Hitachi Great ZooWorks Hunt Ready for One Million+ Hits With Pilot's Dynamic Firewall; Huge Web contest protected by unique security approach.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1996--Hitachi Software Products Group, of 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., and Pilot Network Services of Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif., today announced that Pilot has been selected to provide 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. for The Great ZooWorks Hunt(TM), a unique online promotion leveraging Hitachi's ZooWorks(TM), new web productivity enhancement software. The Great ZooWorks Hunt servers will connect to the Internet through the Pilot Dynamic Firewall(TM), which is closely monitored and continuously upgraded at Pilot. Hitachi will benefit from improved network performance and security. "The hunt is ramping up," said Dave Toth, vice president of Hitachi's Software Products Group, "and it's for the entire Internet community worldwide. We're providing downloads, tracking user information, and giving away real-world prizes, like a Nissan Pathfinder For the model marketed as Nissan Terrano II in Europe, see . The Nissan Pathfinder and Terrano were originally compact SUVs and they are now mid-size SUVs. , Hitachi Pentium laptop computers A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. , a Hitachi 31-inch television, and more. "The firewall has to be quite fast and have extremely tight security to protect the data, software, and contest itself from corruption. We looked at several approaches to Internet security, and believe that Pilot's high-end service is the way to go both now and in the future, as our Web presence becomes more and more interactive." "High-traffic consumer Web applications like The Great ZooWorks Hunt need to be protected like any corporate network," said Marlo Kosanovich of the META Group. "Since absolute security is impossible, continuous vigilance VIGILANCE. Proper attention in proper time. 2. The law requires a man who has a claim to enforce it in proper time, while the adverse party has it in his power to defend himself; and if by his neglect to do so, he cannot afterwards establish such claim, the minimizes the opportunities and maximizes the skills required to launch a successful attack. In the case of Hitachi, Pilot provides this vigilance, plus the necessary firewall technology, instead of Hitachi having to do it itself. This allows Hitachi to focus directly on its business." The Pilot Dynamic Firewall service is designed expressly to protect high-performance interactive or electronic commerce Internet applications like the ZooWorks Hunt. The service consists of multiple layers of security, closely monitored 24 hours a day. It differs fundamentally from a static firewall product in that the firewall is upgraded continuously by Pilot's engineers to defend against evolving attack techniques. As it occurs, each connection is subjected to focused logging and statistical analysis to help detect patterns that signal an intrusion attempt. Hitachi joins a growing list of hundreds of companies that have chosen Pilot to protect them from attacks. "The Computer Security Institute estimated in December, 1995, that 30 percent of all intrusions occur through an existing firewall," said Marketta Silvera, Pilot's 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. . "We think businesses serious about the Internet need more protection than that. By focusing exclusively on security and continuously upgrading our firewall to keep up with the latest attack techniques, we can dramatically improve our customers' security. And because our firewall is a service, nobody sees our architecture. In the case of the Hunt, it's not just Hitachi's internal network which has to be protected, but the external Web server itself. In a typical hosting situation, that server is exposed to the world. Here, it's connected and safe." About The Great ZooWorks Hunt The Great ZooWorks Hunt is one of the largest, most challenging and exciting Internet-wide competitions ever staged. Starting on May 14 and running through June 14, the contest allows participants to use ZooWorks, Hitachi's new web productivity enhancement software that automatically indexes and easily organizes information retrieved from the web. Contest participants are able to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. ZooWorks Personal Edition free beginning today at www.zoosoft.com. Participants in The Great ZooWorks Hunt have a chance to win a number of great prizes, including a Nissan Pathfinder and tens of thousands of dollars worth of brand-name merchandise and Internet-related products and services. About ZooWorks and Hitachi's Software Products Group ZooWorks is an Internet productivity tool that automatically records and indexes each Web site and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. document a user visits, and captures this data in a personal index. Users can then search their indexes by keywords, a date or range of dates to easily retrieve previously visited sites. ZooWorks users can also organize and manage their URLs into folders for easy access, as well as share folders with other ZooWorks users. Hitachi Software Products Group (SPG SPG - System Program Generator. A compiler-writing language. ["A System Program Generator", D. Morris et al, Computer J 13(3) (1970)]. ) is the software development and marketing initiative of Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc. (HICAM). HICAM is an independent subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., one of the world's premier technology companies with revenues in excess of $85 billion and 330,000 employees world wide. Hitachi Software Products Group develops, markets, sells, and supports productivity tools for searching and managing Internet data as well as products that enhance the usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and value of dissimilar networks and messaging environments. About Pilot Network Services Pilot Network Services provides companies with end-to-end Internet security solutions, including secure Internet connectivity, secure telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. , and Corporate Partner Privacy services through Network Service Centers nationwide. Pilot's high-performance, proprietary Dynamic Firewall is upgraded and monitored on an ongoing basis to minimize the risk of hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. attacks. -0- Note to Editors: For more information on ZooWorks, contact Hitachi Software Products Group via E-mail at zookeeper zoo·keep·er n. One who takes care of animals in a zoo. @zoosoft.com, on the World Wide Web at www.zoosoft.com, or by calling 408/492-9070, ext. 531. For more information on Pilot, contact Wister Walcott at walcott@pilot.net, www.pilot.net, or 510/433-7800. All trademarks and registered trademarks are proprietary to their respective vendors. CONTACT: Pilot Network Services Wister Walcott, 510/433-7850 Internet World: Booth No. 427 www.pilot.net or Hitachi Software Products Group Dianne Douglas, 415/584-4906 Internet World: Booth No. T4005 www.zoosoft.com |
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