Jan, 2002 : Dorado Introduces Multi-Vendor VPN Management Solution

📅 January 29, 2002 - Dorado Software, Inc. (doradosoftware.com), a provider ofnetwork infrastructure software, today announced the launch of its RedcellVirtual Private Network Service Center (VPN SC), an integrated softwaresolution that makes creating, deploying, and managing multi-vendor VPNssimple and scalable, the company says. Enterprises and service providers canquickly deploy VPNs from edge to core, via Internet Protocol Security andMultiprotocol Label Path Switching technologies. From a single product, VPNSC offers strong authentication and security as well as bandwidth and SLAs.

"Currently large-scale VPN deployments are complex and requiretime-consuming, manual device configurations," said Tim Sebring, founder andCEO of Dorado Software. "Redcell VPN SC provides a powerful solutiondesigned to automate the creation and deployment of IP-VPNs, and enables VPNservices to be turned on faster, more accurately across a multi-vendorenvironment. With feature-rich IPSec and MPLS service offerings, thisintegrated solution allows the true cost saving benefits of VPNs to berealized."
Redcell VPN Service Center addresses a number of problems, such asmanagement of security information, control of network security appliances,management and configuration of routers, and the accuracy and time involvedin delivery of services. The VPN SC ensures users don't need a degree inrouter or network appliance configuration, no matter the complexity of thenetwork. Inaccuracies occur in approximately 50% of all manual VPNdeployments. The VPN SC eliminates the errors by ensuring the correctservice is deployed each time, the company said. Even in instances wherefull deployment is not possible, such as when a router is down and notavailable for provisioning, the VPN SC offers rollback capability thatavoids partially deployed services. Users pick the members of the VPN,define customer information, and the VPN Service Center does the rest.
"Service providers are increasingly adding Virtual Private Network servicesto their product offerings due to the increased demand by their customers,an indication that, as measured by Infonetics' research, VPNs are considereda valuable tool for businesses," said Michael Howard, principal analyst andco-founder, Infonetics Research. "Speed and accuracy of service providerprovisioning are essential for these VPN services. Dorado's Redcell VPNService Center will enable service providers to quickly deploy multi-vendorIP services in their new generation networks."
In an MPLS environment, Redcell VPN SC facilitates private IP networkservices, connecting physically disparate locations by defining a variety ofVPN types, and provisioning the network to support user requirements.Integrated with Dorado's Redcell product family, Redcell VPN SC offersenterprises and service providers an application to rapidly create securemulti-point VPN connectivity.
Dorado's VPN Service Center is designed to create customer sites and capturecustomer information; define and provision network paths on provider edgerouters, including RSVP- and/or LDP-signaled label-switched paths and defineand create both hub-and-spoke as well as fully meshed MPLS-based VPNs.
Redcell VPN SC Version 3 delivers MPLS VPNs. MPLS has emerged as a dominantstandard for IP-VPNs, offering important improvements in provisioning andmanagement of VPNs. Redcell VPN SC provides the ability to create namedpaths, support LSPs (both RSVP and LDP signaled), define CustomerEdge-to-Provider Edge routing protocols, and create and deploy Layer 2 VPNs(both "Kompella" and "Martini") and Layer 3 PLS Border Gateway ProtocolVPNs (based on RFC 2547). The Redcell VPN Service Center supports JuniperM-series and Cisco multi-protocol series routers.
Support for additional equipment and IPSec capabilities, providing host-hostsecurity services such as privacy, authentication, and message integritytargeted at the enterprise, is expected in late Q1.