Community Virtualizes Untangle on VMware.Dedicated Machine No Longer Required to Run Free Alternative to SonicWALL SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Untangle, the pioneer in open source network gateway platforms, today announced a fully virtualized version of the Untangle Gateway Platform running on VMware Player A free runtime engine that enables virtual machines created in VMware software to run in a Windows machine. The Player enables users and technicians to test various virtual appliances before deciding on virtualizing their hardware with VMware. See VMware and virtual appliance. or Server -- eliminating the need to commit a dedicated machine to the Gateway Platform. It all started with an Untangle community forum member who wanted to run Untangle on a Windows laptop for customer demonstrations. The community responded, creating a solution within days. Demand for this solution quickly blossomed, so Untangle packaged the VMware virtual appliance An operating system and application designed for a virtual machine (VM) environment. The virtual appliance is packaged as a pre-installed system image for the particular hardware environment it is intended for, such as VMware, Xen or Microsoft's Virtual Server. for reuse -- creating detailed documentation and making the software easier to use. Built around more than 30 best-of-breed, open source network security and monitoring projects - including SpamAssasin, ClamAV, and Snort An open source network intrusion detection system (NIDS) that is noted for its effectiveness. Developed by Martin Roesch, Snort can also be used just as a packet logger or packet sniffer. For more information, visit www.snort.org. See IDS. - the Untangle Gateway Platform is the first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network providing the convenience, features and stability of the major appliance A major appliance is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. vendors at a fraction of the cost and hassle. "It's awesome to see the Untangle community come up with great ideas and even better to see them provide the solution," said Dirk Morris, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Untangle. "To make it easier for others, we then packaged the software for VMware Player and Server and documented the instructions. Quick and easy - the way it should be." For more information, visit http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php /Untangle_Virtual_Appliance_on_VMware. (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Untangle Untangle was founded with the vision of untangling the complexities of technology, initially targeting network security and control for SMBs. The company follows Open Source development practices to create better code and make it widely available. The Untangle Gateway Platform, the world's first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network, provides a free and better alternative to costly, inflexible proprietary appliances. Untangle's applications are currently being used in hundreds of businesses in a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, education, bio-science, and professional services. Untangle is located in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. . For more information, visit www.untangle.com or call (866) 233-2296. |
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