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Route1 Answers the Call for Secure, Remote Access

Route1 Answers the Call for Secure, Remote AccessIf you were to ask Tony Busseri, CEO of Route1, on five separate occasions what is company’s mission is, his answer will never change.

“Route1’s philosophy on data security is simple: “Protect the Fortress. All data and internal files remain should remain safely within an organization’s confines, so they are not exposed to unauthorized access or unnecessary risk.”

Route1 (TSX V: ROI), a security and identity management company, is in a very unique position to help government agencies and private companies quickly and easily cope with the escalating need for secure remote access and identity management.

As Busseri will convincingly tell you, “Only Route1 solutions are founded on the principle of assuring the identity of an individual, not a PC, tablet, smartphone or other device.”

Without question, Route1’s track record is quite impressive; it has a diverse, distinguished customer base comprised of government more

Route1 Advances its Security Features and Protocols

Route1 Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ROI), a security and identity management company, announced today from the ACFEA TechNet Asia-Pacific Conference and Expo the release of its TruOFFICE 3.5 software application.

One of the industry’s most comprehensive secure remote access solutions, TruOFFICE 3.5 comes with improved security features and protocols, including the following:
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— The TruOFFICE application software data sessions now utilize the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 protocol by default
— The TruOFFICE application software now includes enhanced protection mechanisms while operating in hostile environments
— The MobiKEY Fusion device now supports SHA-2 smart cards and data sessions to 64-bit Host computers
— Performance of the MobiKEY Fusion device’s communication with the smart card has been significantly improved.

“TruOFFICE 3.5 is another strong example of how Route1 continues to deliver secure remote access technology that provides government and enterprise personnel more

Route1 to Exhibit at AFCEA TECHNET Asia Pacific 2011

Route1 Incroute1_logolg.jpg. (TSXV: ROI), a security and identity management company, today announced that it will showcase its remote access and identity management solutions, including the MobiNET platform, MobiKEY device and TruOFFICE application software, from Booth# 515 at the upcoming Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) TechNet Asia-Pacific 2011 Conference and Exposition in Honolulu, Hawaii.

“We are excited to once again be participating in AFCEA’s TechNet Asia-Pacific Conference 2011,” said Tony Busseri, Route1 CEO. “Route1’s success in providing leading-edge security and identity management solutions to military organizations worldwide, including the U.S. Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, makes AFCEA the perfect forum to not only showcase our solutions, but also to engage in high-level discussions and interact with other industry leaders on best practices in serving the armed forces community through technological innovation.”

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WYDOT Forgoes Fiber and Takes Giant Leap Forward With Actelis Networks’ ITS Solution Over Copper for Wyoming’s State Capital

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FREMONT, Calif., July 20, 2011Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions that is accelerating everything for municipalities and government agencies, today announced that WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) has deployed the company’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) networking solution as part of a wide-scale revitalization of the state capital’s transportation network, which serves nearly 60,000 Cheyenne residents. Actelis’ML690 aggregation switches, ML622 and ML680 EADs were deployed across the city’s copper network to provide real-time troubleshooting and monitoring capabilities.

Actelis worked in tandem with WYDOT and the City of Cheyenne on upgrading the transportation network from a legacy system to a new centralized Ethernet-based ITS network that provides greater reliability as well as lowering the ongoing complexity of maintaining the network. In addition to upgrading the city-wide transportation network, WYDOT is using Actelis’ ITS solution to backhaul data more

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Related Topics: IP/NGN, Municipal networks, e-Government, Access, Broadband |

VPISystems Announces OnePlan for Mobile, Industry’s First End-to-End Smartphone to Mobile Network Modeling & Subscriber QoE System

VPISystems Announces OnePlan for Mobile, Industry’s First End-to-End
Smartphone to Mobile Network Modeling & Subscriber QoE System

Helps Mobile Operators Predict & Prepare for Escalating Broadband Traffic and the rapid proliferation of new “Smartphone”
and tablet devices

March 23, 2011 – Orlando, FL – VPISystems, the leading provider of predictive network impact analysis software for subscriber quality assurance and network congestion avoidance, announced at CTIA today its OnePlan for Mobile offering. OnePlan is the industry’s first fully integrated environment for end-to-end mobile network modeling & subscriber quality assurance that starts at the Smartphone level to identify and manage congestion across the link & network element layers of a mobile operators’ RAN, Packet Core, and Voice Core networks. OnePlan helps mobile operators reduce churn, increase service conversion rates, and intelligently target their CAPEX expenditures where they are most needed.

“Smartphone behavior and data driven congestion more

ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SUCCESSFULLY TRIALS LOW-LATENCY 100G TRANSMISSION

100Gbit/s Metro/Enterprise Solution Shows Error-Free Operation
over Tier-One European Carrier Network

ADVA Optical Networking announces the successful trial of a direct-detection 100Gbit/s solution in the metro network of a tier-one European carrier. The solution ran error-free under real-life conditions with unfavorable fiber characteristics. The trial demonstrated the potential of non-coherent technologies for low-latency applications in metro and enterprise networks.

“ADVA Optical Networking has a long history of providing innovative and pragmatic solutions that deliver top performance, optimized for specific applications,” said Christoph Glingener, chief technology officer at ADVA Optical Networking. “There is a market for 100G solutions outside the traditional long-haul space,” he continued. “In the metro and data center connectivity domain, users need low latency, a small footprint, low power consumption and aggressive price points. This trial was excellent proof that we can deliver against these requirements.”

The demonstration was part more

Tufin Technologies Introduces Industry’s First Comprehensive Firewall Management and Auditing Solution for Next-Generation Firewalls

Tufin Extends the Scope of its Firewall Operations Management Solution Tufin Security Suite 5.3 to Support Palo Alto Networks Market-Leading Next-Generation Firewalls

RAMAT GAN, Israel, Feb. 8, 2011 – Tufin Technologies, the leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management solutions, today announced it is the first firewall management company to offer comprehensive support for next-generation firewalls from market leaders such as Palo Alto Networks.

The latest update of SecureTrack – Tufin’s firewall operations, auditing and compliance product – introduces the industry’s first solution that provides network security teams with seamless, comprehensive management and auditing capabilities for both next-generation and network-layer firewalls. Palo Alto Networks customers can now benefit from improved management, policy analysis and reporting found in the Tufin solution.

Announced today, Tufin’s support of Palo Alto Networks firewalls will be jointly demonstrated next week at the RSA Conference 2011 in San Francisco – in Tufin’s Booth more

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Throttle Down The Backhoe: Generating Ethernet Revenue Through Access Evolution

 By M. Vijay Raman, Vice President, Product Line Management and Marketing, Hatteras Networks

It is time to look beyond the backhoe for solutions to close the fiber gap that enable carriers to realize Ethernet revenue along the way. The advent of multi-service platforms means carriers can focus on systemetic migration and pay-as-you-grow strategies for accelerated ROI with Ethernet Service deployments. With the ability to leverage -these technologies and support any service over any media, carriers will find themselves well positioned to capitalize on emerging service revenue opportunities in the carrier Ethernet market.

Riding the Carrier Ethernet Wave

The global appetite for business Ethernet services will reach a staggering $40.2 billion by 2014, according to Vertical Systems Group and the Federal Communication Commission’s “Connecting America” National Broadband Plan calls for 100 Mb/s access in a minimum of 100 million homes across the U.S. by the year 2020. With more

ID-WiBB Launches WiMAX & WiFi Roaming Facility in Indonesia Powered by Aptilo Networks

– Uniting Indonesia Under One Wireless Broadband Umbrella –

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – November 23, 2010 – To encourage WiMAX™ growth in Indonesia, ID-WiBB, an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote national vision through the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products in Indonesia, announced today the launch of an Indonesian broadband roaming facility to serve the many wireless broadband service providers throughout the region.

This will enable roaming between WiMAX and Wi-Fi and possibly future LTE operators, creating a unified 4G wireless network across the nation.

“Our goal is to encourage further wireless broadband adoption and growth of the broadband ecosystem by establishing an automatic networked ID authorization that will allow anyone – regardless of their service provider – to tap in to the benefits of wireless broadband from anywhere, at anytime,” said Kanaka Hidayat, ID-WiBB. “Today’s announcement takes us one step closer to uniting the more

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Related Topics: 3G/4G, Municipal networks, Access, WiMax, Broadband, Wireless, Other |

LGS Innovations and Wavesat Announce Collaboration for Development of 4G Mobile Devices

Herndon, VA and Sunnyvale, CA – November 2, 2010 – LGS Innovations LLC (LGS), an independent U.S. subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. Federal Government, and Wavesat, Inc., a leading supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, today announced a collaboration agreement in the development of 4G mobile device equipment and technology for private and public network applications.

Wavesat will provide LGS with the necessary 4G silicon (known as the “Odyssey 9000” product line), software, reference designs and support for all User Equipment (UE) for LTE developed and implemented during the period of this collaboration. LTE (Long Term Evolution) is an important emerging wireless technology. Wavesat also will provide reference design information to LGS and selected LGS partners for use in building proof of concept designs and associated products. In addition, Wavesat and LGS will jointly explore other opportunities to apply Wavesat’s technology for various 4G solutions. more