NeoAccel
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{{Infobox company
| name = NeoAccel, Inc.
| logo =
| type = Private
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2004}}, in San Jose, California
| location = San Jose, California, U.S. (incorporated in Delaware)
| key_people = Michel Susai (CEO)
Sudha Karunakaran (COO)
Joe Eskew (SVP, WW Sales))
Arul Valan (Director)
| num_employees = 115 (2011)
| industry = Computer hardware
| homepage = [http://www.neoaccel.com/ www.neoaccel.com]
| parent = VMware
}}
NeoAccel, Inc. is a multinational company that sells computer network security products direct to the end-user and through OEM relationships. The company is best known for its SSL VPN-Plus product and related ICAA & TSSL technology. In Jan 2011 NeoAccel was purchased by VMware.[http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2011/01/vmware-acquires-neoaccel.html VMware Acquires NeoAccel]
Company profile
NeoAccel was founded in 2004[http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=67793 NetScaler Founder Launches NeoAccel] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203213923/http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=67793|date=2007-02-03}} by former NetScaler (purchased by Citrix) CEO & Founder, Michel Susai.
NetScaler developed the technology that currently accelerates 75% of the world's internet traffic for companies like Google, Yahoo, and AOL.[http://www.virtuall.nl/articles/ProductInformation/Citrix/Netscaler%20-%20AppOptimizer%20Magazine.lowres.pdf APP Optimizer Magazine] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226032314/http://www.virtuall.nl/articles/ProductInformation/Citrix/Netscaler%20-%20AppOptimizer%20Magazine.lowres.pdf|date=2007-02-26}} NetScaler was purchased by Citrix in 2005 for $300 million.
NeoAccel has financial support and venture capital infusions from Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia, and inventor Prabhu Goel. In 2006 NeoAccel raised $4,000,000 from Baring Private Equity Partners and NTT Leasing.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
The company is headquartered in San Jose, California with a development office in Navi Mumbai, India, a support center in Pune, India, and a sales center in Beijing.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
Research
The company holds two main patents for secure communications over IP based networks.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
Products
NeoAccel's flagship product is SSL VPN-Plus. The company claims it to be the fastest VPN available due to its use of ICAA and TSSL technologies. The product uses SSL for transport and is often categorized as an SSL VPN, although the company markets it as the 3rd Generation VPN.
- SGX-800
- SGX-1200
- SGX-2400
- SGX-4800 is a virtualized global VPN management system for ISPs/MSPs
- SSL VPN-Plus Evaluation Edition for VMware Player[http://virtualization.com/news/2008/07/07/neoaccel-vmware-ssl-vpn-plus/ NeoAccel Debuts VMware Version of Its SSL VPN-Plus, Support for More Coming]
- SSL VPN-Plus for VMware ESX Server
NAC-Plus is the companies network access control device released in 2007[http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/vpn/2007/0205nac1.html NeoAccel’s first entry into NAC] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505025546/http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/vpn/2007/0205nac1.html|date=2007-05-05}}