CloudShield Announces the DPPM-600 Providing High Performance, Advanced Processing for Packet-over-SONET/SDH Traffic.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- New Deep Packet Processing Module for CS-2000 Enables 2.5 Gigabits per Second of Packet Processing Capacity and Supports OC-48c/STM-16, SONET/SDH Networks

CloudShield(R) Technologies, Inc., the leader in high performance "In-Network" Computing platforms for Security, VoIP, and Traffic Management applications, today announced the availability of the Deep Packet Processing Module (DPPM) 600 for its CS-2000 In-Network Computing platform. The DPPM-600 provides flexible, high performance deep packet processing capabilities for Packet-over-SONET/SDH (PoS) networks. With this new module, network operators can deploy the network applications critical to protecting and managing their infrastructures directly onto their high-speed optical networks. The new module executes policies and applications written in RAVE(TM), CloudShield's open packet processing application development language.

"Our partners and customers wanted the same high performance and flexibility provided for Gigabit Ethernet and Ethernet networks by our CS-2000 configured with the DPPM-500, to be made available for their SONET/SDH Networks," said Peder Jungck, CloudShield CTO. "Additionally, all of the RAVE applications our partners and customers have developed on the DPPM-500 will run on the DPPM-600 enabling rapid deployment into the network."

The new DPPM-600 delivers:

--(2) OC-48c / STM-16 interfaces for processing of Packet-over-SONET/SDH (PoS)

--(1) Copper Gigabit Ethernet interface;

--A future system software release will enable (8) interfaces operating at OC-3 / STM-1 or OC-12 / STM-4;

--Provisioning for inline inspection and control or passive monitoring of content;

--Full compatibility and support of policies and applications written in RAVE;

--Application content inspection and control at sustained 2.5 Gbps;

--Line rate deep packet inspection and modification capabilities such as: Regular Expression Pattern Matching, IP Decoding, Switching, Checksum Verification & Recalculation, Silicon Database Flow Record Lookups & Updates;

--Protocol agnostic and fully reconfigurable at layers 2-7, with hardware accelerator support for HDLC, PPP, Ethernet family, MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, and ICMP;

--Compliance with GR-253, ITU G.707, G.957, and Telcordia (Bellcore) & ITU-T SONET and SDH configuration, fault and performance management parameters;

--Support for Hot Swap Replacement and Remote Software Diagnostics and Upgrade;

About CloudShield

CloudShield Technologies is the first In-Network Computing Company. Designed to support a wide range of high-speed network security and traffic management applications, CloudShield's platforms enable network operators and partners to build and deploy packet processing functions of their design on a standardized, multi-purpose platform. This capability allows end-users and partners to quickly develop and deploy network applications and solutions that demand complete traffic visibility and deep packet inspection and for high-speed, high-volume networks. More information about CloudShield can be found at www.cloudshield.com.