Hi-Tech Aids to Find
Missing Children
DENVER, Sept. 27
/PRNewswire/ -- Virtela, a global secure network solutions company, today
announced that the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children(R) (NCMEC) has selected Virtela's managed Virtual Private Network
(VPN) services to speed communications between its employees and law- enforcement
in providing nationwide services for families and professionals in the
recovery and prevention of abducted and exploited children.
NCMEC is using
Virtela's network-based SSL VPN and broadband VPN solution to connect approximately
250 employees across six branch offices and enable thousands of federal
and local law enforcement around the world to quickly and easily access
NCMEC's national clearinghouse of child information anywhere, anytime via
a standard web browser.
"Getting critical information into the hands
of law-enforcement immediately is essential to our daily operations," said
Steve Gelfound, Director of Information Technology for NCMEC. "From
any location, our employees can use the Virtela managed network solution
to gain instant, secure access to missing and exploited case files to help
law-enforcement bring more children home."
Virtela's SSL VPN solution is replacing a self-managed IPsec VPN client
environment at NCMEC that became increasingly difficult to deploy and manage
as their global reach expanded. In particular, law enforcement agencies
have myriad levels of IT support and network security constraints that
often required one-on-one attention to work through VPN client issues.
The new "clientless" network
eases the management burden. Virtela's network-based SSL VPN solution
provides professionals around the world with user-friendly, secure connections
into their organization's network from any Internet browser and supports
those users on a 24x7 basis.
"NCMEC is a leader in leveraging technology
to make a marked difference in child recovery rates and Virtela is honored
to be a part of their mission," said
Larry Morgan, Virtela's CEO. "Our goal is to ease network complexity
for both end users and IT management so they can focus on the time-sensitive
tasks in working with families and law enforcement to prevent the victimization
of children."
With the Virtela solution, NCMEC's employees can now more easily exchange
E-mail and access key databases and documents from home or on the road.
Virtela's network-based service provides secure remote access for mobile
workers and partners with centrally located SSL devices within the Virtela
global network. This enables multiple locations to leverage the hardware
within a secure, fully managed environment, dramatically reducing the upfront
costs while delivering more efficient use of network bandwidth.
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