Radware (NASDAQ; RDWR) the leading provider of intelligent Application Switching ensuring control, performance and the security of networked applications across the enterprise, today announced the release of Web Server Director (WSD) version 8.00. The version upgrade of Radware’s award winning local and global IP Application Switching solution takes high availability, business continuity and security to an unmatched level in today’s global traffic management market. WSD 8.0 delivers a better experience for users of network applications by directing them to desired content more quickly and efficiently.
The multi-variable layer 7 switching introduced in WSD 8.0 enables the simultaneous performance of multiple layer 7 decisions per session. Users now have the option to configure switching decisions based on any application header and content including: URL, browser and access device, language, file types, or other content - thereby enabling content providers to maintain session persistency and target content faster with fewer mouse clicks.
"We are very excited about the latest WSD version,” said Eran Kutner, VP R&D at Hotbar.com “The multi-variable layer 7 switching, combined with WSD proximity measurements, enables us to provide our end-users with faster content retrieval and improved download time. The end result will be cost efficient, optimized service and increased customer satisfaction.”
Benefits of Web Server Director 8.0 Include:
- WSD’s advanced application security module augments secure network connectivity without sacrificing performance. With enhanced security and increased flexibility in configuring and defining attacks, WSD’s Application security provides increased protection for the entire network, mitigating over 1000 attack signatures.
- Increased configuration flexibility and post attack analysis of Denial of Service attacks, ensures industry leading DoS protection at Gigabit speed.
- Radware is the first vendor to provide a combined solution of global redirection and multi homing capabilities, guaranteeing fast response time to end user requests by serving them through the fastest connection available.
- SSL backend encryption with layer 7 switching enables financial and governmental institutions to improve content retrieval while adhering to no clear-text transmission policies.
“Businesses today are concerned with ensuring IP application availability while guaranteeing network and application security. WSD ensures local and global server fault tolerance and at the same time, enables customers to take full and independent control of their security,” said Sharon Trachtman, VP Marketing, Radware. “ With WSD, users eliminate the loss of revenue, employee productivity and customer satisfaction that is associated with downtime and provides a return on investment after preventing only four minutes of downtime.”
About Radware
Radware is dedicated to providing Intelligent Application Switching, guaranteeing the best operation and servicing of IP applications and enterprise traffic across the Internet. Radware aligns application needs with the network infrastructure to seamlessly allocate resources, optimize application operations and extend security, ensuring the integrity of critical business processes.
Radware’s solutions address the needs of corporate enterprises, service providers, and e-commerce business through one or more of our award winning products including: Web Server Director (WSD), content Inspection Director (CID), Cache Server Director (CSD), FireProof, LinkProof, Peer Director, CertainT 100. Our comprehensive suite of products service end-to-end application operations, providing robust and scalable network traffic assurance. Get certain, from click to content, across your network -- with Radware.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching industry, changes in demand for Application Switching products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware’s Form 20-F.
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