X.COMM is a privately owned company, formed in 1987, to market established dial-up communications software in the UK. Initially, X.COMM provided products for Async dial-up to IBM mainframes and AS/400's across X.25 Public Data Networks.

By the early 90's it was clear that access to the IBM systems in isolation was no longer enough. The enormous growth in Local Area Networks and the move towards LAN based applications meant that it was desirable, if not essential, that dial-up services should provide access to the LAN. Analysis of market requirements identified that there was no single product or technology that was going to satisfy everybody. Some would require the speed of ISDN while others needed the ubiquity of PSTN. Some applications were data intensive while others were screen intensive. With the knowledge gained through experience, X.COMM became early promoters of Shiva, Citrix, US Robotics and Eicon.

Now we are firmly in the new Millenium, the prevalence of the Internet and the increasing availability of Broadband services bring more options to the remote business user. The Information Age has well and truly dawned. But with this golden age comes a more invidious and faceless crime. Hacking! Loss of data can mean the difference between success or failure for most businesses. Without a well defined and implemented security policy all businesses are vulnerable.

X.COMM has continued to research and build a comprehensive portfolio of products to meet these diverse needs. These products have been carefully selected from leading vendors so as to offer a choice of solutions for most applications. Increasingly, our portfolio focus is on protecting the boundary of the network from all forms of malicious attack.

Today, XCOMM remains firmly involved at the forefront of current and future secure remote access technologies and is committed to ensuring that our customers reap the benefits of our experience.