Hyperconnectivity and secure network access

Posted by Ken Y-N on September 17th, 2008 at 09:46am

Hyperconnectivity seems to be a new buzzword dreamt up by Canadian social scientists Anabel Quan-Haase and Barry Wellman, and appropriated by Nortel who define it as:

[A] megatrend whereby everyone and everything that can benefit from being connected to the network will be connected.

So, to support hyperconnectivity Nortel have released SNA 2.0, which is an open approach (acknowedged with a Gold Award from SecureNetworking.com) that provides a common architecture for LANs, WLANs and VPN; supports Nortel, Cisco, HP and other switches; cross-desktop platforms, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, IP phones and printers; integrates at bith client and server with Microsoft’s Network Access Protection; and last but not least follows the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect specification.

Read the full information on the Hyperconnected Enterprise blog here.

Tags: hyperconnectivity, nortel

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