Rainbow Technologies' CryptoSwift Speeds Connectivity
For Aventail.Net Customers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Rainbow Technologies, Inc.,
(Nasdaq: RNBO), a leading provider of high-performance security solutions for
the Internet and eCommerce, and Aventail, a recognized leader in building and
managing business partner networks, today extended their marketing and
technology partnership with the selection of Rainbow's CryptoSwift(TM)
eCommerce accelerator for the Aventail.Net managed service.
With CryptoSwift, Aventail now provides customers with dramatically
improved capacity, increased system availability and enhanced performance for
scalable business-to-business commerce and collaboration. According to
Rainbow, CryptoSwift can increase Web server capacity by a factor of 10. The
integrated Rainbow-Aventail solution provides increased availability and
faster performance for partners to gain access to mission critical resources.
"In the business-to-business world, speed, security and reliability are
absolutely critical in building a competitive advantage," said Shawn Abbott,
chief technology officer, Rainbow Technologies. "By choosing CryptoSwift for
Aventail's managed service, customers gain a powerful solution that not only
allows rapid activation of business partner networks, but also ensures the
fastest and most reliable connection with their partners."
Aventail.Net Delivers Rapid Activation of Business Partner Networks
Aventail.Net is the industry's first and only managed extranet service.
It enables corporations to get from concept to production in as little as
10 weeks and provides ongoing user, service and infrastructure management --
everything from complete server management to help desk support.
"By incorporating CryptoSwift into Aventail.Net's managed service
offering, customers can be assured that their business partner networks will
have the highest availability and performance for communication with their
mission-critical partners," said Jude O'Reilley, director of services
marketing, Aventail. "We're pleased to offer Rainbow's CryptoSwift as an
element of Aventail.Net."
CryptoSwift Delivers Speed, Security for eCommerce
Rainbow Technologies' CryptoSwift accelerates the public-key cryptographic
functions of SSL, SET, and other widely used security protocols. Using
patent-pending technology, CryptoSwift contains a public-key math processor
that off-loads and speeds up the operations of a secure Web server's main
processor. Running up to 1,000 transactions per second and processing a
transaction in less than five milliseconds, CryptoSwift improves server
response time by up to 90 percent and frees your server to perform other
tasks. The CryptoSwift board easily plugs into the PCI slot of your server
and seamlessly installs into your secure Web server software including
Netscape, Apache, and Microsoft. CryptoSwift works with existing secure web
server resources and makes an organization's infrastructure investment last
longer.
About Rainbow Technologies
Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading provider of security
solutions for the Internet and eCommerce. Rainbow applies its core technology
to a variety of Internet applications -- from securing software to the
acceleration of secure communications for eCommerce and Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs). Rainbow's products include secure Web server and VPN
acceleration boards, anti-piracy and Internet software distribution solutions,
PKI security solutions, voice, data and satellite security systems, as well as
USB-based authentication tokens.
The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and maintains offices
throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia,
China, India, The Netherlands, Russia and Taiwan. Rainbow's network of nearly
50 authorized distributors sell the company's products worldwide. For more
information, contact Rainbow at 1-800-852-8569 or see the company's Web site
at http://www.rainbow.com.
About Aventail
Aventail is a recognized leader in designing, activating, and managing
business partner networks. The company serves more than 300 leading
corporations, including half of the Fortune 10. Enterprises such as Aetna,
Bear Stearns, Hewlett-Packard, Disney, Marriott, General Electric, Kodak, IBM,
and Xerox rely on Aventail to help manage their foundation for scalable
business-to-business commerce and collaboration. Recognized as the pioneer in
the emerging Extranet Service Provider market, Aventail has received industry
praise from Computer Reseller News, Giga Information Group, InfoWorld, and
Network Computing.
Aventail Corporation is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle,
Washington. For more information on the company and its products, please
contact the company directly at (206) 215-1111 AVENTAIL, or info@aventail.com.
Visit Aventail's Web site at http://www.aventail.com.
SOURCE Rainbow Technologies, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Dan Chmielewski of Rainbow Technologies,
Inc., 949-450-7377, dchm@rainbow.com; or Lesa Wheeler of Nadel
Phelan, Inc., 831-439-5570 ext. 266, lesa@nadelphelan.com, for
Rainbow Technologies, Inc.; or Troy Zaboukos of Aventail
Corporation, 206-808-0202, tzaboukos@aventail.com
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