IT Wise, the Sub-Saharan distributor for Neoware, today announced that the latter had introduced the Neoware Security Center, which adds patent-pending technology to enable any industry standard anti-virus software and a significantly enhanced firewall to Neoware thin client devices running Windows XP Embedded.
One of the primary drivers of the increasing rate of thin client adoption is the enhanced security that they provide compared to PCs. Neoware Firewall and Neoware Open Anti-Virus are designed to further raise the security benefits of Neoware thin clients over desktop PCs.
Neoware Firewall prevents unauthorised access to servers and desktops by filtering both inbound and outbound access requests. In contrast, thin clients from other vendors typically offer either no firewall, or one with only inbound access restrictions, which would still allow their infected thin clients to propagate the infection to other desktops in an enterprise.
Neoware Open Anti-Virus permits the installation of industry standard anti-virus solutions on Neoware Windows XPe thin clients, allowing customers to protect Neoware thin clients with virtually any anti-virus solution available for PCs. With Neoware Open Anti-Virus, enterprises can deploy the same anti-virus solution to both thin clients and PCs, making ongoing administration easier and more cost-effective.
Neoware Open Anti-Virus permits anti-virus updates to thin clients, while simultaneously locking down the device from other changes. Neoware is the only thin client provider to offer this patent-pending technology that makes it possible to manage frequent anti-virus security updates without incurring the downtime required by system reboots and software management.
"Security is a primary driver for the rapidly growing adoption of thin clients, and is a top priority for CIOs, because the business impact of a security breach can be incredibly damaging," commented Roy Zatcoff, executive vice-president of marketing and engineering at Neoware. "Neoware thin clients provide a more secure environment than desktop PCs, and are now even more protected with Neoware Security Center. Neoware is providing the most robust security solutions available for thin clients, and giving our customers the ability to easily and productively use their existing industry standard anti-virus software of choice."
Neoware Security Center is available with Neoware thin clients running Windows XPe, and with Neoware Image Manager, the innovative software that streams industry standard operating systems from a server to a PC or thin client without local storage, which secures and protects desktop environments while providing all of the functionality of a PC.
For further information, please contact Sandy Redgate at telephone (012) 665 2204; fax (012) 665 2918; e-mail Sandy@itwise.co.za.
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Neoware Inc, based in King of Prussia, PA, USA, is a leading provider of enterprise software, thin client appliances, and related services that make computing more open, secure, reliable, affordable and manageable. By employing open technologies and eliminating the obsolescence built into standard personal computer architectures, Neoware helps enterprises leverage server-based computing architectures to increase security and reliability, enhance flexibility, as well as lower their total cost of ownership.
Neoware`s software products enable enterprises to gain control of their desktops, stream software on-demand, and to integrate mainframe, midrange, Unix and Linux applications with Windows environments and the Web. Its thin client appliances and software enable enterprises to run applications on servers and display them across wired or wireless networks on secure, managed, reliable appliances that cost as little as one-fourth the price of today`s typical business personal computer. The company`s global development, services, and support provide customers with customised solutions that facilitate their specialised computing needs.
IT Wise
IT Wise, a South African company, is the sole Sub-Saharan Africa distributor for Germany-based Thin Print and US-based Neoware and Packeteer.
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