AbirNet and eSafe Technologies Partner to Protect Intranet from Viruses; AbirNet's SessionWall-3 to Include eSafe Technologies' 'ViruSafe' Technology.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997--AbirNet, Ltd., a leading provider of easy-to-use plug and play network protection solutions, today announces its partnership with eSafe Technologies, a U.S. division of Israel-based EliaShim Ltd., a leading provider of virus detection and anti-virus See antivirus program. protection products. Under the terms of the agreement, AbirNet's SessionWall-3 monitoring and blocking product will embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. eSafe Technologies' ViruSafe(TM) technology. SessionWall-3 is the industry's most comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, network protection solution. It can protect companies' networks from both external and internal intrusion Unauthorized access to a computer system or network. See intruder and IDS. and abuses while enforcing company network usage policies. SessionWall-3 is a sophisticated, easy-to-use software network analyzer A specialized hardware device or software in a desktop or laptop computer that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer," "traffic analyzer" and "protocol analyzer," the network with the added ability to block network traffic, log or display content, and generate reports, all done in an unobtrusive, transparent manner without introducing any network delays or administrative overhead. "Viruses are a constant and growing danger. Stopping the infection at the source is always the best answer," said Moti Dover Dover, town, England Dover (dō`vər), town (1991 pop. 33,461), Kent, SE England, on the Strait of Dover, beneath chalk cliffs (the "White Cliffs of Dover") c.375 ft (114 m) high. The small Dour River flows through the town. , president of Eliashim Ltd. "This agreement with AbirNet offers organizations an unobtrusive way to use our very comprehensive virus detection and anti-virus protection software to catch the virus as it enters their Intranet." "The inclusion of eSafe Technologies' anti-virus technology as part of SessionWall-3 gives our customers a way to detect a virus as it enters their Intranet, at a time when the source is easy to identify and before it can spread within their network," said Yoram Nissenboim, AbirNet's vice president of business development. "The result will be a far more effective way to identify the source of viruses and to do so without introducing any desktop or network overheads." About AbirNet AbirNet provides unobtrusive, easy-to-use and affordable network access controls that enable companies to safely and effectively use the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and Internet technologies. AbirNet's focus is on protecting its customers' networks from unwanted internal and external network intrusions, internal network and external network abuses, and overall productivity inefficiencies introduced by misuse of Internet technologies. AbirNet's products introduce an "unobtrusive monitoring and blocking" with "see-it-all" session scanning to provide the broadest network coverage with the greatest control. AbirNet is a privately-held company founded in 1996 with worldwide marketing headquarters in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , and U.S. and international headquarters and operations both in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Israel Israel, in the Bible Israel (ĭz`rēəl, ĭz`rāəl) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the chosen people of God. . For more information, please visit our Web site at www.abirnet.com . About eSafe Technologies eSafe Technologies was founded in April 1997 as a U.S. division of Israel-based EliaShim Ltd., a leading supplier of technologically innovative anti-virus and security software to corporate and government sectors worldwide. eSafe Technologies takes advantage of more than 10 years of experience in cutting-edge development in both anti-virus and access control technology from its parent company. eSafe Technologies addresses PC protection issues for the individual PC user across all U.S. market segments. To learn more about eSafe Technologies and eSafe Protect, visit our Web site at www.esafe.com or call 888-7SAFEPC. -0- Note to Editors: Product and service names used within are trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks of their respective owners. CONTACT: AbirNet Ltd., Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. Opal Wood, 817/251-7000 E-mail: opal@abirnet.com or Read-Poland Associates Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Strottman, 214/760-6066 E-mail: kstrottman@readpoland.com |
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