Radware (NASDAQ; RDWR), the leader in intelligent Application Switching, ensuring end-to-end control, performance and integrity of networked applications, and SurfControl (London: SRF / NASDAQ Europe: SRFC) the number one Internet filtering company in the global security market, announced today an alliance that will benefit enterprise customers wishing to manage corporate provided access to the Internet by their employees. With Internet security and integrity a prominent mindset among IT managers, it is important to be able to monitor and establish rules for Internet access.
The combination of SurfControl and Radware’s Application Switch technologies provide the highest degree of security, performance, high availability and reliability for a network and related infrastructure.
Surf Control’s SuperScout® Web Filter VS™ is high-velocity filtering software for managing corporate Internet access at the enterprise level that intelligently maps who is going where and when on the Internet. The SuperScout VS software offers granular precision in setting and implementing rules for Internet access, and can be customized to suit the network parameters and rules. Working in tandem with Radware’s Intelligent Application Switches, system administrators can design networks that are highly available, optimized, and responsive.
“Radware’s product line blends well with the philosophy of the SurfControl software,” said Roy Zisapel, President and CEO, Radware. “Companies can implement a SurfControl security solution transparently with no changes to the clients or network.”
Radware’s Cache Server Director (CSD), an intelligent network cache switching device, monitors the health of SuperScout Web Filter VS and directs network traffic to ensure that traffic load is balanced and directed only to resources that can effectively provide the service requested. Radware’s CSD monitors the health of the server and service and the presence or absence of web pages or network errors. This enables administrators to be certain that resource use is optimized and that clients receive the highest quality of service.
To reinforce availability, optimized performance and security, SuperScout Web Filter VS interoperates with Radware’s patented SynApps Architecture. SynApps enables comprehensive and scalable networked service management by combining health monitoring, traffic redirection, bandwidth management, application security and DoS protection.
SynApps’ application security module provides an additional line of defense for critical network resources by automatically detecting and protecting networks and applications from more than 450 known attack signatures. SynApps’ bandwidth management allows companies to define and enforce their own bandwidth management policies based on any combination of users, servers, applications and content.
“Network security is no place to take chances. IT managers are looking for high performance network security solutions like SuperScout Web Filter VS that scale to the needs of the enterprise,” said Kevin Blakeman, President of SurfControl’s U.S. operation. “Radware is a logical technology partner for SurfControl and customers who implement this joint solution will benefit greatly from improved and accountable security.”
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 the 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), Cache Server Director (CSD), FireProof, LinkProof, Peer Director and the CertainT 100. Radware’s comprehensive suite of products service end-to-end application operations and provide robust and scalable network traffic assurance. Get certain, from click to content, across your network – with Radware. For more information, please visit us at www.radware.com
About SurfControl – The Internet Filtering Company
SurfControl plc (London: SRF / NASDAQ Europe: SRFC) is the Number One Internet Filtering company in the global security market. The SurfControl family of products employs expert filtering, Pass-Through, and Pass-By technologies to create a productive Internet environment in the workplace and a child safe environment on the Internet at home and at school.
This comprehensive line of Internet monitoring and policy management solutions includes SuperScout Web Filter- the market leader in Internet productivity in the corporation; SuperScout Email Filter – managing content security; CyberPatrol – the market leader in responsible Internet usage in the home and at school; and the SurfControl Content Filtering SDK – the proven filtering solution for ISPs, Search Engines, Internet Appliances and ASPs.
SurfControl works with a variety of industry partners such as AT&T, Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and Microsoft Corp.’s Web TV (NASDAQ: MSFT).
SurfControl employs more than 350 people worldwide and has 8 offices: in the USA, in California and Massachusetts; in the UK, in Manchester and London; Rotterdam, Holland; Vienna, Austria; Frankfurt, Germany and Sydney, Australia. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com.
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 Internet traffic management industry, changes in demand for Internet traffic management 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.