Tuesday, March 17, 2009

WAN veteran debuts new name, product line

Astrocom is now Ecessa, and its ShieldLink family includes a built-in firewall and VPN gateway
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WAN veteran debuts new name, product line

Ann Bednarz By Ann Bednarz
Taken from the word "necessary," Ecessa is the new name of a WAN industry veteran that for years has developed WAN link controllers tailored for small and midsize companies. Read full story

Ann Bednarz is associate news editor at Network World.

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