NetScreen and WebTrends Announce Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Reporting and Analysis of Firewall and VPN Activity.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 NetScreen Technologies Inc., a leading developer of ASIC-based Internet security appliances and systems, and WebTrends Corporation (Nasdaq:WEBT WEBT Whole Earth Blazar Telescope ) the leading provider of Enterprise Solutions for eBusiness Intelligence, Systems Management and reporting, today announced that the NetScreen family of Internet security products now supports the new WebTrends Firewalls Suite 2.0, allowing customers to manage and report on firewall and 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. activity. WebTrends Firewall Suite offers the most comprehensive solution for monitoring and analyzing firewall, VPN and proxy usage through the eBusiness infrastructure. WebTrends Firewall Suite enables IT, Internet and Security professionals to analyze internal and external firewall activity, identify security vulnerabilities and reduce liability due to improper Internet usage by employees. The NetScreen family of Internet security appliances offers firewall, Denial of Service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DoS) attack prevention, Virtual Private Networking, and content filtering of objectionable Web sites. Additionally, NetScreen delivers data on all activity in real-time to WebTrends Firewall Suite, allowing administrators to immediately run a variety of reports based on the information collected. This real-time reporting process produces network security information faster and more efficiently than typical methods of data retrieval. &uot;We are excited to work with NetScreen to provide comprehensive Firewall and VPN reporting and analysis,&uot; said Glen Boyd, president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of WebTrends Corporation. &uot;NetScreen's high quality Internet security appliances, coupled with our powerful reporting and analysis solutions will enable customers to develop the highest security eBusiness infrastructures.&uot; &uot;Firewall and VPN activity logs are most valuable when the network administrator can quickly and easily view reports, and immediately respond to any threats or concerns,&uot; said David Flynn, vice president of marketing for NetScreen Technologies, Inc. &uot;This partnership with WebTrends will allow our customers to actively monitor their firewall and VPN activity, from a single NetScreen firewall, or from many units deployed throughout a distributed enterprise.&uot; About WebTrends Founded in 1993, WebTrends Corporation (http://www.webtrends.com) is the leading provider of enterprise management and reporting solutions for Internet and Intranet servers and firewalls. WebTrends offers organizations a comprehensive set of solutions that are integrated, scalable, modular, and easy-to-use. Products include WebTrends Enterprise Suite, WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server, WebTrends Log Analyzer, WebTrends Professional Suite, WebTrends Security Analyzer, and WebTrends Firewall Suite. They are used by thousands of customers such as Sips, corporate, government, and educational institutions, including American Express, AT&, Cable &Wireless, Comcast, DIGEX, Dow Jones &Company, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Firstar, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Internetworking, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Microsoft, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Pharmacia &Upjohn, PSINet, Verio, USWeb/CKS, and UUNet. About NetScreen Technologies NetScreen Technologies develops ASIC-based Internet security appliances and systems that deliver high performance firewall, VPN and traffic shaping functionality to e-business sites, broadband service providers and application service providers. This offers customers record-breaking wire-speed performance, scalability, and manageability in one comprehensive security solution. NetScreen is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with financial backing from Technology Associates Management Co., Ltd., Sequoia Capital, Sumitomo Corporation and Hitachi Seibu Software. NetScreen sells exclusively through strategic partners such as Equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the Solution Through Partnership, Hitachi Seibu Software, Patriot Technologies, Inc., and WebZone Inc. NetScreen is located at 2860 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051. More information on the company and its 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) 1998-2000 NetScreen Technologies, Inc. WebTrends is a registered trademark of WebTrends Corporation. Other names mentioned are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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