FORT LEE, N.J., Nov. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Whale Communications(r), a leader in secure Web access solutions, today announced that Nuance (Nasdaq:NUAN) has selected its e-Gap Remote Access Appliance to provide employees access to corporate email and other collaborative applications from any Web browser.
Nuance's speech recognition, voice authentication and text-to-speech software is used worldwide by leading carriers and corporations to enable people to access information and services anytime, anywhere, and from any phone. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Nuance needed to give its traveling sales force Web-based access to business-critical Microsoft(r) Outlook(r) Web Access (OWA) and other internal applications while maintaining strict security practices.
"With Whale our employees now have easy and secure access to their corporate email and other internal assets that they need to make sales and service existing customers," said Behruz Nassre, IT Director, Nuance. "Since Whale's solution requires no client-side software we had it up and running quickly which immediately translated into increased employee productivity. The bottom line is: Whale's solution is a secure, cost effective, easy to manage alternative compared to other solutions we evaluated."
Whale Communications' award-winning e-Gap product suite requires no client-side software and provides a cost-effective alternative to VPNs. The e-Gap SSL VNP solutions enable 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.
"We were pleased that the leading speech software company, Nuance, looked to us to provide their employees with secure Web-based remote access to their internal applications," said Howard Moser, Whale's VP of Sales. "By enabling companies to offer remote access from any regular browser without security or management worries, companies are realizing an immediate ROI."
About Whale Communications
Whale has been securing Web applications since it was founded in 1998. Its e-Gap products have won numerous industry awards, and are currently utilized around the world by leading firms in numerous vertical markets. 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.
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