Conxion Joins `Secured By NetScreen' Program to Help Deploy NetScreen-based Security Offerings to Its Hosting Customers.Business Editors/Technology Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2002 NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSCN NSCN National Socialist Council of Nagalim NSCN Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature NSCN Navy Satellite Control Network ), a leading developer of ASIC-based Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. systems and appliances, today announced Conxion Corporation, the reliability and performance leader in managed hosting, has joined the Secured By NetScreen program to help it deploy NetScreen-based VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and firewall services to its managed hosting customers. (See related release from Conxion Corporation at www.conxion.com.). Conxion will utilize NetScreen's integrated security products within its managed and monitored firewall and VPN services. Conxion, which selected NetScreen devices for their ease of use, high performance and broad feature set, will initially use the NetScreen-100 and NetScreen-500 integrated firewall/VPN products. Conxion, noted for its FailSafe managed hosting services that have provided continuous 100% uptime for its customers since 1996, selected NetScreen security solutions for their resiliency and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. features. "Security, redundancy, ease of deployment and high performance make NetScreen's products perfect for us," said Phil Simmonds, senior director of product marketing at Conxion. "As a fully managed service provider, our customers rely on us to integrate the best solutions for their business requirements, and the NetScreen products provide the wirespeed throughput and sub-second failover Invoking a secondary system to take over when the primary system fails. Up-to-date copies of all required data and applications are maintained on the secondary system in order to respond immediately if the primary system becomes unusable. Also called "fallover." See replication. that our customers demand." The Secured By NetScreen program is a comprehensive sales, service and support program designed to help service providers deploy NetScreen-based network security offerings. The program gives service providers the opportunity to leverage NetScreen's security expertise as they roll out managed firewall or VPN services to their customers. "As a managed hosting company with one of the best uptime records in the industry, Conxion clearly takes the responsibility for building the best solution for its blue chip customer base," said David Flynn David Flynn (aka Dave Flynn, born 1977) is an Irish composer and musician. He is one of Ireland’s leading young composers with a number of major awards and commissions to his name. , NetScreen vice president of marketing. "Selecting NetScreen demonstrates the importance of high-performance, highly available security for today's most reliable managed hosting providers." About Conxion Corporation Conxion Corporation, www.conxion.com, is the reliability and performance leader in managed hosting, featuring an integrated Internet infrastructure that leverages its Tier-1 global network, seven strategically located datacenters in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe, including 15 points of presence to offer fully managed hosting. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley (Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.), Conxion is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation . About NetScreen Technologies NetScreen Technologies develops ASIC-based Internet security systems and appliances that deliver high performance firewall, VPN and traffic management functions to enterprises and service providers. This approach offers customers performance, scalability, and manageability in one comprehensive security solution. NetScreen is located at 350 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. More information on NetScreen's products can be found at http://www.netscreen.com or by calling toll free at 800/638-8296. NetScreen is a trademark of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All contents copyright (c) 1998-2002 NetScreen Technologies, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. about events and circumstances that have not yet occurred. For example, words such as "will," "expects," "believes" or other statements in the future tense future tense n. A verb tense expressing future time. Noun 1. future tense - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future future are forward-looking statements. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from expectations in this press release due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include whether such customer deployments will be successful and whether products will perform as expected. |
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