Astaro Signs Major Asia-Pacific Distributor NTT PC.Opens New Tokyo Office BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Astaro Corporation (www.astaro.com), a leader in providing unified threat management See UTM. security solutions, today announced a distribution and reselling agreement with Asia-Pacific distributor and services provider NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform PC Communications. Japan-based NTT PC (www.nttpc.com) specializes in network integration, security, telephony and hosting services. The agreement represents Astaro's second major APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) distributor, following its partnership with Next IT Inc. of Tokyo. The Company also announced today the opening of a new sales office in Tokyo. Astaro's line of Security Gateways protect computer networks from a variety of threats including viruses, hackers, spam, spyware, phishing, and unauthorized content. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of 350 solutions partners who offer local support and services. NTT PC will distribute the Astaro family of unified threat management security appliances and provide their customer base with intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. services available on a 24x7 basis. Astaro most recently announced Astaro Secure Client version 8.3, integrating advanced capabilities to its virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) client as VoIP traffic management and enhanced security for WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network environments. ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there includes advanced mechanisms to maintain the secure transmission of voice data via IPSec VPNs. Astaro develops a complete line of network security products -- Astaro Security Gateway software and an Astaro Security Gateway line of appliances. All Astaro products provide email security, web security, and network security with up to nine critical security applications fully integrated on a single management platform, including: Email Security * Virus Protection for Email - catches viruses in conventional (SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. and POP3) emails and attachments. * Spam Protection - uses nine different techniques to filter out spam and without stopping legitimate emails. * Phishing Protection - blocks emails from criminals trying to trick users into revealing confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead . Web Security * Spyware Protection - detects and blocks spyware infection attempts as well as spyware communication from already infected systems * Virus Protection for the Web - defends computers from virus infections from web downloads and web-based emails. * Content Filtering (Surf Protection) - can block Internet access to 60 categories of web sites. Network Security * Firewall - guards Internet communications traffic in and out of the organization with stateful packet inspection See stateful inspection. and application-level proxies. * Intrusion Protection - detects and blocks probes and application-based attacks using heuristics, anomaly detection, and pattern-based techniques. * Virtual Private Network Gateway - assures secure communications with remote offices, "road warriors," and telecommuters. About Astaro Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries, including such companies as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Los Alamos National Labs, Stanford University and Watsco, Inc. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of 450 solutions partners who offer local support and services. Visit www.astaro.com. Tokyo Address: Astaro K.K. Ark Mori Building W12F 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6012 Japan Tel: +81-3-4360-8350 Fax: +81-3-4360-8201 salesjp@astaro.com |
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