IP VPNs: Ready to move up the value chain?
Communications News › Vol. 36 Nbr. 9, September 1999
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Industry Trend or Event - Interview
IP-based virtual private networks (VPN) have become more appealing because of the refinements in IP standards. According to John Lawler, VPN product line manager, Concentric Network; and with Robert McKinney, director of VPN & Internet security, GTE Internetworking, enterprises are buying VPN for its performance guarantees and application hosting. The IPSec security standard meets concerns about integrating VPNs with the Internet, Lawler contends. GTE's McKinney views IPSec as an essential foundation for interoperability. The market issues that he sees as more important are reliability and quality of service (QoS) not security.See the full content of this document
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IP VPNs: Ready to move up the value chain?
For several years, carriers have met with enterprise customers who balked at IP-based virtual private networks (VPNs). This is changing, largely due to the refinement of specific Internet protocol (IP) standards that have made VPNs far more appealing...
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