Enterasys Networks has announced a new way to bring the worlds of business and technology closer together by introducing the User Personalised Network.
"This new system understands the relationships between the users of a network system and their business roles within an organisation, and leverages that understanding to provide secure, personalised access to IT services," says Martin May, regional director of Enterasys Networks SA.
"Enterasys has developed a policy-based system that allows the network to allocate resources based on specific users and their roles. What makes this interesting is that the policy is executed at the switch."
May says the User Personalised Network validates Enterasys` continuing commitment to security and its recently announced Secure Harbour` architecture by enabling network managers to deploy complex security rules in an automated fashion and by providing authentication at all network entry points.
"The User Personalised Network simplifies complex networks to give each person the tools needed to do their job, while maximizing security and efficiency to allow an organisation to meet its business goals," he adds.
The User Personalised Network is delivered using a combination of Enterasys hardware and software products that create three critical components:
Authentication - Web-based (and 802.1x) identification and authentication of users, using standards-based protocols such as RADIUS;
Role-Based Administration - Using Enterasys` NetSight Policy Manager application to model business roles and IT capabilities;
Service-Enabled (network) edge - Implementing complex policy rules at the closest possible point to the network user, using Enterasys switches.
In addition, Enterasys has committed that the User Personalised Network will support the IEEE`s emerging 802.1x standard for port-based access control.
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