FORT LEE, N.J., March 25, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Whale Communications(r) today announced that Loews Corporation (NYSE:LTR) has chosen Whale's e-Gap(r) Remote Access Appliance to provide employees secure access to corporate email and key intranet applications from any regular web browser.
Loews Corporation, a holding company, is one of the largest diversified financial corporations in the United States. It wanted to provide some 500 employees remote access to business critical Lotus iNotes and several other internal applications while maintaining the strictest level of security.
"The security offered by Whale was more robust than other solutions for offering web-based access to email and other intranet applications from any web browser," said Al Alexander, Manager Information Center at Loews Corporation. "Whale also leveraged our existing strong authentication solution. In short, the e-Gap appliance allowed us to provide secure access to our HR applications, faxes, email and voicemail among other applications without having to install software on a client computer."
Enterprises worldwide are using Whale's award-winning SSL VPN products to deliver secure remote access to a variety of applications ranging from email, HR, ERP and CRM to file shares. Whale's e-Gap products are the only SSL VPN appliances to provide safeguards that protect the enterprise's back-office network while also securing the data that is being accessed from the Internet kiosk, borrowed computer or employee's home computer. With Whale's patent-pending Attachment Wiper(tm) customers benefit from the ability to deliver anywhere access to their employees with the knowledge that no corporate data, including attachments and temporary files, will remain on the un-trusted browser.
"We were pleased that Loews Corporation recognized Whale's solutions as the most secure and cost effective for delivering clientless remote access to their employees," said Frank Cale, Whale's Director of Sales. "It is rewarding to provide an enabling solution which bolsters security while giving a near immediate ROI as employee productivity is boosted."
About Whale Communications
Whale Communications is the industry leader in SSL VPN solutions, enabling enterprises to provide employees and partners secure access to corporate data and applications from any browser anywhere. Its award-winning solutions have been securing enterprises worldwide since it was founded in 1998. Privately held, Whale is funded by prominent venture firms and industry leaders, including Goldman Sachs, Soros Private Equity Partners and the BRM Group, the founding investor of Check Point Software Technologies. The company is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has international offices in Israel and Germany.
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