Corrent Wins GSA Schedule Approval, Making Its Advanced Security Appliances Widely Available to Federal Agencies.TEMPE, Ariz. -- Corrent Corp., the price/performance leader in network security, today announced that it has been awarded authorization to sell to U.S. federal government agencies under the General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) schedule. The GSA schedule, a key federal government procurement Government procurement, also called public tendering, is the procurement of goods and services on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. With 10 to 15% of GDP in developed countries, and up to 20% in developing countries, government procurement accounts vehicle, enables Corrent to more efficiently market its network security products to a wide variety of U.S. government agencies. Corrent markets a family of high-performance firewall/VPN security appliances that are extraordinarily effective at defending computer networks against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks each year account for billions of dollars in economic damage worldwide and are among the most serious threats to both private and government networks. In a typical DDoS attack, hundreds or even thousands of "zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. " computers that have been infected by a worm begin sending requests continuously to a "victim" site. The counterfeit requests quickly overwhelm the target network and choke off legitimate traffic, making the affected network unavailable. Corrent's security appliances use hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and to quickly drop malicious packets and free network bandwidth for legitimate traffic. Institutions that use Corrent security appliances are able to withstand massive DDoS attacks and continue operating their networks so that their services are never interrupted. While this capability is important for private enterprises, it is even more critical for government networks that deliver vital services to the public. Corrent security appliances also allow government agencies to implement high-capacity, very high-speed Virtual Private Networks (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. ). Because VPNs employ encryption for secure communication, a process that is very computationally intensive, hardware acceleration is critical for maximum throughput. Using the company's proprietary security processors, Corrent security appliances are able to deliver multi-gigabit line-rate throughput for VPN, regardless of packet size, and support up to 20,000 simultaneous VPN tunnels. By using a distributed processing The first term used to describe the distribution of multiple computers throughout an organization in contrast to a centralized system. It started with the first minicomputers. Today, distributed processing is called "distributed computing." See also client/server. architecture, Corrent appliances are able to maximize the speed of both VPN and firewall traffic without one causing a bottleneck in the other. "With our new GSA schedule and expanded reseller network, Corrent is now better equipped than ever to meet the specialized IT needs of federal government customers," said Richard Takahashi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corrent. "We believe that our network security products will be very attractive to a broad range of government agencies, especially due to the increased focus on Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and the need to upgrade government networks to defend against emerging threats." Government agencies can purchase Corrent products online through GSA Advantage (www.gsaadvantage.gov) or through Corrent's nationwide network of value-added resellers. About Corrent Corp. Corrent Corp. is the price/performance leader in network security technology. Corrent offers firewall/VPN accelerator cards and high-performance security appliances that keep enterprise networks secure. Corrent products carry the Check Point OPSEC (OPerations SECurity) The U.S. military term for concealing critical information as part of a counterintelligence plan. A form of "security by obscurity," OPSEC determines what information adversaries can obtain or piece together from observation and to provide measures for Certified seal and have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability, ensuring maximum protection for business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz. For more information, visit http://www.corrent.com. |
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