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Great Bay Software Inc. Announces OEM Agreement With Cisco(R) for the Company's Beacon Endpoint Profiler(TM)
Two Market-Leading Technologies From Cisco and Great Bay Combine to Accelerate and Simplify NAC Deployments
| Source: Great Bay Software
GREENLAND, NH--(Marketwire - July 10, 2007) - Great Bay Software Inc., the innovator of
Endpoint Profiling for enterprise networks, today announced it has signed a
worldwide OEM agreement with Cisco that adds the company's Beacon Endpoint
Profiler solution to the award-winning Cisco Network Admission Control
(NAC) product line. This agreement ensures that all network-attached
endpoints, including non-PCs, meet the specified requirements for network
access, creating the industry's most comprehensive NAC solution set.
As part of the agreement, Cisco will rebrand and sell the Beacon Endpoint
Profiler as Cisco NAC Profiler. The Endpoint Profiling and Behavior
Monitoring functions provided by NAC Profiler combined with the Cisco NAC
Appliance solution will ease deployments and improve the security
management of endpoints unassociated with specific users, such as network
printers, medical imaging devices, IP phones, HVAC sensors and wireless
access points. NAC Profiler can improve the return on investment for a NAC
deployment by dynamically tracking the movement of these devices on the
network.
The Cisco NAC Profiler provides a number of benefits both in the initial
implementation of NAC and throughout the entire lifecycle of a deployment.
Great Bay's Endpoint Profiling technology generates an automated inventory
of all endpoints, significantly reducing the level of effort required in
the implementation of NAC. The Cisco NAC Profiler informs the NAC system of
critical endpoint data, including device address information, a type
descriptor (printer, phone, AP, UPS, etc.), access type (a value that
defines the appropriate level of access for that endpoint) and access to
additional information about that device and its history in the network.
This eliminates the need for manual inventories and data entry.
"We're excited to extend our collaboration with Cisco and to be part of an
end-to-end NAC solution that provides a security model for all
network-attached endpoints," said Steve Pettit, president of Great Bay
Software. "Customers will benefit from Cisco's global business
infrastructure and from the ongoing innovation this relationship will
continue to deliver."
"Great Bay Software's endpoint profiling enhances an end-to-end NAC
solution strategy," said Nick Chong, head of the NAC Appliance line of
business for Cisco. "Cisco NAC Appliance, the leading NAC offering in the
marketplace today, continues to represent the latest in technical
innovation involving NAC, and adding Great Bay's profiling technology
enriches our overall NAC solution."
Cisco's NAC Profiler will consist of two functional components in the NAC
Appliance solution: the Profiler Server and the Collector Application. The
Profiler Server will run on a dedicated appliance while the Collector
Application will reside on the Cisco NAC Appliance Server. Cisco NAC
Profiler is scheduled to be available in August 2007.
About Great Bay Software
Great Bay Software Inc. is the innovator of Endpoint Profiling, a
technology designed to rapidly establish and maintain a real time view of
all network attached endpoints. The company's Endpoint Profiling
technology has applications in enabling the deployment and administration
of Network Admission Control and network-based authentication, in
addressing compliance concerns related to unauthorized devices attaching to
the Enterprise network, and in managing the endpoint lifecycle for all
network attached devices. For more information on the Beacon Endpoint
Profiler from Great Bay Software, please visit www.greatbaysoftware.com or
call 800.503.1715.
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