Barracuda Networks Introduces High-Capacity Barracuda Load Balancer.New Barracuda barracuda, slender, elongated fish of tropical seas. Barracudas have long snouts and projecting lower jaws armed with large, sharp-edged teeth. They are ferocious, striking at anything that gleams, and are considered excellent game fishes. Load Balancer 640 Adds Affordable SSL Acceleration for Large Server Farms and Enterprises CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security appliances, today launched the Barracuda Load Balancer 640, a new aggressively priced, high-capacity load balancing solution that supports up to 250 servers and adds hardware-enhanced SSL acceleration. "With the Barracuda Load Balancer 640, Barracuda Networks extends our reach into traffic management of high volume, secure Web applications," said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. "Priced at a fraction of comparable market offerings, the Barracuda Load Balancer 640 highlights Barracuda Networks' ability to deliver high performing and cost-effective networking solutions to organizations of all sizes and budgets." As Web 2.0, e-commerce and interactive Web applications generate buzz and increase visits to Web sites, content providers face the challenge of managing more network traffic. With Barracuda Load Balancers, the choice between IP (Layer 4) and application (Layer 7) load balancing empowers system administrators with the best of both worlds to manage network traffic for increased flexibility. Building on the recent integration of Layer 7 capabilities to the product line, the Barracuda Load Balancer 640 adds more processing power by offering hardware-enhanced SSL acceleration. Delivering 10 times the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. transaction throughput of current Barracuda Load Balancers, the Barracuda Load Balancer 640 handles 2,000 SSL transactions per second In a very generic sense, the term Transactions Per Second refers to the number of atomic actions performed by certain entity per second. In a more restrictied view, the term is usually used by DBMS vendor and user community to refer to the number of database transactions performed (TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. ). Extending its capacity and convenience, the Barracuda Load Balancer 640 also features a 14-port Gigabit switch on the front panel. Pricing and Availability The Barracuda Load Balancer 640 is currently available and priced at $8,999 in the U.S. with no per port charges or per server licensing fees. International pricing varies by region. For more information, visit www.barracuda.com. About the Barracuda Load Balancer Available in four models, the Barracuda Load Balancer is an affordable, scalable and comprehensive solution for intelligently distributing network traffic across multiple servers. Barracuda Load Balancers support up to 250 servers with no per port or per server licensing fees for cost-effective network efficiency. The Barracuda Load Balancers offers network administrators reliability, speed and security with cookie-based session persistence, SSL acceleration and network intrusion prevention. Designed to achieve network flexibility and operational objectives, the Barracuda Load Balancer integrates powerful Layer 4 or Layer 7 load balancing. To minimize ongoing administration, Barracuda Load Balancers receive hourly Energize Updates made automatically by Barracuda Central to provide the most current intrusion prevention definition and security updates. About Barracuda Networks, Inc. Barracuda Networks is a leading provider of network security appliances for comprehensive email, Internet and IM protection. Its products protect over 40,000 customers around the world, including Adaptec, Caltrans, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. 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The Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Spam Firewall-Outbound protect organizations against spam, viruses and violations to e-mail security policy. The Barracuda Web Filter offers comprehensive content filtering and complete network protection against spyware, malware and viruses. The Barracuda IM Firewall is the only all-in-one gateway solution for IM traffic management and security. The Barracuda Load Balancer offers easy to configure, secure and comprehensive IP network traffic management across multiple servers. Barracuda Networks is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Campbell, California. Barracuda Networks has offices in eight international locations and distributors in over 80 countries. More information is available at www.barracuda.com. |
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