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Lucent Technologies: Lucent Technologies' partners to sell secure firewall solution targeted at large enterprises and the federal government
MURRAY HILL, N.J, Jan 15, 2004 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Lucent Technologies
(NYSE: LU) today announced the availability of the Lucent VPN Firewall Brick
1100, the largest firewall in Lucent's extensive security portfolio with one of
the industry's highest capacity throughput. The product will give large
enterprises and other customers with critical security needs, such as federal,
state and local governments, the ability to protect the massive amounts of
incoming and outgoing data on their network without affecting speed or network
performance.
Lucent has already arranged for a number of its business partners, with key
vertical market experience, to sell the firewall solutions. The product will be
available from: Argent Associates, CyberCore Technologies, Graybar, Intelligent
Decisions, Inc. LightRiver Technologies and P4 Performance Management, Inc.
The new VPN Firewall Brick 1100 provides 1.0 Gigabits Per Second (Gbps) IP VPN
throughput allowing more than 7,000 simultaneous VPN tunnels as well as
high-speed firewall, VLAN and virtual firewall capability. It is particularly
suited for secure data center applications that require massive capacity,
extreme security and speed.
"In today's volatile world companies are serious about network security and want
to buy a solution that is ahead the competition," said Mark Wilson, vice
president, Global Business Partners, Americas for Lucent Technologies. "The
combination of Bell Labs-enabled security, superior network management and a
technology that provides a low overall cost of ownership offers a perfect fit
for our business partners selling in both the government and corporate sectors."
Lucent's firewall offerings take advantage of a bullet-proof proprietary
operating system created by Bell Labs. Its unique use of Layer-2 bridging
technology enables Lucent's product to outperform firewalls running on routers,
servers and other PC operating systems and allows for extremely easy
installation.
Lucent offers an entire portfolio of carrier-grade firewalls ranging from small
remote site applications to huge enterprise and service provider offerings. For
more information on the Lucent VPN Firewall Brick family of products visit
www.lucent.com/security
Lucent VPN Firewall Brick Family of products is sold primarily through the
Lucent Business Partner Program. The Lucent Business Partner Program includes
resellers, systems integrators and distributors who deliver Lucent products
including Internet security solutions, IP services solutions, remote access
solutions, switching solutions, optical networking solutions and services to
utilities, enterprises, ISPs and service providers worldwide. For more
information on the Lucent Business Partner Program or to locate a Lucent
Business Partner, visit the website at www.lucent.com/partner/advantage
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that
drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and
development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and
voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new
revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to
quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes
communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For
more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill,
N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com
CONTACT: Wendy Zajack, Lucent Technologies Tel: +1 908 582 8190
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