The vendors that submitted products for this review are 3Com, Netmaster and 14 South Networks (previously known as OmniCluster). Other vendors that make similar products include Intel and Brisbane-based SnapGear, who were unable to submit products for the review.
Amongst the products 3Com submitted a PCMCIA VPN card for a notebook. This may provide a valuable addition to your mobile resources if you needed to have portable security to transfer encrypted data to and from a remote site. Establishing a VPN this way would remove some of the resource overheads associated with software VPN solutions, particularly as most notebooks are relatively low-powered compared to desktops and servers. It would also reduce costs, as any Internet connection could be used instead of dialling in to establish a point-to-point connection, and would prevent having to suffer the slow speeds of a 56Kbps or worse modem connection. And finally if a VPN over the internet was the only solution to get the data through securely from a remote site via a notebook, the PCMCIA card fits neatly in your notebook and saves having to carry a separate VPN router around just to connect securely.
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