Carnival Cruise Lines Selects Websense Inc. To Battle the Rising Tide of Internet Misuse.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 In an effort to manage employee Internet use on land and sea, Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. ) -- the world's largest and most popular cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the -- has adopted Websense Inc. (Nasdaq:WBSN WBSN Websense, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) WBSN Work Breakdown Structure Number ) as its 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 ) solution. Carnival initially will use Websense Enterprise, integrated with Microsoft ISA Server, to manage Web use for more than 3,000 Internet-enabled employees at the company's corporate headquarters in Miami. The company also plans to roll out Websense software in other office locations and on its fleet of ships. "We chose Websense because it was by far the best Internet filtering product on the market. With its ease of management, comprehensive and flexible features and ability to integrate with a host of products, it was the obvious choice to make the Net more productive for our employees," said Rodney Orange, lead systems engineer, Carnival Cruise Lines. "Satellite Web use on our ships is very expensive, so it's important we don't hinder the uplink with inappropriate or irrelevant Internet content. We envision Websense will help us to greatly ease that burden." Carnival Cruise Lines is one of more than 15,000 organizations worldwide using Websense Enterprise software to create a more productive workplace. The flexibility of Websense software and its ability to tightly integrate with technology leaders -- such as Cisco, Check Point and Microsoft -- make it the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. choice in corporate Internet filtering. "Increasingly, customers are choosing full-featured EIM software solutions -- not simple filtering software packages -- to manage employee use of the Web at work," said Curtis H. Staker, executive vice president of worldwide sales, Websense. "Leaders in their industries, such as Carnival Cruise Lines, continue to choose Websense over our less adaptive, less scalable competitors." About Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE:CCL) is the world's largest cruise line, carrying more passengers than any other cruise line worldwide. Offering two-, three-, four-, five- or seven-day vacations, Carnival operates a fleet of 16 "Fun Ships(R)" sailing to destinations such as Alaska, Bahamas, Canada, Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexico and the Panama Canal. The Carnival Corporation consists of Holland America, Seabourn, Costa, Holland America Tours, Windstar and Cunard cruise lines. For more information, visit www.carnival.com. About Websense Inc. Websense Inc. (Nasdaq:WBSN) is the worldwide leader of employee Internet management (EIM) solutions. Websense Enterprise software enables businesses to manage how their employees use the Internet. This supports an organization's efforts to improve employee productivity, conserve network bandwidth and storage costs, and mitigate legal liability. Founded in 1994, the company serves more than 15,000 customers worldwide, ranging in size from 100-person firms to global-sized corporations. These include 255 of the Fortune 500, 85 of the Nikkei 225 and 46 of the FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 100, encompassing more than 9.6 million customer seats, pre-paid on a subscription basis. Websense is listed on the year 2001 Software 500 ranking and has been honored by the Deloitte & Touche "Technology Fast 50" program. The company also has strategic technology relationships with CacheFlow (Nasdaq:CFLO CFLO Central Florida Lyric Opera ), Check Point (Nasdaq:CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Inktomi, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Network Appliance (Nasdaq:NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ) and others. For more information, visit www.websense.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words "planned," "expects," "believes," "strategy," "opportunity," "anticipates" and similar words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors that may cause the company's actual results to be materially different from historical results or any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date hereof. The potential risks and uncertainties which could cause actual growth and results to differ materially include but are not limited to, customer acceptance of the company's services, products and fee structures, the success of the company's brand development efforts, the volatile and competitive nature of the Internet industry, and changes in domestic and international market conditions, and foreign exchange rates. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect Websense's business, financial condition and results of operations are included under the "Risk Factors" or "Factors Affecting our Operating Results" sections of Websense's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at (http://www.sec.gov). |
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