| Microsoft, OSST, and ThinPrint present a plug-and-play hardware appliance for connecting remote |
| Tuesday, 16 January 2007 by Michel Roth | |||
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"Companies want to connect their remote offices securely, simply, with opti mized bandwidth, and with as little administrative overhead as possible. A plug-and-play solution with a hitherto unique function spectrum is offered by the "SecureGUARD Microsoft ISA Server 2006 ISA90" hardware appliance, which Microsoft, OSST GmbH, and ThinPrint unveiled today at the ThinPrint International Channel Conference on Mallorca. The solution, developed in cooperation with and manufactured by OSST, combines the advantages of a hardware appliance with the functions of the ISA server 2006 and the print management of ThinPrint .print. This creates a branch office appliance which in addition to firewall, VPN, and security services, also offers traffic optimizing, DRIVER FREE PRINTING, and total management of the printers in the remote offices. Plus, the appliance optimizes the WAN (Wide Area Network) with web caching and by reducing print data volume up to 99%." "The Branch Office Box is produced by the experts at OSST GmbH, who have drawn on their many years of experience in the production of Windows and Linux appliances to create the simple, completely web based management of the entire range of functions. The appliance can therefore be administered completely remotely from the data center. In addition to the appliance, the only hardware needed to connect a branch office with the data center are desktop workstations – whether PCs or thin clients – and printers." "The appliance is sold at a price of around 2600 euros. It´s available worldwide from the OSST and the ThinPrint partner network." Full press release here.
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