HALESTAR BRIDGES HOME-OFFICE NETW0RKS.

Halestar, LLC, East Hartford, Conn., a security engineering company, is helping safeguard the environment by letting employees securely bring their office computer networks home.

Enterprise mobility, a green technology, lets employees work from home with identical access to their office systems -- regardless of the kinds of computers they own or the brand of PBX their company employs -- making the home environment as productive as the corporate LAN.

Remote-access-point technology is anchored at an Aruba WLAN controller on the corporate network. Remote-access points create an IPSec tunnel back to the controller to provide the same SSIDs, 802.1x authentication and encryption, wireless counter-measures, firewalling and network access available on the corporate LAN. Because so little state is kept on the AP, there is no end-user configuration, there are no updates to make, and no network information needed beyond original configuration. All the employee does is plug it in.

"The world is becoming greener," said Kevin Dowd, Halestar's president. "People are starting to think about the cost of commuting, and the impact they're having on the world while they are sitting there idling in rush-hour traffic."

Thanks to Halestar's technology, companies can provide the same environment used in the office at a remote office anywhere, no matter its location. And while many companies have appeared to drag their feet on wireless due to concerns over security, Halestar's system provides an identical level of security for both headquarters and remote locations.

Even better, the system can pay for itself. With eight employees paying $10 a day for the privilege of working from home, the ROI is just 10 months. Halestar can also arrange third-party leasing, which eliminates out-of-pocket costs, and can even manage and monitor the system.

About Halestar

Halestar, LLC, is a security engineering company that was founded to do several things: address current security concerns, provide support and product for perimeter security, combine the highest levels of customer service with the highest caliber talent, and pursue third-generation managed security opportunities. Capabilities range from device integration to enterprise network architecture. Halestar is a multi-site check point partner and authorized training center with offices in Connecticut and southern Virginia.

For more information visit http://www.halestar.com, or call 800/296-1900 or 908/685-2300.