US-based companies Riverbed Technologies and Websense have partnered to offer enterprise customers Web security solutions from Websense combined with Riverbed's WAN optimisation.
"The Websense and Riverbed joint offering is a powerful security solution architecture that protects essential information within Web-based applications and optimises its access and delivery across the distributed enterprise," says Ray Kruck, senior director of business development, Websense.
The Websense Web Security solution will be offered on the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), a feature of the Steelhead appliance. The companies anticipate that Websense will offer its Hosted Web Security with Riverbed solutions in a "hybrid" mode at a later date to provide organisations with the most comprehensive, flexible and up-to-date security solutions.
Websense says its Web Security offering can be deployed on the RSP, a virtualised, extensible data services platform integrated with the Steelhead appliance hardware that allows customers to deploy multiple best-of-breed edge services that formerly required dedicated servers.
By installing Websense Web Security software on Riverbed Steelhead appliances, organisations can consolidate WAN and Web security deployments, making their IT infrastructure faster, less expensive, and more secure, according to the companies.
Customers can deploy these virtualised appliances with services such as Websense Web Security to further simplify IT infrastructure at branch and remote offices to reduce costs and operational overhead.
“As we move forward with the next phase of the relationship, customers will have the choice of appliance, software or SaaS deployment options," says Kruck.
"Through our virtualised RSP, enterprises can take advantage of core network services for branch offices, like best-of-breed Websense Web Security, and obtain extended value in the Riverbed Steelhead appliances," says Christo Briedenhann, regional director for Africa, Riverbed.
"Enterprises are executing on initiatives to reconcile the competing demands of IT consolidation and the growing distributed workforce. The RSP provides enterprises with a platform to address this challenge while cutting costs," adds Briedenhann.
The Riverbed-Websense joint solution will be available through the companies' respective resellers and sales forces - RSP from Riverbed, and Websense Web Security through Websense.
Websense Web Security running on the RSP is already available while the future SaaS hybrid deployment options are scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2010.
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