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Aventail redefines remote access market with new clientless SSL VPN appliance; Aventail EX-1500 delivers new levels of anywhere access, IT flexibility and enterprise security to decrease IT costs.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2003-AVENTAIL: Aventail redefines remote access market with new clientless SSL VPN appliance; Aventail EX-1500 delivers new levels of anywhere access, IT flexibility and enterprise security to decrease IT costs(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Aventail, the recognised SSL VPN leader, has announced the immediate availability of its new Aventail EX-1500 clientless SSL VPN appliance that provides remote users with secure, anywhere access to any Web, client/server or file sharing resource. For the first time, IT organisations don't have to choose between traditional IPSec-based remote access VPNs that are expensive and difficult to deploy and first-generation SSL VPNs that are easy to implement but offer limited security and IT flexibility.

"Remote access over the Internet has been the domain of IPSec-based VPNs. With its EX-1500 appliance, Aventail has introduced a clear alternative to IPSec-based VPNs," said Michael Suby, senior research analyst at Stratecast Partners, a division of Frost & Sullivan."

In addition to the SSL VPN specialty of accessing Web-enabled applications in a clientless setting, the Aventail EX-1500 can...