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Contivity Secure IP Services Gateway
Overview
The Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways are the perfect answer for Enterprises building managed IP Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs) — for intranets, extranets and remote access. A single hardware device provides
advanced IP routing, firewall, bandwidth management, encryption, authentication and data integrity for
secure tunnelling across managed IP networks and the Internet. It is easy to answer an organisation’s
networking requirements — whether providing the service to one’s own organisation or as a managed service
provided to Enterprise customers. One box provides a full range of features for building high-performance,
scalable, secure IP VPNs.
Customer Profile
The Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways are the
perfect answer for all Enterprises building managed
IP VPNs for intranets, extranets and remote access.
Typical Applications
Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways are used to
create IP-based VPNs, which provide connections to
employees, customers, suppliers, partners and
organisations and foster communication,
collaboration and eBusiness. VPNs require a new
class of product to support large-scale access with
high security and centralised management. Only the
Contivity VPN Switch integrates all the features
needed to build a high performance, scalable and
secure VPN.
Nortel Networks offer a complete VPN solution with
Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways. The solution
includes site-to-site encrypted tunnelling; IPSec
encryption from the switch to the desktop;
integrated configuration and management
software; simplified interfaces for both switch
administration and for the IPSec Client; an
integrated Authorisation, Authentication and
Accounting (AAA) server and flexible and scalable
VPN deployment options.
Nortel Networks high performance VPN platforms
enable one to access the Enterprise network
anytime, anywhere, through a secure virtual private
network. The Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways
integrates all of the necessary VPN technologies into
a single platform such as routing, firewall,
bandwidth management, encryption,
authentication and data integrity for secured
tunnelling across the Internet.
Key Points
• A single hardware device that provides routing,
firewall, bandwidth management, encryption,
authentication and data integrity for secure
tunnelling across managed IP networks and the
Internet. One box provides a full range of features
for building high-performance, scalable, secure
IP VPNs.
• Contivity’s Secure IP Services – Advanced Routing,
full VPN capabilities, and Stateful Firewall – can
now be purchased and implemented
independently
• Cost Savings - using the Internet or a Managed IP
Service as the wide area transport allows
connections to be local to the users
• The Internet provides a world wide presence
• Easy to scale the network - also allows for full-
mesh connectivity
• Provides a secure and fast method to
communicate with business partners and
suppliers
• Can also leverage the Service Provider’s backbone
for a consistent level of performance and SLAs -
additional provider services may be available