Germany-based secure connection software supplier
NCP is pinning its expansion plans for 2009 on a universal
software client for
virtual private networks (VPNs).
NCP plans to target users of
64-bit operating systems in the UK, US and Nordic countries who
are unable to connect to VPNs using Internet Protocol Security
(IPsec).
Users of 64-bit versions of operating systems have so far only
been able to connect to VPNs using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
technology.
"Until now, organisations using IPsec VPNs have had to switch to
SSL to allow users with 64-bit systems to connect," said Simon
Ford, global sales director at NCP.
The software firm has developed universal software clients for
the Windows operating system, including Windows Mobile and
Windows7, Symbian and Linux.
"All are universal clients that will enable users to connect to
both IPSec and SSL VPNs," said Ford.
NCP made the universal software client available for sale online
in the UK in March.
According to Ford, students at Oxford University have been
downloading the client to enable them to connect their 64-bit
machines to the university's IPsec VPN.
NCP plans to launch the enterprise version at
Infosecurity
Europe 2009 at Earls Court in London at the end of April.