BriteSmile Brushes up on Networking with Juniper Networks
May 10 2005 - 8:02AM
Business Wire
Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:JNPR) today announced that
BriteSmile, Inc. (Nasdaq:BSML), a revolutionary tooth whitening
product corporation that operates through corporate owned
"whitening spa's", mall kiosks and dentists offices, has deployed
the Juniper Networks integrated firewall and virtual private
network (VPN) to securely transmit point of sale (POS) information
from its spa's and kiosks back to its main headquarters in Walnut
Creek, Calif. With its stringent requirements for a secure and
assured network, BriteSmile engaged Accuvant, a leading nationwide
security consulting organization, to devise and implement its
security solution. "When we decided to implemented our real-time
POS system, we knew that we needed to protect our data and
corporate network with the best products available. We wanted a
reliable and secure networking experience so we turned to Juniper
and Accuvant," said Gary Davi, Vice President of IT, BriteSmile.
"Since installing the Juniper Networks appliances we have been able
to upload POS information in real-time, have decreased our costs
related to reporting and have dramatically simplified the POS
process." Juniper Networks NetScreen-204s are located at
BriteSmile's corporate headquarters in Walnut Creek, Calif., and
are providing firewall and VPN protection. The NetScreen-204 offers
up to 400 Mbps of firewall performance and up to 200 3DES IPSec VPN
performance with support for up to 128,000 sessions. Juniper
Networks NetScreen-5GTs are located at all BriteSmile's kiosks and
spa's throughout the United States and offer firewall and route
based IPSec VPN access for store managers to upload POS data back
to corporate headquarters. The NetScreen-5GT offers up to 75 Mbps
of firewall performance and up to 20 Mbps of 3DES IPSec VPN
performance. With embedded antivirus and Deep Inspection firewall
protection against the entry of viruses, worms and other network-
and application-level attacks, the NetScreen-5GT effectively
secures and assures BriteSmile's network. About BriteSmile, Inc.
Based on an advanced, blue-spectrum light-based whitening process
that can whiten teeth in one hour, BriteSmile opened its first
Professional Teeth Whitening Spa in Walnut Creek, California in
February 1999. A combination of Company-owned "whitening spas" as
well as thousands of local dental offices, provide for full
consumer coverage. An on-going, aggressive rollout program is
further extending the network of BriteSmile Spas in new markets in
the U.S. and Associated Centers worldwide. About Accuvant Accuvant
is a consulting firm focused on providing solutions to enterprise
information security challenges. Accuvant security advisors rely on
industry expertise and proven methodologies to help clients assess
their environment, improve their compliance posture, and secure
their infrastructure. Headquartered in Denver, Accuvant has offices
in Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Minneapolis,
San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. For more information on
Accuvant, visit http://www.accuvant.com. About Juniper Networks,
Inc. Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and assured
communications over a single IP network. The company's
purpose-built, high performance IP platforms enable customers to
support many different services and applications at scale. Service
providers, enterprises, governments and research and education
institutions worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products
for building networks that are tailored to the specific needs of
their users, services and applications. Juniper Networks' portfolio
of proven networking and security solutions supports the complex
scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most
demanding networks. Additional information can be found at
www.juniper.net. Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo,
NetScreen, NetScreen Technologies, the NetScreen logo,
NetScreen-Global Pro, ScreenOS, and GigaScreen are registered
trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. Juniper Networks NetScreen-204 and -5GT are trademarks
of Juniper Networks, Inc.
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