Palo Alto Networks, the leader in next-generation firewalls, has announced Bitrate as its new distributor for South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa
“Bitrate is a perfect fit for the expansion of our business in the region. The solutions offered by Bitrate are complementary and will help deliver next-generation firewalls to carriers, managed service providers and enterprises,” says Karl Driesen, VP EMEA region.
The Internet and online applications have increased the risk to the corporate networks. Palo Alto Networks' application-aware firewall provides the security and control to mitigate risk, but more importantly, protects the data from being hacked while preventing information from leaking to the public. Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewall will help Bitrate deliver this protection to the industry.
Jeroen Dubbelman, MD of Bitrate, said: “Offering the market Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewall fulfils Bitrates goal of not only being network and application performance consultants to the industry, but being able to offer application-aware security to our customers.”
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Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks enables visibility and policy control of applications running on enterprise networks. Based on innovative App-ID application classification technology, the Palo Alto Networks PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall accurately identifies applications - regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or even SSL encryption - at 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Enterprises can now set and enforce application usage policies to meet compliance requirements, improve threat mitigation and lower operational costs. The Palo Alto Networks team includes security and networking industry veterans from Check Point, NetScreen, McAfee, Cisco, Juniper and Blue Coat. It is backed by investors Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital.
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Bitrate
Founded in 1999, Bitrate is a leading distributor of network monitoring and core networking products. Bitrate concentrates on distributing best-of-breed quality products. Bitrates expertise in networking solutions, coupled with its focus on excellent customer service and technical support, makes it uniquely positioned to deliver value-added products and services to resellers. Bitrate operates out of South Africa and supports Sub-Sahara Africa.
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