Barracuda Web Filter Integrates Advanced Reporting Capabilities.New Built-In Reporting Provides Comprehensive Insight into Web Usage without Requiring External Databases or Reporting Software LAS VEGAS -- Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security appliances, today announced that the 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. Web Filter incorporates advanced reporting capabilities as a complement to the award-winning content filtering capabilities. The new in-depth reports provide network administrators deeper visibility into corporate Web usage enabling better management and assignment of bandwidth. "The new comprehensive reporting capabilities negates the need for separate database servers or reporting packages, and instead provides our customers with a one-stop shop for Web content filtering," said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. "Reporting is an integral part of administration, as it empowers IT with the visibility to enforce current Internet usage policy The guidelines and instruction given to employees concerning the use of Internet facilities such as the Web, e-mail and chat conferences. It stipulates all prohibitions such as access to pornographic sites, conducting illegal activities and sexual harassment. , as well as identify new Web usage trends that may warrant new policies." Deeper Insight Available via Expanded Reporting Engine The Barracuda Web Filter expands its reporting capabilities by adding a complete set of reports based on criteria, such as user behavior, traffic patterns over time, bandwidth usage, domain requests, Web site categories and log history. For existing customers of the Barracuda Web Filter, the latest upgrade also enables customers to compile reports on historical Web traffic. The Barracuda Web Filter is designed to store approximately six months of Web traffic history, depending upon volume. New reporting capabilities of the Barracuda Web Filter include: * User Reports - Compound reports that provide detailed views of Web usage by site and by hour for both user bandwidth and Web requests. * Time-based Reports - Provide traffic patterns over time, including Web requests, bandwidth, actions by hour and Web site categories visited. * Category Reports - Displays "most visited" Web site categories by domain requests and bandwidth utilized. * Drill-down Reports - Interactive summary reports that enable "drill down" for further analysis. For example, clicking on a domain name in the "Top Web sites by Bandwidth" report will show the "Top Users by Bandwidth" report with the destination filter on that domain name. In this example, an administrator seeing bandwidth usage on an unexpected Web site can immediately determine which users are visiting that site. * Scheduled Reports - Customizable reports that can be automatically delivered via email on daily, weekly or monthly intervals. * Log Exports - The most detailed view of the log history, including the complete paths of Web sites visited. * New Output Formats - Administrators have the choice to generate reports in PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , text-only or comma-separated value (CSV (1) (Comma Separated Value) Same as comma delimited. (2) (Computer System Validation) See software validation. CSV - comma separated values ) formats. * New Filters - In addition to filtering report data by a date range, administrators can filter by source, such as IP address, user, or group. Reports can also be filtered by destination, such as domain or Web site category, where applicable. Pricing and Availability The new reporting engine is immediately available with Barracuda Web Filter firmware release 3.2. All Barracuda Web Filter customers with current Energize Updates subscriptions may upgrade to the latest firmware release at no additional charge. New customers will receive the latest version out of the box. Pricing varies by model and starts at $1,499 in the U.S. with no per user licensing fees. International pricing varies by region. About Barracuda Networks, Inc. Barracuda Networks is the leading provider of application 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. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. Company, and the U.S. Treasury Department. 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 Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . 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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