Broadens Aventail's appliance family and provides high scalability and performance for up to 2,000 concurrent users.

Aventail Corporation, a SSL VPN product company, recently announced that it has introduced the high-performance Aventail EX-2500.

Expanding its SSL VPN appliance family, the EX-2500 is a new high-end appliance for large scale deployments of up to 2,000 concurrent users. The EX-2500 is ideal for mid to large-size enterprises with hundreds to thousands of remote users as well as Aventail's many service provider partners, claims the company. The appliance comes standard with all access methods and feature add-ons, including Aventail Secure Desktop, Aventail Connect, Aventail OnDemand, Aventail Mobile, and Native Access Modules for Citrix and WTS applications.

The Aventail EX-2500 is available now through Aventail's global channel partners. Pricing is based on number of concurrent users and begins at $26,995 for 100 concurrent users, inclusive of all access methods, add-ons and features.

"As enterprises recognize the incredible value of secure, remote access for user groups across the organization as well as extranet access, demand for more powerful and scalable SSL VPNs is growing, and this new Aventail box is exactly what we need in the market right now," said Matt Cox, Vice President of Business Development with PeriNet Technologies, an Aventail channel partner that specializes in network security and infrastructure solutions. "We have already sold several of the Aventail EX-2500 appliances to our customer base as part of our overall networking and security services, and we expect to sell many more."