-Q and other filings made periodically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. |
