Netopia Combines Broadband, Routing, Backup Into Single Device

📅 August 29, 2001 - Netopia, Inc. (netopia.com), a marketleader in broadband gateways and web platform softwaredesigned for small, medium and distributedenterprises, yesterday announced the first single boxbroadband, routing, integrated backup and securitysuite of products for under $1000, created as part ofNetopia's efforts to help service providers meet theneeds of the growing distributed enterprise market.

The R5320XL, R7220XL, and R9120XL single-box solutionscombine the speed of broadband connectivity routedacross multiple computers and peripherals with manyindustry standard security features and backupincluded at no additional cost. These solutions aredesigned to help service providers meet the needs of"distributed enterprises," which are defined asgeographically dispersed organizations.
"The distributed enterprise market continues toexpand, with the number of mobile and remote workersforecast to be more than 55 million by 2004," said AmyHarris of IDC's broadband markets and technologiesprogram. "To take advantage of this growingopportunity, service providers should target theirservice offerings to meet the unique needs of mobileand remote workers."
In addition to the new single-box solutions, Netopiahas also recently announced eCare, another new productfor distributed enterprises. eCare is a web softwareplatform that enables distributed enterprises to offerlive, online support over any type of Internetconnection to both customers and their own disperselocations. Both the single box solutions and eCare arepart of Netopia's commitment to help service providersincrease their revenue by assisting distributedenterprises.
"Distributed enterprises need to increase customerloyalty, securely link remote locations, reduceoperating costs, and reduce points of failure.Netopia's single box solutions and eCare are twoNetopia solutions that help them achieve these goals,"said Michael Trupiano, senior vice president andgeneral manager of Netopia's Internet equipment group.
Standard features included in Netopia's "R" seriesrouter solutions are virtual private networking,automatic keying options, DES and 3DES security, VPNacceleration, integrated v.90 backup and customerservice help, all at no additional cost.