http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php en hailara@racepointgroup.com 2008-01-23T18:40:35-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/sophos_strengthens_next_generation_web_security_ws1000/ IT security and control firm Sophos today announced the latest version of its WS1000 web appliance, which brings together enterprise-grade policy and URL filtering with trusted real-time security filtering–all managed on one easy-to-use platform. The new Sophos solution enables businesses to effectively protect against growing web threats at the gateway, which are not adequately protected by current market offerings. The WS1000 also offers network administrators improved oversight and reporting of web browsing behaviors in their organization. Network Security Heather Ailara 2008-01-23T18:40:35-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/lancope_predicts_increased_adoption_of_netflowtm_and_sflowr_in_2008/ Lancope(R), Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch(TM) System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution, today announced its prediction that flow data, including Cisco IOS NetFlow(TM) and sFlow(R), will continue strong adoption in 2008 due to its extensive network operations and security benefits for newer, more complex technologies such as Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), quality of service (QoS) for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization. Moreover, Lancope recently released its 2007 customer survey results which validate this assertion, revealing that over 50 percent of its customers currently enable NetFlow or sFlow and another 36 percent are planning to enable at least one type of flow data, whether NetFlow, sFlow or IPFIX, in the coming year. Network Analysis Editor 2007-12-04T18:05:37-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/orange_business_services_announces_ipvpn_protected/ Orange Business Services announces the worldwide availability of IPVPN Protected. Branch and remote offices can be secured using IPVPN Protected, a new managed security offer integrated in the Cisco Integrated Service Router and encompassing a firewall and intrusion prevention system. In today’s business environment, companies routinely need to open their corporate networks to external users, mobile employees, distributed workforces, customers and business partners. With this flexibility comes the need for an appropriate level of security. Employees today do not have a clear separation of work and life. They tend to mix personal and work time; sometimes working at home at other times doing personal computing at work. This way of working creates new network security challenges that IPVPN Protected solves. Additionally, regulations – such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA or Basel II – result in more traceability and data exchange increases in volume and criticality (USB, peer-to-peer).  Network Security Elizabeth Mayeri 2007-10-15T17:06:02-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/netwitness_launches_next_generation_network_monitoring_solution/ NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of technology solutions focused on identification, investigation, and analysis of complex network threats, today announced the immediate availability of NetWitness NextGen™. For the first time, a single solution captures all network traffic and re-uses the same data to solve a broad range of business and security problems such as insider threat management, data leakage, malware activity detection, network performance management, compliance verification and e-discovery. With ten years of development invested in the core, patented technology, and proven experience in network monitoring and threat analysis with the most demanding government and private sector clients, NetWitness NextGen offers an extensible application platform and distributed architecture that scales to meet enterprise needs and an emerging class of sophisticated cyber threats.  Network Monitoring Chris Leach 2007-09-10T19:58:26-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/endace_adds_netflow_generation_capability_to_ninjaprobe_appliance_family/ Endace Limited (LSE/AIM: EDA), a world leader in network traffic monitoring solutions, today announced that its NinjaProbe appliances can now generate and export NetFlow statistics. By building upon technology licensed from Sprint Nextel Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs (AR&ATL) Endace application-independent monitoring probes have the ability to produce granular NetFlow statistics independent of the network infrastructure, removing overhead on key transport devices. This latest enhancement enables network operators’ to increase return on monitoring infrastructure investments by using the same probes for a larger range of monitoring applications, integrating with existing NetFlow tools. Cisco Netflow Editor 2007-09-10T19:49:12-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/new_secure64_enhancement_simplifies_deployments_anycast_dns_servers/ Secure64 Software Corporation, a software developer with the only Genuinely Secure™ software technology and server applications, today announced it has incorporated two key new features into Secure64 DNS. The latest product features make it easier for IT managers to administer anycast DNS servers and obtain network attack characteristics that can be used to mitigate attacks upstream from the DNS servers. “By incorporating these customer-driven features into Secure64 DNS, we have strengthened our leadership position in providing highly secure, self-protecting DNS server applications,” stated Mark Beckett, Vice President of Marketing, Secure64. “Secure64 DNS now extends its protection features beyond the DNS server itself, providing our customers with an even greater ability to implement more resilient infrastructures, increase their uptime and ensure greater business continuity.” Network Security Rich Miller 2007-09-05T17:38:20-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pingtel_launches_new_line_sip_ip_pbx_appliances/ Pingtel, a Bluesocket Company and the leading provider of SIP-based Enterprise Communications Systems (ECS), today introduced a new line of turn-key SIP IP PBX appliances. The product family combines Pingtel’s award-winning SIPxchange™ SIP PBX unified communications software for Linux with best-of-breed Intel® servers, AudioCodes® gateways, and phones from Polycom®, LG-Nortel and Snom®, for overall VoIP ease of use and scalability. “Our new certified SIPxchange product line merges function with value, giving customers a choice of true turn-key appliances that are architected to scale from small deployments of less than 50 users, all the way to deployments that exceed several thousand users and include high-availability,” said Martin Steinmann, vice president of product management at Bluesocket. “The new appliances provide our customers the redundancy, interoperability, scalability, support and plug-and-play benefits they need in an enterprise voice solution.” Wireless Networks Ken Lynch 2007-08-28T15:59:05-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/watchguard_announces_updates_firebox_x_security_appliance_family/ WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of firewall appliances and unified threat management (UTM) solutions, announced today that it has released appliance software updates that will give a boost to its Firebox® X e-Series product family, geared toward fortifying their reliability and enhancing their ease of use. Customers of WatchGuard’s Firebox® X Core™ and Peak™ security appliances will benefit from the release of Fireware® 9.1, providing features such as a spam quarantine, a new POP3 proxy, anti-virus scanning, and inbound server load balancing. Customers of the WatchGuard Firebox X Edge e-Series line of UTM network appliances will benefit from the release of the Edge 8.6 appliance software, providing a host of upgrades including such features as enhanced wireless security, WAN failover to a serial modem, PPTP remote user support, SMTP support, and enhanced centralized management and reporting. Network Security Isaac Lopez 2007-08-23T17:54:49-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/centennial_discovery_2007_eases_management_of_it_hardware_and_software_asse/ Centennial Software, developer of IT asset discovery and endpoint security solutions, today announced Centennial Discovery 2007, the latest version of the company’s award-winning IT asset discovery software. The new release features powerful migration planning and reporting tools designed to help companies more easily and efficiently manage and budget the enterprise-wide adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista™. Centennial Discovery 2007 also offers new web reports and audit enhancements for IPv6 networks and Windows CE-based devices, along with a number of core product enhancements that improve overall IT asset management (ITAM), software asset management (SAM), specific project management and general IT governance. Network Security Leena Faust 2007-08-22T16:08:08-08:00 http://www.all-about-networking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/8e6_technologies_announces_new_solutions_to_plug_security_holes_in_enterpri/ 8e6 Technologies, the leading independent provider of Web filtering and insider threat management solutions for mid-size to large enterprises, today announced the general availability of three enterprise solutions geared to address specific gaps in network security that many IT administrators may not be aware of, including the elusive use of Web-based proxies in the enterprise. The growing problem of Web-based proxies has remained under the radar for many security administrators, due in large part because most Internet monitoring, vulnerability management, data leakage and firewall solutions are unable to detect this potential breach to network security. In response, 8e6 Technologies created the 8e6 ProxyBlocker, a point solution based on their unique proxy-blocking technology that specifically addresses the growing proxy problem in the enterprise. Network Security Jen Spark 2007-08-13T17:21:29-08:00