Contivity 1700 Secure IP Services Gateway

Nortel Networks announces the second phase of its Secure Routing Technology (SRT) initiative for Contivity. This includes extension of SRT to Voice over IP (VoIP), wireless LAN, and wire-based LAN applications. Contivity and SRT can be used to establish encrypted IP VPN paths (or tunnels) for these applications to securely transmit data across both the Internet, as well as LAN environments. Extension of SRT to Voice over IP, wireless LAN and Secure LAN applications adds a security component otherwise missing from these solutions.

Nortel Networks is also announcing availability of software by which Contivity can be deployed as a "secure IP router" in addition to that of a high-performance VPN gateway. Other key features in this software release include frame relay support, which helps Contivity address a much wider range of enterprise WAN environments, as well as a Quick Start utility to facilitate ease of deploying Contivity in remote sites.

SRT is a major component of Nortel Networks Unified Security Architecture and represents a powerful solution for scaling secure IP services within enterprise networks.

SSL VPN Module

Nortel Networks Contivity customers can now extend SSL VPN access to their existing IPsec VPN based deployments. This capability is enabled with the new Contivity SSL VPN Module 1000 and 5.0 server release deployable in the Contivity 1740, 2700 and 5000 platforms.... more

The Contivity 1700 series gateways are available in two models:

• The Contivity 1700 is a fully featured platform with a single hardware expansion slot. It addresses sites with limited need for optional LAN, WAN or hardware acceleration cards.
• The Contivity 1740, with up to four expansion slots, can integrate a range of LAN, WAN and acceleration cards for fan-out and back-up purposes. It provides maximum expansion flexibility at an attractive entry price.

• Cost-effectively extends IP-based remote access to locations needing up to 500 tunnels
• Performs as either a basic IP access router, dedicated VPN device, or firewall in a single unit
• Offers high-end Contivity software and administration in a small, low-cost package
• Supports dynamic routing and load-balancing for tunneled and non-tunneled traffic, and sophisticated quality-of-service (QoS) and bandwidth management features
• Supports centralized management via a secure, encrypted Internet tunnel -- using Contivity Configuration Manager, Web-browser, or command-line interface
  
  

Success Story

AMK recently completed a year long process of helping one of Nortel Networks largest customers to fill their knowledge gaps; Bell Nexxia. The success of this program enabled Bell Nexxia to deliver and support their IP VPN services. Read the complete success story... more