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The Contra Costa Community College District in California discovered its IPSec VPN gave outside vendors too much access and caused too many support headaches, so it switched to SSL VPN technology and wound up saving money to boot.

If you have given your trusted employees and key contractors remote access to your network via a client virtual private network (VPN), congratulations! By now, you have seen the productivity and cost benefits from allowing collaboration that surmounts geographical separation.

As part of Computerworld's silver anniversary celebrations 25 IT managers recall the ups and downs of their careers. Here, Adelaine Hancock Shorelink network manager, Shorelink Library Network, Sydney, shares her experiences with David Beynon.

Adaptec purchased the German storage vendor ICP Vortex Computersysteme GmbH on Wednesday from Intel, continuing a streak of Adaptec acquisitions and Intel divestitures.

Michael Feinstein joined the ranks of venture capitalists back in 1999, following stints in product marketing at remote access equipment makers Shiva and New Oak Communications, which were acquired by Intel and Nortel Networks, respectively. Feinstein, now a principal at Atlas Venture in Waltham, Mass., currently keeps his eyes open for the next big investment opportunity in the network industry while juggling his duties as board member for a handful of network processor and other product vendors. In this interview, he talks about the VPN market's evolution, the current state of the network industry and more.

Companies that subsidize PCs and Internet access for their employees face a growing - and often unexpected - demand for remote access to corporate e-mail and applications. This demand is prompting Delta Airlines Inc., Vivendi Universal SA and others to invest millions of dollars in their network infrastructures to let employees work from home.

In an expansion of the site-to-site or remote connectivity options for businesses, Intel Corp. rolled out a set of virtual private network (VPN) products designed to meet the needs of large enterprises and service providers that offer managed Internet services.

SAN FRANCISCO (09/21/2000) - The Argentine government made a strong move Thursday toward lowering the financial burden of technology costs for its citizens. The Argentine Digital Project will look to Acer Argentina -- a division of Acer Inc. -- to make investments aimed at creating tech-related jobs and providing PCs at discounted costs.

Expanding the site-to-site or remote connectivity options for businesses, Intel on Monday rolled out a set of VPN products designed to meet the needs of large enterprises and service providers that offer managed Internet services.

Week 11: Pat plugs a back door with a four-port Ethernet card and wastes a day off debugging