SONICWALL SELECTED FOR JENNY CRAIG NETWORK UPGRADE.SonicWALL SonicWALL is a company which manufactures hardware devices for Internet security and unified threat management, including firewalls, VPN, backup devices and content filtering systems. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SNWL), Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif., has announced that Jenny Craig Jenny Craig (born Genevieve Guidroz in 1932 in Berwick, Louisiana) is an American weight loss guru who founded Jenny Craig, Inc. Raised in New Orleans, Genevieve Guidroz married Australian Sidney H. Craig. , one of the world's largest weight management service companies, has chosen SonicWALL's integrated managed security products to protect its many Centres across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . National technology consulting and integration firm IGMAS Technologies, Inc. helped select SonicWALL technology as the security backbone for the updated network infrastructure, which it will deploy in Jenny Craig Centres over the next six months. Supporting more than 3,000 employees and 500 Centres in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Jenny Craig's previous network was approaching the limits of its capabilities. The company worked with IGMAS to design, test and install an upgraded Wide Area Network (WAN) in North America, incorporating new technologies in all aspects of the infrastructure, from state of the art servers and security products to updated applications. SonicWALL technology was chosen for its winning combination of dynamic wired and wireless security, robust connectivity, and easy-to-use management. In place of the existing firewalls, IGMAS selected SonicWALL PRO and TZ Series deep packet inspection Analyzing network traffic to discover the type of application that sent the data. In order to prioritize traffic or filter out unwanted data, deep packet inspection can differentiate data, such as video, audio, chat, voice over IP (VoIP), e-mail and Web. comprehensive appliances running Unified Threat Management See UTM. services, plus SonicWALL's Global Management System policy and management software for central management and monitoring running at the corporate datacenter. "We chose the TZ 170 SP Wireless appliances, with dial-up 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. capabilities for the Centres to provide an ultra-stable wide area network connection," said Michael Breindel, president of IGMAS. "The secure wireless capability means that we won't need to run cabling in locations where wiring doesn't exist, and we avoid the other usual tangle of cables by also using wireless printers in the Centres. The objective is to provide easy-to-use technology that promotes productivity and leaves the field staff free to help their clients achieve personal well-being." "As our company continues to grow, we are increasingly aware of the productivity benefits of a stable, redundant, secure WAN to protect our business model," said Alessandra (Allie) Nicoletti, Director of Strategy for Jenny Craig. "IGMAS have exceeded our expectations in designing a network solution that we hope will not only meet our current needs, but also support our future expansion plan. With its focus on ease of management and broad feature set, the SonicWALL technology is an excellent fit that allows us to provide creative solutions for our network and lower long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. costs." After a successful pilot in Jenny Craig's local Centres, the company has established an aggressive rollout schedule which IGMAS will undertake over the next six months. At each of the 500 plus locations, IGMAS project staff will install and upgrade network equipment applications, printers and a variety of security products hosted by the SonicWALL TZ 170 SP Wireless firewall. These new SonicWALL appliances provide dial-up failover for the Centres' connections to the corporate WAN. Each Centre connects over a WAN back to one of two SonicWALL PRO 5060 gigabit firewalls in a high-availability, failover configuration. IGMAS will also link the entire security backbone together using SonicWALL's Global Management System (GMS GMS Greater Mekong Subregion GMS Global Mobile (Communications) System GMS Guild Management System GMS General Medical Services GMS Global Management System (Sonicwall) GMS GroupWise Mobile Server ) software so that Jenny Craig's IT staff will be able centrally manage and deploy security policy configurations on the completed network. Adds Nicoletti, "During the planning stages of this project, Jenny Craig was acquired by Nestle. Nestle evaluated the project and not only approve all recommendations, but also gave the deployment a high priority. Even at this early stage, we view this as one of the most successful IT projects we have undertaken." "I have been involved in technology integration and consulting for many years and this project stands out as unique because of the excellent relationship we have enjoyed with the client. It drives us to do everything we can to make this project exceed expectations," added Michael Breindel. About IGMAS IGMAS Technologies, Inc. is a national technology consulting and integration firm specializing in project managing and deploying consistent, high-quality products and services for datacenter and infrastructure projects. We deliver real-world technology consulting, integration, outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , and support solutions for your organization. Our project management team members and experienced consultants, engineers, and support staff employ a real world, goal-oriented customer philosophy and are firmly committed to delivering financial and operational success to your organization through the use of Information Technology. About SonicWALL, Inc. Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, email security, secure remote access, and continuous data protection solutions. SonicWALL is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. and trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol SNWL. For more information, call 408/745-9600 or visit http://www.sonicwall.com. |
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