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Nokia and Data Fellows Secure Wireless Corporate Intranet Access
March 17, 1997
- Improved security enables GSM operators to connect lntranets
Nokia Telecommunications and Data Fellows have signed an agreement to integrate Data Fellows' award winning F-Secure VPN encryption software into Nokia’s Artus wireless data networking solutions. The Nokia Artus solution enables GSM operators to offer secure corporate lntranet solutions, without the requirement of using costly leased lines to reach their corporate customers.
"Weakness of remote access security has discouraged remote access to corporate networks. In partnership with Data Fellows we can now provide GSM operators with an lP networking solution which meets the strict security requirements of corporate IT managers. This means new business for GSM networks," said Petri Pöyhönen, Vice President, Wireless Data Server Systems at Nokia Telecommunications
"lntranet remote access outsourced to GSM operators represents an important market restructuring. In the context of Nokia's Artus Managed Internet Access Point (IAP) networking solution, we can see immediate potential of leveraging our encryption technology already widely used for LAN interconnect," said Risto Siilasmaa, Managing Director at Data Fellows.
Nokia Artus Access Manager, launched at the CeBIT exhibition last week, enables network operators to establish a managed IAP and bridge the two worlds of Internet Protocol (IP) data networking and wireless networks together. The Nokia Artus Access Manager manages the different levels of access security, the key enabler of the lntranet access business.
Data Fellows' F-Secure VPN encrypts and compresses TCP/lP packets transmitted over public data networks to private corporate networks. Military- strength cryptographic security of F-Secure VPN prevents malicious access to the transferred information. Encryption is implemented at transport layer and is thus transparent for applications.
The Nokia Artus Access Manager initially handles authentication and authorization of remote users. With the addition of Data Fellow’s F-Secure VPN, GSM networks can be used by corporate customers to access their sites via cost efficient public data networks, without compromising security. GSM network operators can now combine on-the-move reachability with lP connectivity.
A major business potential for wireless operators is to further extend corporate lntranets to the world of wireless coverage. This enables businesses to increase their efficiency by ensuring their staff secure, wireless connectivity to their e-mail, groupware and corporate database resources.
Remote access to corporate data resources has been traditionally implemented in corporate premises with dial-in modems. Corporate IT can now outsource this costly telecom access technology to GSM operators and operate in a clean lP protocol environment. Remote access becomes as simple as LAN interconnect.
In the interest of future market compatibility, Nokia and Data Fellows are both committed to following the emerging open lP security standards.
Nokia Telecommunications' Information Networking Systems division develops, implements, and markets systems based on Internet technologies to telecommunications operators.
Data Fellows is a software development company with offices in San Jose, California, and Helsinki, Finland. Data Fellows is a technology leader in its major business areas of anti-virus, data security and cryptography software. F-secure products have won several awards over the past several months. These have included the HOT Product 1997 Award from Data Communication magazine, Best New Networking Product from LAN Magazine and the Grand Award in the European IT Prize competition. Data Fellows is privately held. Annual growth in net sales has been over 100% since the company was founded in 1988.
During CeBIT '97 Nokia can be reached at booth F 07 in hall 16 and Data Fellows at booth B46 in hall 3.
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