AT&T will offer GRIC's VPN/firewall/access software to business customers: I spent the morning puzzling over strange news stories and releases that made it sound like AT&T was deploying hot spots or securing them in some unknown manner. Finally, I happened upon the Dow Jones Newswire coverage which explained it clearly: GRIC's aggregation software will be sold as a secure roaming business solution to AT&T's customers.
This is a giant win for GRIC, of course, as it means access to tens of thousands of prime customers ready for this kind of integration. GRIC, like iPass, uses enterprise-installed server software to manage and monitor connections, and thus its software can be installed in the same network operation centers where AT&T already manages the VPN service it currently sells.
The article notes that AT&T's deal isn't exclusive, so it is possible that iPass or other companies could become alternate providers. But the Wayport deal the writer mentions is tangential: access to Wayport's network via the GoPort service run by AT&T (which is bogarting the Denver International Airport) is pure gateway at the moment: no security overlay without the user providing it themselves.