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Light Reading Publishes Ground-Breaking VPN Test
Eight equipment vendors participate in largest ever test of SSL VPN products,
conducted by Light Reading, Network Test, and Spirent
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/),
the premier information resource for news and analysis of next-generation
telecommunications technology, today published the most comprehensive test to
date for the important SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Virtual Private Networking
(VPN) gateway market.
The test set out to identify key standards for performance, scaleability, and
security of an important new class of security products, VPN gateways. These
products allow secure access to corporate networks from virtually any Web
browser, on any device, anywhere.
Network Test conducted the test in close collaboration with Spirent
Communications. To ensure the impartiality of the results, the test was paid for
by Light Reading.
Eight equipment vendors took part in this evaluation: Array Networks Inc.,
Aventail Corp., NetScaler Inc., NetScreen Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:NSCN),
Nortel Networks Corp.(NYSE:NT) Toronto, PortWise AB, Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:
SYMC), and Whale Communications Ltd. That's a record high turnout for any Light
Reading test.
Key areas assessed in the test included products' transaction rates, response
times, and scaleability, as well as support for Microsoft's Outlook Web Access
application. The test did not pick an overall winner, finding that each product
had strengths in different areas. However, to help network managers choose among
different vendors' SSL VPN gateways Light Reading offers a breakdown of which
products came out on top in each area of the test, along with an extensive
analysis of the test results.
"We hope our tests help enterprise network architects make informed decisions in
terms of features, performance, and security," said David Newman, president of
Network Test. "One reason we attracted so many participants is that we created a
new methodology, one that includes what is arguably the killer app for remote
access: OWA, the Webified version of Microsoft Outlook."
"This is a milestone test in that it establishes an industry standard
methodology for testing SSL VPNs," said Mark Fishburn, Vice President, Technical
Strategy Spirent Communications "We are delighted to be a part of this test that
pushes the performance envelope in the most comprehensive SSL VPN test ever
performed in this competitive market segment."
The full results are published today on Light Reading's test Web site, Light
Testing, (http://www.lightreading.com/testing).
Contact:
Blythe Teed
Marketing Manager
Light Reading
212-925-0020 x 106
About Light Reading
Light Reading launched in February 2000. Its Website,
http://www.lightreading.com/, delivers timely and entertaining in-depth analysis
of next-generation telecommunications technology developments for free.
Profitable from its inception, Light Reading has rapidly gained a reputation as
required reading for anybody associated with telecommunications. 850,000 people
visit Light Reading each month. In June 2001, Light Reading launched a sister
site, http://www.byteandswitch.com/, which has rapidly become the go-to
destination on the Internet for independent analysis of storage networking
issues. In 2002, Light Reading acquired and re-launched
http://www.unstrung.com/, a site providing analysis of the wireless industry.
About Network Test Inc.
Network Test is an independent benchmarking and network design consultancy. Its
clients include service providers and Fortune 50 enterprises on three
continents. The company is headed by David Newman, who formerly managed the
award-winning lab test program for Data Communications magazine for nearly 10
years. Newman is also the author of the IETF specification for firewall
performance measurement and a coauthor of a pending draft on quality-of-service
measurement.
About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications (http://www.spirentcom.com/) is a global provider of
integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the
development and deployment of next-generation networking technology such as
Internet telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global navigation satellite
systems, and network security equipment. Spirent's solutions are used by more
than 1,500 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largest equipment
manufacturers, service providers, enterprises and governments. Based in
Rockville, Maryland, Spirent Communications reported 2002 revenue of $476
million and has 1,800 employees worldwide. The company is the largest business
group of Spirent plc, traded on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (LSE:
SPT, NYSE: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209).
DATASOURCE: Light Reading
CONTACT: Blythe Teed, Marketing Manager of Light Reading,
, or 212-925-0020 x 106
Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/