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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="udtD"&gt;&lt;span class="date"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;March 5, 2009 (Wilmington, MA)&lt;/span&gt; – In 
response to President Obama’s promise to modernize schools and provide Internet 
to all children, Astaro (&lt;a href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;http://www.astaro.com&lt;/a&gt;), a leading vendor of 
Internet security appliances, announced the “Surf Safe” promotion: all K-12 
schools and libraries will receive an unlimited Astaro Security Gateway software 
license for free with the purchase of either a 3- or 5-year web or mail security 
subscription and maintenance agreement. Additionally, all schools and libraries 
will receive free Astaro Command Center software, which allows for central and 
remote management of all Security Gateways school- and district-wide.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 
a nation-wide address this past December, then President Elect Obama promised to 
modernize and upgrade schools, providing computers and Internet access for every 
student. Obama stated, “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every 
child should have a chance to get online. And they’ll get that chance when I’m 
president because that’s how we’ll strengthen America’s competitiveness in the 
world.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While President Obama wishes to see Internet access for every 
child, Astaro can make sure it is delivered safely and securely.&amp;nbsp; The web gives 
students access to unlimited information, and content filtering and anti-spam 
are essential elements of a successful Internet experience. Additionally, many 
web-based applications, such as Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer programs, 
must be blocked or highly managed to ensure the best and most educationally 
productive access to Internet resources. Email is also a sensitive area for 
educational organizations, because privacy and confidentiality are critical, 
especially when student information is sent over the Internet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Astaro 
Security Gateway’s Web Filtering provides integrated URL filtering, malware 
detection, IM and P2P application control, and bandwidth optimization to 
completely secure and control web access. Additionally, the software provides 
perimeter security services, such as a firewall and intrusion protection, and 
Astaro’s Email Filtering is also available to provide anti-virus, spam blocking, 
protection against phishing, and free email encryption. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Astaro Command 
Center enables the administration and real-time monitoring of multiple Astaro 
Security Gateway appliances deployed school- or district-wide, which means 
administrators can achieve the highest standards of vigilance and protection of 
their schools’ security at all times and from all locations. Additionally, 
teachers that wish to protect their home networks with Astaro can download the 
Astaro Security Gateway software for free (&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/FreeAstaro"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/FreeAstaro&lt;/a&gt;). The 
school network administrator can then manage it along with the rest of the 
Security Gateways from the Astaro Command Center. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Through the “Surf 
Safe” promotion, all K-12 schools and libraries are eligible to receive free 
Astaro Security Gateway software and an unlimited base license with the purchase 
of a 3- or 5-year web security or mail security subscription, as well as a 
maintenance subscription. Additionally, each educational organization will 
receive free Astaro Command Center software.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“We are excited to be part 
of this monumental push to modernize the country’s schools and provide children 
with the technology they need for a proper education,” explains Jan Hichert, 
Astaro CEO. “President Obama’s plan is a tremendous opportunity for American 
students, and we want to make sure that schools have the right resources in 
place to ensure smooth integration of new technology in the 
classroom.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is offer is available to customers in North America 
through June 20, 2009. For more information or to take advantage of the 
“Security for Students” promotion, visit &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/SurfSafe"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/SurfSafe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About 
Astaro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;Astaro offers the most complete and easy to use Internet 
security appliances available. Combining best of breed applications, the proven 
quality of Linux and enterprise level performance, Astaro’s award-winning 
products provide the latest protection with the best total cost of ownership. 
Software, hardware and virtual appliance offerings provide users the flexibility 
to meet a wide variety of deployment scenarios. Distributed by a growing 
worldwide network of more than 3,000 resellers, Astaro products protect over 
100,000 networks for 47,000 customers across 60 countries. Astaro, headquartered 
in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA and Karlsruhe, Germany, offers free downloads 
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span id="udtD"&gt;&lt;span class="date"&gt;Feb. 18, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;BELMONT, CA - 
 Vyatta, the leader in open networking, today
announced that the State of New Mexico is deploying the Vyatta 514 and 2501
appliances throughout many of the state's court systems, which include
approximately 90 sites. The court system opted for Vyatta over Cisco and
Juniper Networks routers based on Vyatta's full functionality and
economical price, but Vyatta also provided the court system with the
reliability, flexibility and support it needs to maintain a robust, secure
network across diverse network connections.
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New Mexico's statewide court system includes the State Supreme Court, the
Court of Appeals, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and all of the
state's District and Magistrate Courts. Approximately 300 judges preside in
courtrooms throughout the state, with a statewide communications network
connecting all the sites. Looking to replace its aging Cisco routers, the
New Mexico Courts needed a flexible, cost-effective all-in-one branch
office firewall/router.
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"We considered using Cisco 2600 routers or a Juniper firewall and VPN but
both of those fell short in some key areas," said Sam Noble, senior network
system administrator, New Mexico Courts.  "I downloaded and tested the
Vyatta software and found that it gave me all the features and
functionality I needed, great performance and, hands down, the most
flexible system around. After test-driving the software, I knew I had found
the ideal solution in the Vyatta open networking appliance." &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;Vyatta provided functionality that would have been impossible or very
costly to add to Cisco or Juniper Networks, including Border Gateway
Protocol, VPN concentrator, URL filtering, and packet capture. Most
importantly, the high level of support offered by Vyatta provided the court
system with the confidence that if an issue arose, there would be several
ways to address it.
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"Vyatta allows organizations to get more, and pay less.  It's that simple,"
said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta.  "New Mexico Courts discovered this, as
have hundreds of other customers.  From features to performance to
reliability, Vyatta stands up to -- and often exceeds -- what the
proprietary vendors offer. And you just can't beat the economics. In the
down economy, you can't under-estimate the power of a good deal."&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Vyatta builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions that
provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary
vendors. Our customers are smarter, better looking, and drive much nicer
cars than purchasers of big-name products. Vyatta customers know that
Vyatta's Linux-based router, firewall and VPN software gives them a level
of control unavailable from proprietary solutions. Vyatta customers are
thought leaders who recognize the benefits of flexible deployment options
-- x86 hardware, blade servers, virtualization -- of freedom to integrate
applications of their choice, and of the economic and performance
advantages of commodity hardware and components. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;For more info, visit
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary>Vyatta, the leader in open networking, today announced that the State of New Mexico is deploying the Vyatta 514 and 2501 appliances throughout many of the state's court systems, which include approximately 90 sites. The court system opted for Vyatta over Cisco and Juniper Networks routers based on Vyatta's full functionality and economical price, but Vyatta also provided the court system with the reliability, flexibility and support it needs to maintain a robust, secure network across diverse network connections. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT </summary></entry><entry><title>AFORE Introduces MEF UNI 2.2 InterPort™ Software Solution</title><link rel="alternate" href="http://enterprisenetworkarchitect.com/2009/02/14/afore-introduces-mef-uni-22-interport-software-solution.aspx?ref=rss" /><id>tag:enterprisenetworkarchitect.com,2009-02-14:41799a71-b59a-4208-bf4f-b16e45fdc27d</id><author><name>Enterprise Network Architect</name></author><category term="Press Release" /><updated>2009-02-14T22:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-14T22:40:00Z</published><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/5/4/6/4/155796-146453/iPod_copy.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA – February 12, 2009— AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in 
the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, 
announced the immediate availability of its InterPort™ licensable software 
solution supporting the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) UNI 2.1 and UNI 2.2 
specifications.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;“The demand for large scale deployment of profitable Ethernet 
services requires service flexibility and high reliability at lower operation 
costs”, said Alex Berlin, AFORE’s President and CEO. “By supporting the MEF UNI 
Type 2 specifications, InterPort enables network equipment providers to enhance 
their reputation for reliability and support for high-performance business 
Ethernet services, wireless backhaul and broadband aggregation.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;The MEF 
specifications for UNI Type 2 (2.1 and 2.2) include:&lt;br&gt;• E-LMI allows UNI-C to 
retrieve EVC status and service attributes from UNI-N as specified in MEF 
16&lt;br&gt;• Link OAM allows the customer and service provider to monitor and 
diagnose the UNI connectivity at the link level&lt;br&gt;• Service OAM allows the 
customer and service provider to monitor and diagnose the services 
end-to-end&lt;br&gt;• Link Aggregation provides the capability to protect against port 
failure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;AFORE’s InterPort UNI 2.2 software package includes Service OAM 
(802.1ag, Y.1731 with auto discovery), Link OAM, Link Aggregation and Ethernet 
Local Management Interface (E-LMI) providing a complete solution to meet the 
requirements of network equipment providers building Ethernet networking 
solutions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;InterPort software modules are platform independent solutions for 
Metro and Carrier Ethernet, WiMAX, LTE and Mobile/Microwave backhaul systems in 
addition to meeting the needs of enterprise backbone and industrial Ethernet 
equipment providers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;About AFORE Solutions:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;AFORE is a leading provider of 
innovative technology to the networking industry. Our unique blend of custom 
development, InterPort™ technology, and system solutions enable network 
equipment providers, service providers and enterprises to accelerate innovation 
and deployment of advanced networking applications. For more information visit: 
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary>AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, announced the immediate availability of its InterPort™ licensable software solution supporting the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) UNI 2.1 and UNI 2.2 specifications. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT </summary></entry><entry><title>AFORE Accelerates &amp; Secures Storage and IP Business ServicesOver Metro Ethernet</title><link rel="alternate" href="http://enterprisenetworkarchitect.com/2009/02/08/afore-accelerates--secures-storage-and-ip-business-servicesover-metro-ethernet.aspx?ref=rss" /><id>tag:enterprisenetworkarchitect.com,2009-02-08:1269b480-182a-4f8b-a890-1de8ea404a63</id><author><name>Enterprise Network Architect</name></author><category term="Press Release" /><updated>2009-02-08T17:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-08T17:39:00Z</published><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/5/4/6/4/155796-146453/iPod_copy.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;
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leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking 
industry, today unveiled its Business Ethernet Services solution for the ASE3300 
network optimization appliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;AFORE’s Business Ethernet Services solution 
accelerates and optimizes enhanced storage and IP business services delivered 
over Metro Ethernet networks providing a 400% increase in network throughput 
while reducing the cost of interconnecting key locations by up to 50%. The 
solution delivers performance improvements which yield a typical return on 
investment measured in months.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;“Ethernet private lines and Metro Ethernet 
services have become a key transport technology for service providers and 
enterprises driven by the need for higher bandwidths and improved economics” 
said Jonathan Reeves AFORE’s Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. “AFORE’s 
Business Ethernet acceleration solution dramatically increases the throughput, 
security and WAN extension options for IP/Ethernet and Fiber Channel based 
Enterprise applications over Metro Ethernet networks. This reduces the cost, 
improves the quality of service and delivers new enhanced business service 
capabilities”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;Applications for the ASE3300 include optimizing &amp;amp; securing 
Ethernet links between enterprise locations on high capacity domestic and 
international routes as well as improving the performance of IP/MPLS connections 
between service provider POPs (Points of Presence). It is ideally suited to 
evolving managed service offerings such as disaster recovery, hosted cloud 
computing, virtualization and extended distance FC, FCoE &amp;amp; iSCSI storage 
services. AFORE’s solution also provides unique optimization capabilities for Ethernet networks used for broadband wireless applications based on 3G, 4G,WiMAX 
and private microwave technologies. Additional and specific information on these 
and other applications can be found at: Applications &amp;amp; Case 
Studies.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;AFORE’s Business Ethernet acceleration solution builds upon the 
company’s low latency EtherPACK™ data compression, EtherCORRECT™ network error 
recovery, EtherSECURE™ encryption and JumboSLICE™ jumbo frame fragmentation 
technologies to reduce the cost and increase the throughput, performance and 
security of enterprise and service provider networks. The solution is 
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networking industry. Our unique blend of system solutions, custom development 
services and InterPort™ technology, enable network equipment providers, service 
providers and enterprises to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced 
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary>AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, today unveiled its Business  Services solution for the ASE3300 network optimization appliance. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT - IT RESOURCE NETWORK </summary></entry><entry><title>Astaro First Solution to Auto-Configure iPhone VPN Access</title><link rel="alternate" href="http://enterprisenetworkarchitect.com/2009/02/06/astaro-first-solution-to-autoconfigure-iphone-vpn-access.aspx?ref=rss" /><id>tag:enterprisenetworkarchitect.com,2009-02-06:4c0d141a-2783-411b-b037-5c302cf03b1c</id><author><name>Enterprise Network Architect</name></author><category term="Press Release" /><updated>2009-02-06T16:50:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-06T16:50:00Z</published><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/5/4/6/4/155796-146453/iPod_copy.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Wilmington, MA - February 
06, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;[&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.pr2web.com/"&gt;PR2WEB&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/b&gt; – Astaro (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;http://www.astaro.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;), a leading network security vendor, today 
announced that users of Apple’s iPhone can now automatically setup a secure, 
IPsec VPN (virtual private network) tunnel with no technical knowledge required. 
This new process adds yet another method that iPhone users can use to connect to 
Astaro Gateway products. In addition to the iPhone’s PPTP and L2TP VPN 
connectivity options, Astaro users can now use the iPhones IPsec VPN 
capabilities—widely accepted as the best security choice for VPN 
tunneling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;—to connect to their home and 
business networks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;While software 
services and managed applications like Email and Web filtering in the cloud gain 
popularity, most businesses are still relying on company internal solutions like 
CRM or ERP systems. As employees gain access to more powerful smart phone tools, 
Astaro’s compatibility with the Cisco IPsec VPN client (which is integrated on 
the iPhone), enables users to access internal email servers, document storages, 
and web sites protected by and Astaro Security Gateway appliance by a 
standardized, secure method. Whether telecommuting or working remotely, workers 
no longer have to open their laptops in order to safely access company or home 
network resources. Astaro’s VPN capabilities allow outside iPhone users to work 
as if they are local to their network, reducing the exposure of sensitive 
company materials across the Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;“The extreme popularity of the iPhone means that 
companies can benefit by allowing employees to enjoy easy, secure access to the 
network and its data, which helps productivity.” explains Gert Hansen, Founder 
and VP of Product Marketing at Astaro. “As I’m sure is the case with many 
people, the iPhone has become my smartphone of choice, and it is great peace of 
mind to know I can always securely access our internal business applications. We 
are happy to provide this for free, as part of every Astaro Solution.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;While other competitors simply offer compatibility 
with iPhone’s Cisco VPN client, requiring manual configuration steps which need 
technical knowledge and information to complete, Astaro allows anyone to set up 
a configured tunnel in seconds through its automatic configuration. This process 
drastically simplifies VPN setup for the end user, and also provides assurance 
that the tunnel has been set up securely and correctly.&amp;nbsp; The user logs into the 
Astaro Security Gateway UserPortal via the browser and clicks the Install iPhone 
VPN button. From there, the setup is automated with all technical parameters 
being filled in without the need to manually enter them. Astaro is the first 
product of its kind to offer a customized configuration download which is simply 
imported into the iPhone OS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Astaro’s product 
offering is available as a software ISO, hardware appliance or virtual 
appliance.&amp;nbsp; Astaro also offers a free, non-commercial home user software 
license, available for download at &lt;a href="http://www.astaro.com.%c2%a0/"&gt;www.astaro.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; The home user license uses 
the same software as the commercial license, includes all subscriptions, and 
offers protection for up to ten IP addresses. This allows any iPhone user to set 
up an Astaro network at home and connect securely to the home network at any 
time—all at no cost.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Astaro has 
created a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://www.astaro.com/content/download/5712/52206/file/iPhone_ASG_IPSEC_Setup_Guide.pdf"&gt;configuration 
guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://tinyurl.com/apqvx8"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/apqvx8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; 
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;providing step-by-step instructions 
on how to configure Apple’s iPhone and Astaro Security Gateway VPN 
settings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;About Astaro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Astaro offers 
the most complete and easy to use Internet security appliances available. 
Combining best of breed applications, the proven quality of Linux and enterprise 
level performance, Astaro’s award-winning products provide the latest protection 
with the best total cost of ownership. Software, hardware and virtual appliance 
offerings provide users the flexibility to meet a wide variety of deployment 
scenarios. Distributed by a growing worldwide network of more than 3,000 
resellers, Astaro products protect over 100,000 networks for 47,000 customers 
across 60 countries. Astaro, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA and 
Karlsruhe, Germany, offers free downloads of its products at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://www.astaro.com/"&gt;www.astaro.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#575757"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;This Press Release was submitted directly to &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.pr2web.com/"&gt;www.pr2web.com&lt;/a&gt; for posting to this News Blog.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary>Astaro (http://www.astaro.com), a leading network security vendor, today announced that users of Apple’s iPhone can now automatically setup a secure, IPsec VPN (virtual private network) tunnel with no technical knowledge required. This new process adds yet another method that iPhone users can use to connect to Astaro Gateway products. In addition to the iPhone’s PPTP and L2TP VPN connectivity options, Astaro users can now use the iPhones IPsec VPN capabilities—widely accepted as the best security choice for VPN tunneling—to connect to their home and business networks. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT </summary></entry><entry><title>F5 Expands Management Portfolio with New Monitoring Capabilities to Provide Insight and Capacity Planning for Application Delivery Networks</title><link rel="alternate" href="http://enterprisenetworkarchitect.com/2009/01/26/f5-expands-management-portfolio-with-new-monitoring-capabilities-to-provide-insight-and-capacity-planning-for-application-delivery-networks.aspx?ref=rss" /><id>tag:enterprisenetworkarchitect.com,2009-01-26:b0be752c-5078-4849-851a-67eb12114330</id><author><name>Enterprise Network Architect</name></author><category term="Press Release" /><updated>2009-01-27T02:58:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-27T02:58:00Z</published><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/search/Unified%20Communications%20Summit/status/upcoming"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/5/4/6/4/155796-146453/BTSummit_Banner_020509.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;
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Portfolio with New Monitoring Capabilities to Provide Insight and
Capacity Planning for Application Delivery Networks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Enhanced Enterprise Manager software ensures optimized application performance 
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;SEATTLE, JANUARY 26, 2009 &lt;b&gt;[&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.pr2web.com/"&gt;PR2WEB&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;/b&gt;– F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader 
in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a new version of F5® 
Enterprise Manager™ software to provide customers with improved management, 
automation, and network health monitoring capabilities for their Application 
Delivery Networks. The enhanced solution offers F5 customers additional 
visibility into their network infrastructures to ensure optimized application 
performance and superior end-user experience.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“Automation is the key to 
scaling operations and maintaining service delivery performance without adding 
admins—or drowning the ones you have under network and application demands,” 
said John Burke, principal research analyst, Nemertes Research. “Along with 
automation, application-fluent management capabilities help IT manage more 
systems, deliver more services in better alignment with the needs of users, and 
thrive in a dynamic environment without constantly requiring more staff, more 
boxes, and more bandwidth.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a centralized management appliance for F5 
BIG-IP® devices, Enterprise Manager enhances IT agility by combining simplified 
configuration management and performance monitoring in a single solution. By 
reducing management complexity, Enterprise Manager enables organizations to 
optimize their Application Delivery Networks and decrease the time spent 
performing redundant tasks and managing multiple devices.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The newly enhanced 
Enterprise Manager solution enables customers to:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• Reduce TCO through 
Automated Management of IT Infrastructure. Enterprise Manager provides real-time 
status for an organization’s F5 application delivery devices in a single 
interface. By giving IT administrators the ability to automate common 
operational tasks such as configuration and certificate management, software 
updates, and policy control, Enterprise Manager helps customers decrease total 
cost of ownership (TCO) and operating expenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• Ensure Rapid Response for 
Continuously Optimized Application Performance. Through advanced performance and 
device health monitoring, Enterprise Manager delivers an up-to-date, 
comprehensive view of traffic and device performance. Enterprise Manager enables 
administrators to set thresholds and alerts for Application Delivery Networks so 
IT staff can quickly react in the face of changing network conditions and 
end-user demands.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• Improve Budgeting and Forecasting by Understanding Future 
Needs. With more than 160 customizable metrics capturing historical data from 
BIG-IP devices, Enterprise Manager provides complete visibility into customers’ 
Application Delivery Networks over time. By analyzing this performance data for 
trending and forecasting, administrators can better plan and budget future 
virtualization, optimization, and consolidation efforts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“The largest global 
enterprises, service providers, and web content providers have standardized on 
F5’s Application Delivery Networking solutions to ensure their infrastructure 
meets growth and complex application demands,” said Jason Needham, Sr. Director 
of Product Management at F5. “We continue to help businesses cut costs while 
making their networks more agile and scalable. The new Enterprise Manager 
release delivers unmatched visibility into historical network and application 
performance metrics across an F5 infrastructure. For our customers, this 
translates into dramatically simplified capacity planning, troubleshooting, and 
proactive application reporting capabilities to help executives and IT teams 
make strategic improvements to drive their business 
forward.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Availability&lt;br&gt;The new version of Enterprise Manager will be 
available as a software download for the Enterprise Manager 3000 platform. It 
will be available at the end of this month at no additional cost. For more 
information, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.f5.com/products/enterprise-manager/"&gt;www.f5.com/products/enterprise-manager/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;About 
F5 Networks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery 
Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast, and 
available for everyone. By adding intelligence and manageability into the 
network to offload applications and optimize the data storage layer, F5 extends 
the power of intelligent networking to all levels of application delivery. F5's 
extensible architecture optimizes applications, delivers application 
reliability, and protects the application and network. Enterprise organizations, 
service providers and Web 2.0 content providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their 
applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with 
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary> F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a new version of F5® Enterprise Manager™ software to provide customers with improved management, automation, and network health monitoring capabilities for their Application Delivery Networks. The enhanced solution offers F5 customers additional visibility into their network infrastructures to ensure optimized application performance and superior end-user experience. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT </summary></entry><entry><title>F5 Addresses Enterprise Customers’ Top Priorities with BIG-IP Solutions for the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem</title><link rel="alternate" href="http://enterprisenetworkarchitect.com/2009/01/26/f5-addresses-enterprise-customers-top-priorities-with-bigip-solutions-for-the-hp-procurve-open-network-ecosystem.aspx?ref=rss" /><id>tag:enterprisenetworkarchitect.com,2009-01-26:3928211e-3470-475f-a72f-2fe5fc9839e9</id><author><name>Enterprise Network Architect</name></author><category term="Press Release" /><updated>2009-01-27T02:54:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-27T02:54:00Z</published><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.brighttalk.com/channels/2001/view"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/5/4/6/4/155796-146453/BTSummit_Banner.png" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Verdana"&gt;SEATTLE, JANUARY 26, 2009 &lt;strong&gt;[&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.pr2web.com/"&gt;PR2WEB&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt; – In a move to give customers the flexibility to 
choose a secure multi-vendor IT environment instead of costly proprietary 
models, F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that it has become a 
member of the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE) program. F5, 
a global leader in Application Delivery Networking, will provide its BIG-IP® 
Application Delivery Controller (ADC) products to extend the flexibility, 
scalability, and security within the HP ProCurve ONE infrastructure. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“HP 
ProCurve ONE offers customers a choice of networking alternatives through 
collaboration with technology leaders, freeing businesses from proprietary, 
single-vendor environments when building or transforming their IT 
infrastructure,” said Dan Matte, SVP of Marketing and Business Development at F5 
Networks. “As a recognized player in the ADC market, F5 aligns well with HP’s 
data center transformation initiatives, which directly support global enterprise 
customers’ key IT and business goals of lowering costs, reducing risk, and 
accelerating business growth through IT agility and operational 
efficiency.”&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;The new HP ProCurve ONE multi-vendor alliance program, 
announced today, delivers tested and certified solutions that are interoperable 
with HP ProCurve technology.&amp;nbsp; Through HP’s ProCurve ONE program, global 
enterprise organizations are able to utilize best-in-class applications and 
services to deliver a consistent networking environment without the uncertainty 
often found in traditional multi-vendor solutions. ProCurve ONE solutions are 
intended to address the top enterprise customer needs of accelerating business 
growth, lowering costs, and mitigating risks—with the result being improved 
business outcomes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“Enterprises are increasingly looking for open, 
best-of-breed alternatives to increase the performance/cost ratio while 
mitigating the operational and support risk of introducing new vendors,” said 
Mark Fabbi, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. “Virtualized, open 
platforms that include a strong level of certification and support are well 
suited to meet these emerging demands.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a strategic alliance partner, 
F5 is collaborating with HP ProCurve to help customers bolster security, reduce 
complexity of network management, and enhance network and data center 
performance. F5’s Application Delivery Networking (ADN) solutions will be 
incorporated into technical and sales training for HP ProCurve’s sales force and 
channel partners, and F5 will also be invited to participate in regional channel 
partner events. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“To help customers address the increased pace of change 
within their businesses, HP ProCurve is combining its own technology with some 
of the most innovative, respected, and visionary companies in the world,” said 
Marius Haas, senior vice president and general manager, HP ProCurve. “HP 
ProCurve and our HP ProCurve ONE alliance partners have a common goal of helping 
customers accelerate the adoption of next-generation data centers by adding 
network infrastructure solutions to one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of 
servers, storage, services, and software.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Availability and 
Information&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Organizations today can obtain F5’s ADN solutions via HP 
ProCurve and joint HP-F5 channel partners. For more information, please go to &lt;a href="http://www.f5.com/solutions/technology-alliances/infrastructure/hp.html"&gt;www.f5.com/solutions/technology-alliances/infrastructure/hp.html&lt;/a&gt;. 
In addition, an HP ProCurve online press kit with information related to this 
news is available now, and an archived webcast of HP’s press conference will be 
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&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><summary>In a move to give customers the flexibility to choose a secure multi-vendor IT environment instead of costly proprietary models, F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that it has become a member of the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE) program. F5, a global leader in Application Delivery Networking, will provide its BIG-IP® Application Delivery Controller (ADC) products to extend the flexibility, scalability, and security within the HP ProCurve ONE infrastructure. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT </summary></entry></feed>