Press Release
New benefits for customers by Stonesoft Investment Protection Program
Upgrade network security investment and gain the benefits of converged services in a secure and resilient network
HELSINKI, Finland – June 5th, 2006 – Stonesoft has created a new Investment Protection Program to secure and protect the investment that the customers have made to network security. The Program is developed to help Channel Partners and Customers to achieve lower Total Cost of Ownership with Stonesoft´s integrated network security and business continuity solutions.
The program has been designed to help the existing Stonesoft customers as well as customer using competing solutions to enjoy the opportunity to migrate their existing network security solution to an award winning StoneGate Security Platform. This means that customers have a cost-efficient opportunity to start using the converged services, such as VoIP, and to enjoy the productivity gains provided by the new technologies in a resilient and secure network.
"This program is our response to our customers and channel partners demand", says Juha Kivikoski, Vice President, Marketing at Stonesoft Corp. "The technological evolution has reached an inflection point where these technologies provide significant improvements in cost efficiency and productivity. Our continuous dialog with the customers and partners has proved that they would like to gain the benefits in using the converged services in a secure and resilient network. Enabling this means also new investments in technologies that secure the information flow."
The program offers the customers a migration path from Stonesoft software solutions to StoneGate appliances and an opportunity to upgrade the StoneGate appliances to meet the customer evolving needs. In addition the program gives investment protection to non-Stonesoft customers, as it gives them an opportunity to migrate to StoneGate and gain credits for their trade-in equipment up to 30%.
Secure Information Flow
The StoneGate solutions are designed to help customers achieve their business challenges in organizational productivity, cost effectiveness, ability to manage distributed organisation, compliance requirements, networked e-ecosystem, and to protect company-valuable assets, brand, and reputation. Stonesoft is devoted to providing solutions that lower the risks of using the Internet for businesses to an acceptable level.
The StoneGate Platform for network security and resilient connectivity offers centrally-managed network security solutions that provide sophisticated threat detection, agile response, and conclusive remediation, while ensuring continuous connectivity and opportunity for no maintenance breaks in today's real-time business environment. With advanced live monitoring and reporting the system is supporting decision makers with refined information for decision making and empowering them with clarity of status for fast reactions.
About Stonesoft Corporation
Stonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT1V) is an innovative provider of integrated network security and business continuity. Stonesoft is a global company focused on enterprise level customers requiring advanced network security and always-on business connectivity with low TCO, best price-to-performance ratio, and highest ROI. StoneGate Security Platform unifies firewall, VPN and IPS, blending network security, end-to-end availability and award-winning load balancing into a unified and centrally managed system for distributed enterprises.
Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation has corporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information, please contact:
Stonesoft Corporation
Juha Kivikoski, Vice President, Global Marketing
Tel: +358 9 476 711
juha.kivikoski@stonesoft.com
Monday, June 5, 2006
