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IronPort Turbocharges Web Security Appliances
Offering Fast Multilayered Protection Against Malware, IronPort S-Series Line Expands to Include SMB Market
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
SAN BRUNO, CA--(Marketwire - October 21, 2008) - IronPort® Systems Inc., a leading provider
of solutions that protect businesses against spam, viruses and malware, and
now part of Cisco (NASDAQ : CSCO ), today introduced one of the industry's
fastest Web
security appliances, capable of supporting up to 30,000 end users with
a single device. Delivering up to 100 percent more speed than previous
models, the new IronPort S-Series™ hardware platforms feature multiple
processors running IronPort AsyncOS™, which offers IronPort Web
Reputation Filters™ and multiple anti-malware scanning engines running
in parallel to help eliminate performance degradation and end user latency.
Hardware upgrades to the IronPort S-Series product line include the
IronPort S660™, which is designed for large enterprise data centers and
is able to support up to 30,000 users from a single box, and the IronPort
S360™, a powerful option for medium-sized enterprises of up to 10,000
end users. Additionally, the company has introduced the IronPort S160™,
which expands IronPort's comprehensive and user-friendly Web security
solutions to the small and medium-sized business market.
Web traffic is expected to grow by 51 percent in 2008, according to the Cisco Visual Networking
Index - Forecast and Methodology, 2007-2012. This rapid growth alone
will stretch network infrastructures, but compounding the problem will be
the expected increase in rich Web content, which requires greater
processing power and scalability to enable inspections for acceptable use
policies (AUP) and security violations.
Because of this growth in Web traffic, enterprises must find a way to
ensure network security while not affecting the end user's experience
accessing the Web. IronPort's new, faster Web security appliances utilize
multicore scanning combined with IronPort Dynamic Vectoring and
Streaming™ (DVS) technology to examine potential threats with minimal or
no performance degradation or end user latency. Multicore scanning
distributes security tasks across all available processor cores, allowing
more processing to be done in parallel to reduce latency and improve
scalability.
Web security gateway appliances that are this advanced and fast improve
efficiency, require the deployment of fewer boxes, and consume less power
to support greener data center initiatives, all of which result in an
increased return on investment. A single highly secure IronPort S-Series
Web gateway can typically replace three comparable appliances from
competing vendors.
Powerful Security for SMBs
In the past, solutions this powerful were reserved for the largest
enterprises. But the new IronPort S160 appliance gives small businesses and
remote offices the same protection as Fortune 500 companies enjoy. The
IronPort S160 is a small appliance, taking up only a single rack unit, but
it incorporates the same powerful Web security capabilities as other
IronPort S-Series devices.
"According to a recent industry report, less than 30 percent of enterprise
networks employ dedicated secure Web gateways. As a result, we believe
there will be a tremendous demand for Web security appliances as Internet
traffic grows and malware threats increase," said Tom Gillis, vice
president of marketing at Cisco. "The expansion of the IronPort S-Series
product family gives us a breadth of products that are sized and priced
right to meet the needs of organizations of any size. With the ability to
serve more end users with a single device, these products also help
enterprises reduce power and space requirements."
"IronPort's powerful Web security appliance has enabled us to eliminate a
number of devices we have to maintain in the data center, which helps us
save space and reduces costs for electricity and IT management," said
Russell Graham, network services manager at Wesley College in Australia.
About IronPort Systems
IronPort Systems, now part of Cisco Systems, is a leading provider of email
security, Web security and security management appliances for organizations
ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort appliances
utilize SenderBase®, the world's largest email and Web threat detection
network and database. IronPort products are innovative and easy-to-use,
providing breakthrough performance and playing a mission-critical role in a
company's network infrastructure. To learn more about IronPort products and
services, please visit: http://www.ironport.com/.
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