FORT LEE, N.J., Aug. 21, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Whale Communications(R), a leader in secure web access solutions, today announced that Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS) has selected its e-Gap(R) Webmail Appliance to provide employees access to corporate email from any web browser.
VNS, which for over half a century has been recognized as the gold standard in home healthcare, provides services throughout all five boroughs of New York City and in Nassau County in Long Island. VNS needed to give traveling employees web-based access to business-critical Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) Web Access (OWA) while safeguarding vital information assets.
"The very nature of our business has people traveling often and it was essential that they be able to access their email and calendars from any web browser," said Wrick Xian, Senior Exchange Engineer at VNS. "Initially, we rolled it out for our executives but we quickly found that it made life a lot easier for our employees as a whole and extended its usage."
Whale Communications' award-winning solutions require no client-side software and are a cost-effective alternative to VPNs. The e-Gap product suite enables businesses to rapidly deploy secure web-based access to corporate network resources. Companies worldwide are using Whale's products to give employees access to their corporate intranet from any location -- be it an Internet cafe, client site or home.
"Visiting Nurse Service wanted to give its 6000 plus employees email access from any web browser but were concerned that the privacy of their clients' information be protected," said Howard Moser, Whale's VP of Sales. "With Whale's webmail product they were able to provide this access quickly and with the peace of mind that confidential information is never disclosed."
About Whale Communications
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Whale Communications specializes in web access solutions for business needs such as granting employees' remote access to the corporate Intranet, and enabling partners and customers to interact with core business systems. Privately held, Whale is funded by prominent venture firms and industry leaders, including Goldman Sachs, Network Associates, Inc., Soros Private Equity Partners and the BRM Group, the founding investor of Check Point Software Technologies. Whale Communications, e-Gap, Whale and the Whale logo are trademarks of Whale Communications Ltd. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. For more information about Whale visit: www.whalecommunications.com.