NetScreen Brings SSL Security To Collaboration (By Barbara Darrow, CRN, 4/5/2004 ) explores Netscreen's new SSL-based Secure Meetings appliance. The Netscreen (formerly known as Neoteris) product is an Intel-based server running a "hardened secure" operating system.

'...the new offering is warranted by the need for a "dedicated solution for real-time collaboration" that installs easily. "The appliance drops in and integrates with your [existing] systems and instantly provisions meeting capability," '

The appliance is an alternative to the recurring costs of hosted services. Prices starts at $15K for 50 concurrent users; $45K for up to 250 concurrent users.

From a related article, NetScreen Unveils SSL-Based Meeting Appliances (By Matt Villano, CRN, Apr. 08, 2004):

'The Secure Meeting tools enable real-time collaborative sessions, multi-location document review, and remote desktop support and diagnostics, and do it across platforms, offering online meeting services for attendees using Windows, Macintosh, or Linux environments.'

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