AEP Systems Releases Scalable, Highly Available SSL VPN Solution
Palo Alto, California – August 4, 2004 – AEP Systems, the high-speed security company, today releases AEP SureWare A-Gate AG-1200, a scalable, high availability Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN bundled solution that includes one year of support and on-site installation and training. Priced at $25,000 for the SSL VPN package, users benefit from a feature rich remote access solution priced significantly below competitors’ products.
SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 offers both browser and client-based remote access to company email and software applications. Today’s release includes a pair of A-Gates that can expand to a load-balanced pool of 16 appliances. SureWare A-Gate’s load balancing feature enables unprecedented scalability without the need for additional user or feature licenses.
“Scalability is crucial for growing businesses and departments. By adding more SureWare A-Gates to an existing system businesses can accommodate more remote users without having to pay for additional licensing fees,” said Paul Healy, AEP SureWare A-Gate Senior Product Manager. “A-Gate’s scalability allows a business to adopt an SSL VPN at an entry level cost, but doesn’t limit the number of users for a business operating at the enterprise level.”
This A-Gate solution allows enterprise companies who want to take advantage of AEP Systems’ unique, one-time pricing model to deploy SureWare A-Gate. With today’s release, SureWare A-Gate can now accommodate remote access for thousands of concurrent users.
With the assurance of high availability, built-in load balancing, failover and unlimited user licenses with no hidden feature license fees, SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 gives enterprises working in a global business environment reliable access to mission-critical applications 24 hours a day.
AEP SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 features:
– Unlimited session licenses, unlimited user licenses
– Pair of high availability SureWare A-Gate SSL VPN appliances
– Scalable up to 16 appliances
– Clientless secure access from any Web browser to internal applications
– Windows Terminal Service access
– Full client-server access from pre-configured laptops and PCs without excessive management of the client software on the remote PC
– Secure wireless LAN deployment
Since AEP SureWare A-Gate was first introduced in 2002, AEP Systems’ mandate has been to provide a secure and affordable SSL VPN solution. The SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 bundle is priced at $25,000 where similar products cost over $100,000 and do not include support or installation. Beyond savings on the initial purchase, customers do not pay for additional licenses.
According to a recent report from Stratecast Partners, a division of Frost & Sullivan, AEP Systems’ SSL VPN appliance has the most attractive pricing in its class at $25 per user based on 400 concurrent users. Other appliances in the report range in price from $100-$150 per concurrent user.
PRICING AND PLATFORM SUPPORT
The AEP SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 bundle is priced at $25,000, a one-time price including SSL VPN remote access for 1,000 concurrent users, one year support and on-site installation and training.
AEP SureWare A-Gate AG-1200 supports Web-based access from the most popular browsers and Windows-based client server access. The appliance supports most authentication schemes including user ID/password, RADIUS, SecurId, Active Directory and LDAP.
For more information about AEP Systems’ SureWare A-Gate offering visit
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ABOUT AEP SYSTEMS
AEP Systems (www.aepsystems.com), the high-speed security company, delivers hardware security and acceleration solutions that are fast and cost-effective to deploy. Customers include financial institutions, government bodies, healthcare organizations and OEMs. Founded in 1998, AEP Systems is privately held with its US headquarters in Palo Alto CA, and offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific.