NeoAccel's OEM-Friendly SSL VPN-Plus Network Platform Eliminates TCP-Over-TCP
Meltdown and Context-Switching Problems That Plague Conventional SSL VPNs
RSA CONFERENCE, Exhibit #2001, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ --
NeoAccel, a pioneering innovator of next-generation Internet security
solutions, introduced its flagship product, SSL VPN-Plus(TM), the only
security platform to eliminate the barriers that have kept SSL VPNs from
replacing IPSec VPNs. The company's patent-pending Intelligent Connection
Acceleration Architecture(TM) (ICAA) enables OEMs to deliver full-application
secure access with LAN-like performance for mobile users and wireless
LANS -- without the complexities associated with IPSec VPNs.
NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus eliminates the TCP-over-TCP meltdown and
context-switching problems that devastate the performance and scalability of
conventional SSL VPNs," said Michel Susai, chairman and CEO of NeoAccel. "SSL
VPN-Plus is the first network platform that enables secure, full-application
access for mobile users and wireless LANs without the administration headaches
of IPSec VPNs."
Susai is the founder and former chairman and CEO of NetScaler where he
invented and pioneered the patented Request Switching(TM) technology that
accelerates application delivery to handle the bulk of today's commercial Web
traffic. Google, Yahoo!, Ticketmaster, Microsoft's Internet properties and
many others rely on Susai's fundamental innovation to operate and protect the
world's highest-traffic websites.
NeoAccel will deliver SSL VPN-Plus as an OEM-friendly platform that
enables suppliers of firewalls, VPNs and other edge-facing devices to deliver
the functional benefits of conventional IPSec VPNs with the ease of use and
zero-client administration of SSL VPNs. NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus architecture
is based on the company's patent-pending ICAA technology, which eliminates the
congestion-driven TCP-over-TCP meltdown and performance-sapping context
switching associated with conventional SSL VPNs. The results are fewer
dropped sessions and a vastly improved, consistent and more secure user
experience. SSL VPN-Plus provides complete application support, finely grained
access control and administration, enterprise-class scalability and strong
encryption, such as AES-256.
Currently, NeoAccel delivers SSL VPN-Plus on three families of hardware
platforms, suitable for enterprise, small and medium-sized business (SMB) or
small office/home office (SOHO). For the enterprise, SSL VPN-Plus supports
high-end x86 platforms from Intel and AMD with high-performance crypto
acceleration co-processor from Cavium and others. For SMB, SSL VPN-Plus
supports VIA, Intel's XScale and MIPS core platforms. For SOHO, SSL VPN-Plus
supports VIA and system on chip (SoC) processors including Cavium's new family
SoC processors, including the CN201, CN220 and others. NeoAccel's operating
environment is easily extensible to run all custom applications from the OEM.
Also, NeoAccel's XML RPC-based management framework and web interfaces allow
the platform to extent and integrate into the OEM's existing management
framework.
"Mindbrook customers demand the highest level of security for remote
Internet access to their business data stored on Mindbrook servers," said
Michael Hulme, vice president of business development for Mindbrook. "We
decided to go with NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus because it eliminates the
TCP-over-TCP meltdown problem that cripples the performance of conventional
SSL VPNs, particularly when our customers access the Internet via WLANs.
NeoAccel delivers a much more reliable and higher-throughput secure access
solution than conventional SSL VPNs."
RagingWire Enterprise Solutions (RES), an enterprise IT managed services
and solutions provider, is evaluating NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus appliance for
potential additions to its Managed Security Services (MSS).
"As regulatory pressures increase the demand for more reliable and
scalable VPNs, RES is continuing to access best-of-breed technologies that
allow enterprise companies to increase network scalability and security
without compromising performance," said Yatish Mishra, president and CTO of
RES. "NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus and Intelligent Connection Acceleration
Architecture provide an SSL solution that has the potential of offering highly
scalable, next-generation VPN solutions that increase the high level of
reliability and security needed to meet the current and future requirements of
our enterprise customers."
NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus platform architecture leverages NeoAccel's
patent-pending ICAA technology for streamlined, network-layer performance
using a standard, small-footprint gateway equipped with off-the-shelf
processors, a vanilla RedHat kernel and optional SSL acceleration hardware. As
a result, NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus platform architecture is ideally well suited
for integration and deployment as part of vendors' existing solutions. SSL
VPN-Plus sessions are click-and-alive with full application support for
thin-client, fat-client and legacy applications, no performance-draining
context switching, and high capacity without TCP-over-TCP meltdown problems
even in congested WAN and wireless LAN environments. Initially, SSL VPN-Plus
supports more than 20,000 concurrent sessions, 1,700 new user logins per
second and greater than 950 Mbps throughput using a 1 Gbit NIC.
About NeoAccel
Founded with the vision to "Secure Everything(TM)" through secure access
from anywhere to anything, NeoAccel is delivering a breakthrough in
simplified, full-access SSL VPN technology that enables more businesses to
implement highly secure, scalable access with the performance of IPSec VPNs.
NeoAccel's SSL VPN-Plus overcomes the limitations that compel network managers
and users to resort to cumbersome or insecure workarounds when faced with
using conventional performance-limited Web security mechanisms. NeoAccel is
headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Contact NeoAccel at http://www.neoaccel.com or
info@neoaccel.com.
Visit NeoAccel at RSA Conference Exhibit #2001.
NOTE: NeoAccel, SSL VPN-Plus, Intelligent Connection Acceleration
Architecture and Secure Everything are trademarks of NeoAccel.
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CONTACT:
Peter Hertan of NeoAccel, +1-408-315-0209, or
peter@neoaccel.com; or Brigid Fuller of ZNA Communications,
+1-831-425-1581, ext. 202, or neoaccel@zna.com, for NeoAccel
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