Stonesoft and True North Announce Affordable Security Appliance for Branch Offices.Business Editors RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. 2002 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)--Feb. 18, 2002 TrueGate enables central management of corporate 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. capabilities in remote and branch offices Today at the RSA Conference 2002, Stonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT SFT Statens Forurensningstilsyn (Norwegian Pollution Control Authority) SFT System Fault Tolerance SFT Shaft SFT Secure File Transfer SFT School Food Trust (UK) SFT Societe Francaise des Traducteurs 1V) and True North Solutions, Inc. announced TrueGate, a security appliance Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. designed to cost-effectively extend the centrally managed corporate firewall and VPN to branch offices. Available in April 2002, TrueGate security appliances will be pre-configured with customized Intel-architecture hardware from True North Solutions and with StoneGate 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. firewall and VPN solutions from Stonesoft. Stonesoft is a leading provider of enterprise-level security and high availability software. True North is a leading network security and wireless integration consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . The appliances will support multiple ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. lines, scalable clusters, dynamic routing The ability for a router to forward data via a different route based on the current conditions of the communications circuits. For example, it can adjust for overloaded traffic or failing lines and is much more flexible than static routing, which uses a fixed forwarding path. , load balancing, VPNs and three-tiered central management. To assure reliability, there are no moving parts. In addition, the application software resides on Compact Flash cards, eliminating hard drives as a mechanical failure point and streamlining installation and maintenance requirements. "TrueGate is designed for rapid firewall and VPN deployment. It will provide the most cost-effective way for a multi-location company to secure the network, provide VPN communications, and ensure fault-tolerant firewall and Internet connectivity," said Bobby Christian, chief executive officer and executive vice president of True North Solutions. "With speeds up to 200 Mbps, up to seven interfaces, and the OS on a flash card, these appliances will be very attractive to customers in markets from SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. through the enterprise," says Eoghan O'Neill, chief technology officer of Dataway, Inc. "The price/performance bar has been raised significantly." "We're quite pleased at the outcome of our partnership with True North," says Jukka Tapaninen, chief executive officer of Stonesoft, Inc. "TrueGate is remarkably effective at extending the power of StoneGate to widely distributed enterprises, affordably and supportably." About Stonesoft Corporation Stonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT1V) is a worldwide software company with international headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. Stonesoft provides enterprise-level network security and high availability clustering technology for companies deploying business-critical network applications on Internet and mobile servers. All of Stonesoft's solutions are designed to Enable the Secure, Highly Available Enterprise(SM). For more information about Stonesoft and its products and services, please visit www.stonesoft.com. About True North Solutions, Inc. True North Solutions, Inc. is a leading independent network security and wireless integration consulting company specializing in complex network architecture design, build and deployment. Since the company's launch in July of 2000, it has helped major financial, government, and telecommunications organizations harness the power of cutting edge technology to improve and change the way they do business. For more information about True North Solutions, please visit www.truenorthsolutions.net. Stonesoft and StoneGate are the property of Stonesoft Corporation. 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