IBM India launches secure VPN for ISVs

IBM India has announced the availability of a secure virtual private network
(VPN) for independent software vendors (ISVs) and business partners, to provide remote countrywide access to its IBM innovation center for business
partners.

According to the press release, the VPN will allow ISVs and business partners to access IBM's centers remotely from within their own offices,
eliminating travel costs, benefiting from the expertise of top engineers, and increasing the number of products tested. In using remote access during
porting and testing, ISVs will also gain valuable insight into how their applications
perform over the Internet.

The service is the result of IBM's collaboration with V-ONE Corporation and Cisco Systems. The VPN service will support
porting and testing exercises using Linux, Windows, Solaris and AIX remote clients, underscoring IBM's
commitment to ISVs and Business Partners on one hand and open standards and cross-platform computing, on the other.

According to IBM India Software Group and Developer Relations VP & country
executive R Dhamodaran, "The large and geographically dispersed network of third-party software developers, demands a technology, that enables them to
remotely access test environments with the confidence that all transmissions are secure. Our new VPN offering allows remote testing of
graphical user interface applications over the Internet, supporting leading technologies
like Linux and the entire IBM eServer family." 

The pilot has been successfully tested with IBM ISV, Subex Systems. Early this year, The SPC (Solution Partnership Center)
was renamed as the IBM innovation center for business partners, as a part of the Innovation center
initiative. The new secure VPN is available at select IBM innovation centers for business partners and offer remote testing service. 

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