Wedge Networks Delivers New High Performance Web Security Hardware for SMBs

Published on Thursday, March 12, 2009

Leader in Network-level Web Security Amplifies BeSecure Web Gateway Appliance with New NDP-1005G Hardware



CALGARY, AB. March 12, 2009 – Wedge Networks Inc. (“Wedge”), a technology leader in high performance network-based web security solutions, announced today the immediate availability of the NDP-1005G, its new 1U rack-mountable hardware to power BeSecure Web Gateway, its flagship web security appliance. The NDP-1005G is the latest addition to Wedge’s award-winning network data processing platforms designed to combat malicious attacks over the web, and create a unified web security platform with its web-filter and spam-filter modules.

The NDP-1005G hardware is the industry’s fastest and most reliable solution available to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Its cost-to-performance ratio makes it a specialized high performance web security solution for organizations and offices comprised of 50 to 500 users.

“Since the beginning of 2009, we have seen the rate of malicious attacks double, resulting in greater risks to under-protected networks,” said Husam Kinawi, Chief Scientist at Wedge Networks. “SMBs, in particular, are more vulnerable to web security threats because they are not fully protected at the network level, typically running only firewalls and possibly intrusion-prevention devices. There are minimal appliance options available to them in the marketplace, and these existing solutions are predominately suited for mid-size and large enterprises. As a result, SMBs are faced with a dilemma between costs, manageability and protection. The NDP-1005G hardware, alternatively, offers SMBs an enterprise-class, single-box web security appliance that is considerably more affordable, easy to implement, deploy and maintain with little to no IT hassle.”

Key industry-first features include:

• Enterprise-class performance and reliability at SMB pricing.

• Gigabit ports to meet the growing bandwidth demands of today’s SMBs.

• Seamless integration with service packs to increase protection from web-based malicious code, including the Wedge BeSecure Anti-Spam Module and the Wedge BeSecure Web-filter Module.

• Enterprise-grade manageability options:
o Automatic e-mail alerts for ease of monitoring;
o Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support for managing networks through central control stations;
o Automatic updating for low maintenance deployments;
o High availability clustering; and
o An easy-to-use, web-based point and click interface.

“We are pleased to deliver these new features to the SMB market at an affordable price, especially now when many are struggling to balance budget cuts and maintaining a reliable security infrastructure,” continued Kinawi. “We highly advise that businesses maintain the security portion of their IT spending to ensure networks are secure from malicious web threats that steal data and increase IT service costs. With the new NDP-1005G hardware, Wedge’s BeSecure Web Gateway appliance enables SMBs to experience a low total cost of ownership and real-time, quantifiable benefits of an enterprise-class web security solution built just for them.”

For more information about BeSecure Web Gateway and the NDP-1005G hardware, please visit: wedgenetworks.com/products

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About Wedge Networks Inc.
Wedge Networks provides high performance network-based web security solutions to organizations worldwide. Its technology leadership in deep content inspection allows companies to protect against new and emerging web-based threats that traditional scanning methods have difficulty intercepting and controlling. Specialized in malicious-code detection and filtering at the network layer, Wedge Networks’ solutions touch millions of users and provide protection for utilities, service providers, health care, oil and gas, government, web sites, and many other customers from SMBs to enterprises. Wedge Networks is headquartered in Calgary, Canada and has international offices in San Jose, California and Beijing, China. For more information, please visit www.wedgenetworks.com

About Wedge BeSecure
Wedge Networks’ award-winning BeSecure Web Gateway appliance allows enterprises and service providers the ability to detect, block and defend against web-based malicious attacks that steal data, disrupt networks and damage credibility. The BeSecure suite of products include: BeSecure Web Gateway, BeSecure Spam-Filter Module, and BeSecure Web-Filter Module. For more information, please visit wedgenetworks.com/products

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