Aspelle Adds Powerful New Capabilities to Aspelle Everywhere; Now Offers the Only SSL VPN Solution with Application-Level Authentication

- Latest Release of Aspelle Everywhere Brings Even More Security, Flexibility and Manageability to Customers -

LONDON (PRWEB) May 8, 2003 - Aspelle, the SSL VPN software leader, today announced a new version of Aspelle Everywhere, its award-winning SSL VPN software platform. Aspelle Everywhere is now the first SSL VPN solution to deliver application-level authentication, as well as multi-domain support within Microsoft Active Directory. The latest version of Aspelle Everywhere also adds a number of other key enhancements, including out-of-the-box portal functionality, dynamic password synchronization, instant intranet support, powerful relay server session monitoring and improved performance.

The last few months have been very exciting for us. As the high marks and 'market visionary ranking we recently received from Gartner, Inc. on the SSL VPN 1H03 Magic Quadrant clearly show, Aspelle Everywhere 3.0 firmly established our leadership position in the market, particularly in relation to other software vendors," said Mark Turner, CEO of Aspelle. The new features in this follow-on release demonstrate that we are continuing to drive innovation in the SSL VPN industry."

With its powerful, three-tier security model, completely centralised management and flexible and comprehensive access capabilities, Aspelle Everywhere is unmatched by any other SSL VPN solution. Aspelle Everywhere delivers flexible and highly secure access to all corporate applications, including Web, UNIX, Windows and legacy systems, without compromising manageability. And, because of its software-based architecture, Aspelle Everywhere enables organisations to maximise existing IT investments, including other access solutions, such as dial-up systems or traditional VPNs. Moreover, Aspelle Everywhere doesnt require client-side software, dedicated appliances, re-architecture of existing systems, application re-engineering or significant hardware expenditure.

Application-Level Authentication
With this latest release, Aspelle Everywhere is now the first SSL VPN solution to deliver authentication at the application level, allowing customers to easily and cost effectively restrict access to applications based on a particular type of authentication. This gives businesses more flexibility and control over the security of individual applications, and the context in which users can access them. It also ensures that extremely sensitive applications, such as human resources or financial databases, are only accessed with the appropriate security precautions. Other solutions can only provide this capability at the gateway, which is much more expensive and time-consuming to maintain.

Active Directory Multi-Domain Support
Aspelle Everywhere now also supports authorisation, authentication and single signon for users and resources across multiple domains within Microsoft Active Directory. This unique capability enables full support for global Active Directory implementations, and allows user objects in one domain to be easily permissioned to access resource objects in a different domain.

Aspelle Everywheres comprehensive and seamless integration with Active Directory also allows customers to easily extend existing Active Directory user profiles to include remote access capabilities, dramatically reducing implementation time and costs. And with easy-to-use management consoles delivered as Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, Aspelle Everywhere provides a consistent and intuitive user interface for all tasks, eliminating the need for additional staff training as well as the ongoing administrative burden of another proprietary interface.

'Out-of-the-Box Portal Capabilities
The latest version of Aspelle Everywhere also comes pre-packaged with portal functionality. This new feature is ideal not only for organisations that want to leverage existing portal capabilities, but for those that want simple, out-of-the-box deployment. The standard portal framework features basic log-on using the standard Aspelle Everywhere username and password log-on provider; a user-centric design, which lists only resources users are permissioned to access; and automatic resource launching.

Compatible with any portal, Aspelle Everywhere comes with standard installation and configuration settings so it is easy to set-up, configure and customise in Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft InterDev. When used with Microsoft SharePoint Team Services, Aspelle Everywhere automatically uses the same style as configured in the SharePoint portal.

Dynamic Password Synchronisation
In addition, Aspelle Everywhere now features single signon self-management capabilities, enabling users to enter their username and password only once to securely access all applications requiring the same authentication information. All user log-on information is automatically captured by Aspelle Everywhere and written to the Microsoft Active Directory. As a result, users are able to seamlessly access other applications that would normally require them to log on each time (with the same username and password) for the duration of their session. This significantly reduces the administration burden found in other access solutions, which typically use external password management systems.

Secure Intranet Access
Aspelle Everywhere now also offers secure, instant access to intranets, further expanding the scope of access organisations can deliver to users. Aspelle Everywheres new embedded URL transformer enables authorised remote users to easily access intranet sites via the Internet, without requiring any changes to the existing site. And since Aspelle Everywheres embedded URL transformer feature is based on Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Web Publishing Rules, it is easy to use, configure and implement.

Relay Server Session Monitoring
The latest version of Aspelle Everywhere also delivers real-time monitoring of the Aspelle Everywhere Relay Server. Administrators now have a single view of TCP/IP connections into the internal network, and can easily monitor all user access to Citrix, Windows Terminal Services and Telnet services from the Internet. As a result, potential problems can be identified immediately and administrators can terminate dangerous sessions instantly. Delivered through an extension to the ISA Server MMC, information is updated in real time and can be reported either per user or per session.

Improved Performance
Aspelle Everywhere is now more powerful than ever, with enhanced performance, scalability and implementation options. New features include authentication service caching, which can increase performance as much as 200 percent; support for the new Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol; additional browsers and operating systems support; and DMZ termination capabilities.

Pricing and Availability
The new version of Aspelle Everywhere is available immediately. For more information, please visit www.aspelle.com.         
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About Aspelle
Aspelle is the SSL VPN software leader. The companys award-winning platform, Aspelle Everywhere, is unmatched by any other SSL VPN solution in the industry in terms of flexibility, security and manageability. Aspelle Everywhere is ideal for companies who want to offer users secure, client-less access to all corporate applications, without the limitations and expense associated with other access technologies. Offering a powerful three-tier security model and centralized management, as well as the markets most advanced reporting features, Aspelle Everywhere integrates seamlessly into existing infrastructure, delivering the highest possible impact on ROI. For more information on Aspelle or Aspelle Everywhere, please visit www.aspelle.com.