CyberGuard Selected to Protect the Networks of the Miami HEAT and the New AmericanAirlines Arena.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1999-- Suite of Firewall, Virtual Private Network (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 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. Products Guard HEAT Data CyberGuard Corporation, a leading provider of network security solutions, today announced that the National Basketball Association's Miami HEAT The Miami Heat (known as the HEAT [in all capital letters] on official team publications) are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). has chosen CyberGuard products to secure their enterprise networks and the networks of the new state-of-the-art AmericanAirlines Arena For the arena in Dallas, Texas, see . Current arenas in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Eastern Conference in Miami. The extensive suite of products to be deployed for the HEAT by CyberGuard's Security Engineering Team includes the award-winning CyberGuard Firewall for UnixWare(R), CyberGuard's High-Availability Firewall option, and the CyberGuard/RedCreek VPN solution. These products will provide air-tight security against intrusion and will enable the HEAT to take full advantage of the cost savings and efficiency of migrating their enterprise systems to the web while maintaining the security environment of a private intranet. The High Availability functionality will drastically reduce the risk of firewall downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. resulting from hardware failure or other catastrophic events. "We are pleased to be working with CyberGuard for our firewall and related security solutions," said Jay Cross, President, Business Operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets of the Miami HEAT. "They are true professionals and offer the best product for our needs, in terms of security, performance and flexibility." "CyberGuard is extremely pleased to have the Miami HEAT as a customer, and is especially happy to be chosen to secure the networks of the new AmericanAirlines Arena," noted David R. Proctor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CyberGuard Corporation. "Protecting such a high-profile customer emphasizes what government evaluations and industry-wide reviews have been demonstrating for years: that CyberGuard offers the best solution for real-world, out-of-the-lab deployment of firewall systems that secure trusted networks. "CyberGuard and the HEAT both continue to prove their ability to overcome fierce competitors," Proctor continued, "and we're proud to be the security provider that's securing the HEAT's electronic assets as they strive toward an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Championship." About CyberGuard Corporation CyberGuard Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise security solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award winning, industrial-strength firewall products and services protect the integrity of data and applications from unauthorized access. The company has world headquarters in Fort Lauderdale and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com CyberGuard Firewall is a trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Note to Editors: For copies of CyberGuard's recent press releases via fax, at no charge, please call 800/344-4297. |
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