Alcatel and NTT Communications agreed to integrate and jointly market Alcatel’s OmniSwitch user authenticated VLAN technology with NTT-Communications’ “Safety Pass” IC (integrated circuit) Card technology to enterprises in Japan. Alcatel’s Authenticated VLANs offer enterprises the ability to dynamically assign users to a particular VLAN based upon their authentication status or role within the enterprise. NTT Com’s Safety Pass Business is a highly secure authentication access service which uses IC cards and IPSec-based Internet VPNs.
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