Allot Communications Announces Educational Pricing for NetPure the Web Content -- URL -- Filter Appliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 NetPure(TM) filters both bad and "fun" Internet content to keep students focused on education Allot al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. Communications, a premier provider of policy-based networking solutions, announced today special educational pricing with a 20 percent discount for its NetPure policy-based web content filter. The NetPure is the first appliance web content (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) filter, which simplifies installation by eliminating the need for on-site platform integration. The NetPure appliance utilizes Allot's innovative Artificial Content Recognition (ACR See riser card. ) engine, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm that provides high precision filtering with greater Internet coverage than traditional Employee Internet Management (EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management EIM Enterprise Information Management EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM) EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging EIM Employee Internet Management EIM European Institute for the Media ) solutions. Combined with the Allot NetEnforcer(R) and CacheEnforcer(R), the NetPure offers a complete fail-safe policy-based management solution for transparent content filtering and bandwidth management. "Allot's NetPure web content filter represents `smarter' technology that not only blocks inappropriate and unsafe browsing that poses security risks from damaging worms or malicious code traversing the Internet, but can actually improve web application performance," said PG Narayanan, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Allot Americas. "The product is a ready-to-use appliance that doesn't require recurring database subscription fees, which is common with other, non-AI, products." There are at least four major concerns with employee and student access to the Internet: productivity, security, reputation, and liability. Based on interviews with respondents in the "2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey," net abuse is a serious problem that can also have serious financial repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl . The reports states, "The number of respondents reporting employee abuse of network and Internet privileges (for example, downloading pornography or inappropriate use of e-mail systems) dropped from 91 percent in 2001 to 78 percent in 2002, and yet, financial losses attributed to this type of abuse, etc. soared from $35,001,650 with an average loss per organization of $357,160 in 2001 to $50,099,000 with an average of $536,000 in 2002." The CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey adds, "The issue isn't morality. The issue is productivity. Whether they are shopping on-line or surfing for film clips of kinky kink·y adj. kink·i·er, kink·i·est 1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair. 2. sex, workers get less done if they succumb to the many temptations of the Web. The issue isn't censorship. The issue is civil liability. What is humorous or sexually arousing to one person is often threatening or offensive to another person. A successfully waged sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. law suit can result in hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in damages." The NetPure web content appliance inspects web pages and filters out inappropriate material, based on a user's policy. It filters non-English as well as English-based web pages for maximum Internet coverage. Unlike other EIM solutions, the NetPure does not require daily database updates, or annual subscription renewal fees. Combined with Allot's NetEnforcer bandwidth management appliance, it offers complete bandwidth control. Using the NetPure and NetEnforcer together, network administrators can limit peer-to-peer (P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. ) traffic, prioritize and guarantee the performance of mission critical applications and limit web browsing to appropriate material only. The NetPure pricing is based on the number of users. The special educational pricing with a discount of 20 percent is available now. About Allot Communications Allot Communications' policy-powered networking initiative offers bandwidth management solutions for enterprises and IP service providers that improve application performance, throttle non-business uses of the Internet and enable the deployment of business-critical, time-sensitive applications. In enterprise networks, Allot's solutions allow network managers to enable quality of service (QoS) by linking business policies to specific network actions that improve users' productivity and contain networking costs. In service provider networks, Allot's QoS and service level agreement (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) enforcement solutions maximize return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) by managing over-subscription, throttling P2P traffic on upstream and downstream links, and delivering tiered services and classes of service. Allot Communications has regional offices in the USA, France, Japan, Singapore and Israel. Allot is represented worldwide through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and distributor channels. Visit Allot on the Web at http://www.allot.com. |
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