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Novell and equinux team up to provide VPN connectivity for the
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Boston / Munich - March 22, 2004: As the Novell BrainShare conference kicks off, equinux, the market-leading VPN software vendor for Mac, today announced compatibility with Novell BorderManager 3.8. The partnership enables remote Mac users in Novell network environments to establish secure connections, using VPN Tracker.
Novell BorderManager includes firewall and VPN technologies to safeguard networks from potential internal and external threats. By operating a Novell BorderManager environment combined with equinux VPN Tracker, as a remote VPN client for Mac, heterogeneous networks now have a complete network protection tool.
"Novell is pleased to announce its collaboration with equinux for connecting remote Mac users and offering a complete VPN setup", said Frank Auger, Novell vice president, secure identity management product marketing and management. "Now employees working from remote locations on Macs can access files, email applications and databases over the Internet."
Given the fact that software is increasingly exposed to a wide range of vulnerability threats, comprehensive network protection is critical. Novell and equinux provide certificate management user authentication, X.509 certificates, to assure military-grade security and large scalability for enterprise usage. "Combining Novell BorderManager and equinux VPN Tracker ensures your information is as secure as it can get", explains Ortwin Gentz, CTO of equinux. "By supporting IPSec, the open industry standard for VPNs, equinux and Novell offer Mac users a seamless and easy way to get connected to Novell-based networks."
Pricing and availability
Novell BorderManager 3.8 is now available for $40 per user through Novell channel partners. Upgrade pricing for BorderManager 3.8 is available to current customers and those migrating from competitive products. VPN Tracker can be purchased from the equinux website, and from authorized VPN Tracker consultants worldwide. Pricing starts at $89.90 for a single Personal Edition license, the Professional Edition version is $199.90. For multiple licenses equinux offers volume discounts.
About equinux
Founded in 1998, with offices in Munich and Boston, equinux is the worldwide leader of VPN and UPS management software for the Mac OS X platform. equinux is famous for VPN Tracker, that provides secure networking for Mac users, and for APC Tracker, that controls uninterruptible power supplies connected to a Mac server.
Download a free demo: www.equinux.com/vpntracker/download/
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