Client Application Manager for IP VPN Solutions

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Client Application Manager for IP VPN Solutions
AuthorDate Email_at_nortelnetworks.com
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Agenda

• The IP VPN Opportunity
• Client Application Manager for IP VPN Solutions
• Solution Components
• Client Application Manager in Action
• Additional Capabilities
• Summary

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The IP VPN Opportunity
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The Internet for Corporate Communications

• Low cost
• Ubiquitous
• Expanding capacity and capabilities

But Not Secure!
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The IP VPN Solution

• Private and secure data communications using a
  shared public infrastructure

Service Provider or Enterprise Operations Center
Customer Service Management
Internet
Virtual Private Networks
Corporate Headquarters
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Carrier-Managed IP VPN Major Business
Opportunity for Service Providers

• 5 Billion market1
• Profit margins double other Internet services1
• Nine out of ten enterprises surveyed will migrate
  to outsourced VPN services by 20032

1Infonetics Research, Inc. 2Cahners-InStat
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Client Application Manager for IP VPN Solutions
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The Remote Access Pain Point

• Remote offices and mobile users need IP VPN
  software on PCs, laptops and local servers

Intranet
Service Provider or Enterprise Operations Center
Customer Service Management
Extranet
Business Partner
Remote Access
Internet
Regional or Branch Office
Virtual Private Networks
Corporate Headquarters
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The Software Management Dilemma

• How do you
  cost-effectively
  deploy
  software
  to hundreds or
  
  thousands of
  remote devices?
• How do you update software rapidly and keep
  everyone on the same release?
• How do you control run-away support costs?

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The Business Impact

• High costs for software deployment
• Delayed roll outs of IP VPN solutions
• Reliance on end users for software installation
  and configuration
• Costly and slow updates
• Security compromised if client software falls
  behind

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The Business Impact

• High costs for software deployment
• Delayed roll outs of IP VPN solutions
• Reliance on end users for software installation
  and configuration
• Costly and slow updates
• Security compromised if client software falls
  behind

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Nortel NetworksClient Application Manager

• A software management platform to deploy,
  install, update, and self-heal software
• on distributed clients,
  servers and devices
  
• over the Internet and
  other networks

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Client Application Manager

• Deploy to clients

• Deploy to servers

• Schedule updates

• Add new users

• Utilize self-healing

• Remove software

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Client Application Manager for IP VPN Solutions

• Fast, reliable software deployment to remote PCs
  and laptops
• Hands-free installation no reliance on end
  users
• Automatic updates and configuration changes
• New releases
• Updates to parameters and tables
• Self-healing
  to reduce
  
  support calls

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Enabling the Complete Solution

• Deploy and manage other parts of the complete IP
  VPN solution
• Personal firewalls
• Custom dialer
• Phone book updates

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Benefits

• Fast time-to-market with IP VPN solutions
• Reduced deployment costs
• Higher user satisfaction
• Higher levels of security