A global provider of financial services and subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation was looking for a technology solution that would allow them to deliver remote access to business critical and often sensitive information from any web browser. For Sumitomo Mitsui maintaining granular security while providing robust remote access was paramount. They drew a clear line between access granularity and employees productivity.

"We evaluated five leading SSL VPN solutions," said Andrew Levine, Senior Vice President/Solutions Architect of JRI America, another subsidiary of SMFG, which runs the IT for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. "Whale's offering went well beyond the other products on the market. Whale's unique and in-depth understanding of applications made it the only solution that allowed us to provide access without resorting to blind, and potentially insecure, tunneling."

Levine added: "Whale's product met our needs of today and we believe that they will continue to meet our remote access needs as their technology platform is easily adaptable to new applications and versions which ensures a long-term commitment to providing uninterrupted application level access."

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation was primarily looking for a solution to provide access to corporate resources including Citrix, Oracle Financial Services and Microsoft Terminal Services. They intend to extend access to additional applications.

Selected by Network Computing Magazine as the best SSL VPN solution in 2004, Whale's technology offers exceptional flexibility. Its Application Aware approach provides deep levels of security policy granularity, enhanced user experience and easy integration into existing network infrastructures and key business applications.

"We are pleased that another venerable institution like Sumitomo Mitsui has selected Whale for our pioneering technology," said Daniel Steiner, President of Whale. "This attests yet again to the significant value Whale gives by providing an Application Aware solution that exceeds the standard offerings in terms of functionality, access and security."