EnKoo enables conferencing via its VPN appliances

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
09/20/05
Today's focus: EnKoo enables conferencing via its VPN
appliances

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* EnKoo's VPN appliances now supports its MeetingAtMyPC software
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Today's focus: EnKoo enables conferencing via its VPN
appliances

By Tim Greene

SSL VPN vendor enKoo is branching out into secure conferencing.
The company is announcing this week that its enKoo 1000, 2000
and 3000 VPN appliances support the company's new MeetingAtMyPC
software that enables businesses to set up conferences to share
documents.

Using a Web interface, customers can schedule a meeting and send
invitations to participants via e-mail. The e-mail contains the
URL of the enKoo device, to which participants log in. The
device then creates SSL connections between the computer of the
conference host and the computers of the rest of the
participants.

Java applets distributed by the enKoo box enable screen sharing
so all participants see what is on the host's screen. The
software does not support audio.

While this may seem like an unrelated adjunct to a VPN platform,
it is not without precedent. Two years ago, SSL VPN vendor
Neoteris, now part of Juniper, introduced a conferencing add-on
to its SSL appliance.

The rationale enKoo uses is that businesses interested in SSL
VPNs are looking to boost productivity by extending applications
and databases to remote users. Supporting conferencing can
similarly make remote workers more productive, the company says,
and depending on the individual circumstances of customers, that
may be true. At least now it is an option to consider.

One consideration is that conferencing services represent an
ongoing cost while this would be a one-time fee, so if
conferencing is used frequently, the device should pay for
itself.

The new software is available now. It costs $1,500 for a license
that supports up to five participants.

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Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering virtual
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phone companies. You can reach him at <mailto:tgreene@nww.com>.
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gives you valuable insight into LAN performance. Click here to
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