SecureIDA Site-to-Site SSL VPN To Eliminate Management Costs

July 18, 2007; 12:07 AM

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – WorldExtend, the remote access and network security specialist, today announced that its SecureIDA free managed VPN and remote access service will introduce the most simple, secure and inexpensive Site-to-Site SSL VPN available on the market in the third quarter of this year.  The latest in the scheduled software product enhancements will be downloadable in a matter of minutes, and will eliminate the significant costs that have always been associated with managing a SSL VPN – making yet another enterprise-class application available to SMBs.  

In keeping with its customer-focused approach to product development, WorldExtend will be arranging Beta trials of the SSL VPN to select SecureIDA community members in August.  The company will be testing with small-to-mid sized businesses with 2 or more sites, as well as Managed Service Providers (MSPs).  The feedback from the Beta trails will enable WorldExtend to fine tune the new product’s functionality and most importantly build on its commitment to ease of use.

“WorldExtend is building a user community of IT professionals and small business owners that demand simple, secure and inexpensive solutions to their networking and access challenges and we are always looking to our user community for feedback and participation in product enhancements,” said Bruce LeBuhn, Director, Marketing and Sales, WorldExtend, LLC.  “SecureIDA’s Site-to-Site SSL VPN solution will deliver more productivity-enhancing features, reduced cost, and flexibility to our customers and I would imagine based on our packaging, momentum, and endorsements to-date, prove foundational to our continued disruption of the remote access market,” LeBuhn continued.  “This will be our first in a series of product introductions where we’ll be engaging members of our community directly into the product development process.”

Downloadable in minutes from www.SecureIDA.com, and configured via an extremely simple and intuitive wizard-driven process, SecureIDA enables any organization to set up secure access to data and applications from any location within minutes – delivering business agility and related productivity gains previously available only to large enterprises.  SecureIDA is the only service that includes free VPN and free remote desktop access as part of a complete end-to-end remote access solution.

SecureIDA’s intuitive software-based platform makes it simple for an organization’s employees, branch offices, suppliers, or even customers to gain simple, secure, and unlimited free remote access to shared data, such as network file folders or client server applications.  Offering far greater functionality and security than other remote access services, such as GoToMyPC, SecureIDA provides free secure access to one Microsoft Windows XP Pro or Linux desktop computer for an unlimited time.  The free service can also be utilized to enhance the security of client/server applications, such as e-mail or billing, while the fee-based SecureIDA Application Portal provides a far-less-costly alternative to Citrix Systems’ application publishing solution (making this productive functionality available to any-sized company).

WorldExtend’s vision for SecureIDA includes making it simple for customers to add additional fee-based, value-added services and enhancements that are customized to their business needs.  WorldExtend’s initial fee-based services include full maintenance and technical support (including a number of advanced features and functionality and access to an additional 25 PCs), application publishing through their Application Portal, and the new SSL VPN will further enhance SecureIDA’s security and ease of use.

For more information on WorldExtend’s free VPN and remote access managed service and to take advantage of the free service, please visit www.SecureIDA.com.