Lightning MultiCom

Infobox Company |
company_name = Lightning MultiCom SA
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Zurich, Switzerland (1965)
location = Lausanne and Pully, Switzerland
industry = Internet
products = See [http://www.lightning.ch/products.html Products] and [http://www.lightning.ch/solutions.html Solutions]
homepage = [http://www.lightning.ch www.lightning.ch]

Lightning MultiCom is a Swiss manufacturer of secure network access appliances and web-server software solutions. It also offers customized solutions in software and hardware.

Lightning develops and markets the MultiCom range of broadband router and firewalls, including VPN IPSec gateway with banking/government level encryption and security. In 2005, it also started developing web-server software and providing services around this.

Hardware products are based on Linux, and software products on Open-Source.

Lightning's technology addresses professional applications. Lightning currently provides network security solutions to carrier, ISP, banks, media houses, law firms, accountancy firms, consultancies, and to government entities throughout Europe, Asia-Pacific and EMEA region.

Divisions

Lightning is currently divided into several core groups:
*Network Security Solutions Group - Develops and manufactures high-security firewall and VPN appliances
*Internet Access Group - Develops and manufactures highly integrated Internet access devices for ISDN, ADSL and leased line accesses.
*Internet Web Server software Group - created in 2005 develops web server software based on open-source packages, such as Joomla!.

History

*1965 Lightning founded as a family business, developing airport central-line lighting equipment, which is equipping Swiss airports since 1966 and up to today (2006).
*1992 A networking startup department was opened
*1994 First compact router with leased line and ISDN with integrated backup and overflow
*1995 First personal, pocket-sized ISDN router
*1996 First router with integration of voice functions (customized development for a client)
*1997 First router with optional strong 128 bit key encoding
*2000 First complete Linux system embedded in a router
*2002 First Linux-based routers engineered and delivered for a major aero-spatial project, EGNOS at the European Space Agency
*2004 First High-Availability embedded Linux firewall and VPN gateway
*2005 New group founded for Internet Web Server Software and Services

External links

* [http://www.lightning.ch Official website]