SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - September 11, 2007) - St. Bernard Software, Inc. (
OTCBB:
SBSW), a
global provider of security appliances and on-demand solutions, including
secure content management, archiving and collaboration, today announced the
availability of its newest dedicated Web filtering appliance, the iPrism
M11000. The M11000 features significant performance increases that allow
iPrism to meet the demands of large and mid-size enterprises.
In addition, St. Bernard announced the availability of a major software
upgrade, version 5.0, for all iPrism appliances. Version 5.0 includes many
new features that improve filtering accuracy and make the appliances easier
to administrate. For example, the new Safe Search feature ensures that
inappropriate Web content cannot be viewed in thumbnails generated by
Google search engine results, while Delegated Administration allows larger
organizations to separate policy-setting responsibility (by the HR or Legal
department), from technical administration by the IT department.
Designed for companies, schools, and government agencies with large and
demanding Web use, the iPrism M11000 is a high-powered appliance that
provides 80% performance improvement over the existing iPrism M3100
appliance. This capacity increase reduces the need for customers to cluster
multiple appliances, which provides easier administration and reduced time
spent on maintenance.
"All of our customers have indicated that the use of HTTP, IM and P2P on
their networks is increasing, and that they need both the control that
iPrism provides and the higher capacity that our new model provides," said
Andrew Lochart, vice president of marketing at St. Bernard. "To support
this requirement, St. Bernard is introducing new, high-end appliances that
are specifically designed for speed while upgrading our software to provide
features that large organizations need, such as delegated administration."
Maintaining its reputation for ease of use and maintenance, the iPrism
M11000 is simple to configure and is quickly deployed in any network
configuration. Following its predecessors, the iPrism M11000 appliances
allow organizations of any size to enforce acceptable use policies, as well
as provide protection from security, regulatory, productivity, and network
performance risks that can result from inappropriate use of Web, IM and
P2P.
"iPrism is so easy to use that we were able to setup and deploy Web
filtering in minutes," said Ken Balliger, Director of Technology at
Murrieta Unified School District. "It's accurate, so we don't worry about
our people accessing Websites they shouldn't. Version 5.0's ability to
assign group policies to a handful of administrators lets us set and
manage Web access policies at the right places in our organization."
Key features in iPrism 5.0 include:
-- Delegated administration
Deploying delegated administration, central IT administrators can set
global internet access policies while remote administrators can adapt
policies to reflect their local environment and acceptable use policy.
Delegated reporting capabilities allow local administrators to focus
on their respective groups, divisions or other discrete networks.
-- Full LDAP authentication
Provides the same level of authentication support for our Novell
environment users as already offered to Windows/NTLM.
-- Enhanced reporting and authentication of IM and P2P users
Expanding upon iPrism's best-in-class reporting, Version 5.0 offers
faster maintenance cycles, and the ability to drill down and schedule
reports that track usage for all IM and P2P individual users.
-- Remote filtering
Laptop users can proxy into the company iPrism and have the same degree
of protection from offensive and malicious material.
-- Blocking anonymous proxies
iPrism 5.0 can identify Web based proxies and rate them as Anonymizer.
This includes PHP Proxy (unencrypted); UltraReach (web-based);
CGIProxy - HTTP/FTP proxy in a perl based CGI script (unencrypted)
including CGI-redirects.
-- Automatic submission of unrated URLs for rapid classification
Unrated sites are now automatically submitted to St. Bernard's iGuard
team for priority review.
In addition to the above, customers also benefit from iPrism's exclusive
iGuard® database. The 100% human-reviewed iGuard database is extremely
accurate, with millions of URLs within 80 categories allowing easy
customization to fit any organization's acceptable use policy.
Pricing and Availability:
The iPrism M11000 appliances are available immediately. Version 5.0 of the
iPrism software will be available in September 2007 to both new and
existing customers. Pricing for iPrism includes a one-time hardware cost
and a one-, two- or three-year subscription fee based on the number of
users.
More information about iPrism can be found at
http://www.stbernard.com/products/iprism/products_iprism.asp, by calling
1-800-782-3762, or contacting one of St. Bernard's authorized resellers.
About St. Bernard
St. Bernard Software, Inc. (
OTCBB:
SBSW) is a global provider of security
appliances and hosted solutions, including secure content management,
archiving and collaboration. The company's award-winning products deliver
innovative security solutions that offer the best combination of
ease-of-use, performance and value. Established in 1995 with headquarters
in San Diego, CA and international offices in the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands, St. Bernard sells and supports its products directly and
through solution partners worldwide. For more information, please visit
www.stbernard.com.
©2007 St. Bernard Software, Inc. All rights reserved. The St. Bernard
Software logo, LivePrism, iPrism, and iGuard are trademarks of St. Bernard
Software, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are hereby
acknowledged.
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Contact Information: Media contact:
Lorrie Hunsaker
St. Bernard Software
(858) 524-2041