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Stonesoft Customer Newsletter, March 2007
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Stonesoft´s position in the market has changed through the introduction of new products from a network security provider to a business growth enabler. The wide product range secures the information flow in the networks and supports the business of large enterprises and mid-size companies. As companies continue to network with their customers, partners and subcontractors, the demands for network security, high availability, resilient connectivity and mobility are growing. These have been the key design principles of StoneGate Platform from the very beginning. We believe this combination will manifest its superiority when your business needs become even more complex.. Too often technology slows down or, even worse, prevents business growth. According to a recent study by Bain&Co, 70 percent of senior executives at large corporations agree that IT is relevant to growth. However, 60 percent say IT is actually inhibiting their growth efforts. As the complexity of business situations and problems increases, the capability of the tools available is lagging behind. Instead of the simplified “all eggs in one basket”, i.e. having just one layer of protection, Stonesoft trusts in a layered defence where several layers of security are working together. Layered defence provides integrated network security and business continuity. With our product range we provide you network security solutions that allow you to quickly adapt to the new demands brought by business growth and changes in their operational environment. Stonesoft enables business growth and secures the information flow.
With Best Regards,
Juha Kivikoski
Product News
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Stonesoft StoneGate Shortlisted as Best Network Security Product for SC Magazine European Excellence Awards 2007
Stonesoft has been named among the finalists for one the most prominent categories at the SC Magazine European Excellence Awards 2007, hosted by Secure Computing Magazine. Stonesoft’s flagship StoneGate Security Platform has been shortlisted in the Best Network Security category.
Read more about StoneGate and the SC Awards here
Stonesoft Customers Take Control of Business Continuity with StoneGate Multi-Link™
With the spread of global e-commerce and strained IT budgets, organizations are often challenged to find cost-effective solutions that provide always-on Internet connectivity. However, with the availability Stone Gate’s Multi-Link™ technology, companies are finding an ideal alternative to reducing the costs associated with traditional multi-vendor or complex network configurations.
"StoneGate provided the most immediate return on investment (ROI) and the lowest TCO, all while addressing AIT's needs for resilient connectivity and improving our network from a unified management system. The active load balancing, coupled with StoneGate's bandwidth management and QoS, also allowed AIT to utilize other technologies that resulted in lower costs and an enhanced network", said Caleb Wilson, Senior Network Engineer for AIT Worldwide Logistics.
Read the whole story
here
Swisscom Mobile turns to Stonesoft for scalable high availability firewalls
Swisscom Mobile, Switzerland's #1 supplier of mobile telecommunication solutions, offers a fully comprehensive range of universal, nationwide mobile voice and data communication products and services. With its user friendly management system, support for high data throughput and flexible adaptability to the customer's needs, StoneGate is especially interesting for large corporates. These unique selling propositions were just some of the reasons why Swisscom Mobile decided to collaborate with Stonesoft in integrating StoneGate into its new network architecture.
Read more about the case study here
Stonesoft Ensures High Availability, Optimization and Ongoing Support
For Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
Like everything else, modern police work is increasingly data intensive and network dependent. However, when you’re supporting 450 police cruisers spread over a county of 876 square miles and "mobile" sometimes means delivering vital data to a vehicle in hot pursuit at more than 100 mph, "rigorous" gains extra emphasis in terms of network performance. In these situations, lost data could mean the difference between life and death in extreme situations.
That’s exactly the environment in which Mac Magruder, deputy sheriff and MIS director for the Escambia County (Florida) Sheriff's Office, works. To ensure high availability network security of the Escambia County network, Macgruder replaced its Check Point firewalls with Stonesoft and has been impressed with the flexibility and clustering capabilities ever since.
Read the whole article here
Several StoneGate Courses Will Be Held This Spring
The training schedule for this spring is hectic and courses will be held in Helsinki, Atlanta, Milan, Madrid, Frankfurt and Paris. You can choose between different IPS and FW/VPN courses. Click on the link for course outlines, timetables and further details.
Stonesoft In The News
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The New StoneGate Product Line Provides Multi-Layered Security with 10 Gbps Performance
Stonesoft launches the first appliances of their new generation StoneGate™ product line. The renewed product offering has been designed to meet the demands brought by increasingly complex and continuously expanding network traffic. StoneGate FW-5100 is designed to meet 10 Gbps performance needs and StoneGate FW-5000 has the throughput of 4 Gbps. StoneGate IPS-6000 is designed to meet 2 Gbps capacity needs.
Read more about the StoneGate product line
here
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Does Your Business Need An Always-On Internet Connection
Do you want to elimiate downtime? Get the fastest connection? Gain significant savings? For companies around the world StoneGate Multi-Link is the answer to reducing the costs of expensive point-to-point solutions. StoneGate Multi-Link allows companies to work with any type of connections including affordable Internet providers or enterprise-based connections to ensure a resilient connectivity cluster.
Enter into our Multi-Link campaign here
Stonesoft Increases U.S. Government Presence with Securixx Partnership
Stonesoft recently signed an agreement with Securixx, a leading IT consulting firm in the U.S., to increase its presence in the government sector. With this partnership agreement, Securixx will resell Stonesoft’s StoneGate Security Platform to the General Services Administration.
“Network security solutions, like those from Stonesoft, are helping these companies get a handle on the information flowing through their networks so they are better equipped to prevent security breaches from happening,” said Scot Anderson, IT consultant and a general partner of Securixx.
Read more about the partnership here
Stonesoft Partners with PortWise to Provide Advanced SSL VPN and Secure Application Access
Stonesoft has signed an OEM agreement with PortWise. PortWise is the leading provider of secure application access and strong authentication. The aim of the agreement is to extend Stonesoft´s network security offering with SSL VPN.
“We are excited about the co-operation with Stonesoft and appreciate their expertise in network security and business continuity. In a world where business needs are constantly changing, SSL VPN offers a quick and secure way to answer to the new requirements”, said Kaushik Thakkar, VP Strategic Alliances at PortWise.
Read more about the partnership here
Community Internet Named Fastest Growing Stonesoft Partner in 2006
Stonesoft is pleased to announce that business internet solutions specialist Community Internet plc (CI) was the fastest growing Stonesoft Partner in 2006, and is now Stonesoft’s biggest managed service provider in the UK overall. The business ISP grew by over 180% from 2005 to 2006 through its strategy of providing managed services and pre-configured packaged solutions - incorporating StoneGate as the service delivery platform - for a high number of large enterprise and SMB customers.
Read the whole story here