SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, the sole distributor of Network Engines in Sub-Saharan Africa, today announced the latter's expansion of the IAG product line which Microsoft acquired from Whale Communications.
The new NS-IAG is a 1U rackmount appliance built with the latest dual-core server technology to provide high-performance application-aware SSL VPN, Web application firewall, and endpoint security management for organisations requiring strong security at an affordable price.
"We selected Network Engines as the exclusive provider of support to existing IAG customers and as a partner to develop new platform choices for future IAG customers," commented Mike Schutz, Group Product Manager - Security and Access, Microsoft Corp.
"We are impressed with the commitment Network Engines has made to the IAG product line and the company's ability to quickly introduce this new high performance platform for IAG."
"We were eager to expand the IAG product line by developing a high-performance platform at a lower cost," added Greg Shortell, President and CEO of Network Engines. "This enables a wider range of customers to take advantage of IAG's impressive capabilities. Our customers will also benefit from the significant expansion of our technical support, professional services, and customer training teams with outstanding employees from Microsoft."
IAG is available exclusively as a combined hardware/software/support solution. Network Engines now offers and supports two appliance implementations of IAG:
* NS-IAG - a 1U rackmount system which integrates IAG's application optimisers with the capabilities of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 to allow only known-good traffic to pass to each application.
* NS-4700 - a 2U rackmount system featuring e-Gap technology to interpose a physical separation between the public network and the customer's internal network. Working in combination with IAG's application optimisers and ISA Server 2006, the NS-4700 platform provides a high level of security that many financial institutions and government agencies require.
* Both Network Engines appliance implementations of IAG are available in high-availability packages which include two complete server systems. Load-balancing distributes the workload during normal operation, enabling a single appliance to continue servicing users and applications when one is offline. Up to 64 IAG appliances can be configured in a single array.
For further information, please contact Willem Barnard at telephone (011) 790 2500; fax (011) 790 2599; e-mail willemb@securedata.co.za.
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Founded in 1997, Network Engines is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about the company's products and services, visit www.networkengines.com.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier value-added distributor and solution provider of perimeter, network and endpoint information security and risk management Solutions. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the Sub-Saharan African distributor for AirDefense, Application Security, Check Point Software Technologies, Cibecs, eEye, Network Engines, Precise Biometrics, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard Software, TippingPoint Technologies and Websense. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed IT company focused on solutions and services that address the issues of information risk management. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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