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Article: Nokia buys VPN gear and more with purchase of Network Alchemy.(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Network World
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- February 7, 2000
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Nokia will soon be the proud owner of virtual private network vendor Network Alchemy and has big plans for the start-up's technology that go far beyond VPNs.
Nokia said last week it would buy the 2-year-old Network Alchemy for $335 million and use the firm's patents and core technology to develop e-business hardware.
Network Alchemy makes CryptoCluster servers that can handle 20,000 simultaneous VPN connections. The servers can also load-balance Internet traffic and if one CryptoCluster fails, another can pick up all its sessions.
The acquisition gives Nokia high-end VPN gear to augment the VPN hardware appliances the firm sells to branch ...