Microsoft buys SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications for undisclosed sum. Whale Communications specializes in Windows-based Secure Sockets Layer VPN hardware. Move is designed to support Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) play at a time when major vendors are cranking up their security strategies. Microsoft is yet to reveal its specific long-term plans for Whale, saying only in a statement released this morning that the platform will broaden users’ access options from a variety of locations and devices. Analyst: “The biggest challenge is going to be that Whale is an appliance vendor, Microsoft is not””]
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