London, UK, April 27, 2007 – Accario Inc., the world’s leading provider of custom end point analysis (EPA) scans for the Citrix Access Gateway™ today launch the AccessStick™, the culmination of the integration the USB based AccessStick™ onto the Symwave biometric hardware platform at the Infosec Show 2007 on Accario’s stand B138.
The AccessStick™ enables away from the office total security. This is achieved using their new application virtualisation & redirection tool called VirtuaWrapper™. VirtuaWrapper™ gives an Organization the ability to simplify installing the components required to run and connect to Citrix Access Gateway.
"A common problem with SSL VPN solutions generally is that they install components into the local browser, and many customers have reported issues with their users trying to connect from locked down machines on third party sites." Commented Brian DaBinett, CEO, Accario. "A user simply plugs in their USB AccessStick™ to the PC, swipes a finger to authenticate and they are automatically taken to their Citrix Access Gateway logon page; the user experience is simple, secure and foolproof. There are no prompts, no fuss and more importantly, nothing installed on the local machine.”
“This delivers away from the office total security whilst at the same time reducing support and administration costs of remote access,” concluded DaBinett.
"SSL VPN’s are always trying to attain the holy grail of leaving a zero footprint on the desktop. The AccessStick™ allows them to achieve it with no reliance on cache clean-up technologies,” said Dave Coombes, Chief Architect, Accario, “When the user has finished working they simply remove the stick and there is nothing left behind on the machine. In addition the solution offers strong authentication through the recognition of each individual stick, use of biometric recognition information for the user combined with the option of single sign-on.”
Phil Laslett, Business Development Manager for Accario, added “A lot of our financial, local government and health sector customers are excited not only by the ease of use for their SSL connection but also because the biometric solution from Symwave enables secure file storage for the user, offering a complete remote access and data mobility platform. The high performance controller in the AccessStick also uses 50% less energy than competitive controllers, so it compliments carbon reduction strategies as well."
Phil Montgomery, Director of Product Marketing for Citrix Systems commented, “We are delighted to see the partner eco-system building around Citrix Access Gateway with great offerings such as the AccessStick. We see this as validation of our position as market leaders. I tried an early AccessStick beta and I was really impressed at how easy it made connectivity when working away from the office.”
"We are pleased that Accario selected Symwave's BioPrint platform to provide biometric authentication to SSL VPN remote users. Accario’s proven record of providing value-add solutions in the Citrix Access Gateway space combined with Symwave's robust biometric platform will enable customers to deploy reliable, high performance fingerprint biometric solutions," said Sudhakar Avula, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Biometrics Products at Symwave.
He continued "The combined solution offers strong authentication and convenient access to, amongst other SSL VPNs, the Citrix Access Gateway and Citrix Presentation Server Published desktop by a simple swipe of the enrolled finger."
Availability
Accario are accepting orders with products shipping from May.
AccessStick will be available for Citrix resellers, Citrix customers and OEMs of enterprise solutions starting May 2007. Customization options available for memory density, color and branding. Further information and trials can be obtained by contacting EPAFactory.
About Symwave (www.symwave.com)
Symwave, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets high-performance,low-power Analog Front End ICs (AFEs) leveraging its proprietary mixed-signal technology and silicon design capabilities. A leading supplier of high-performance analog/mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the PC, electronic and mobile device markets, privately held Symwave was founded in 2001 with headquarters in San Diego, CA, and offices in Southern China. Symwave's BioPrint product line is focused on providing reliable, high performance fingerprint authentication solutions to consumer and enterprise markets. For more information, please visit www.symwave.com
About Citrix Access Gateway
Citrix Access Gateway is the only SSL VPN to securely deliver any application with policy-based SmartAccess control. Users will have easy-to-use secure access to all of the enterprise applications and data they need to be productive and IT can cost effectively extend access to applications while maintaining security through SmartAccess application-level policies. With Access Gateway organizations are empowered to cost effectively meet the anywhere access demands of all workers – enabling flexible work options, easier outsourcing and non-employee access, and business continuity readiness – while ensuring the highest-level of information security.
AccessStick™ and VirtuaWrapper™ are trademarks of Accario Inc and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and maybe registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.
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