June 4, 2002 - Nokia today announced the latest version of Nokia Horizon Manager 1.2 (NHM), a purpose-built secure network systems management tool for the enterprise and service provider markets. NHM 1.2 ensures the secure rapid deployment of as many as 2,500 Nokia IP security platforms, allowing for initial installation, upgrade, backup, and restoration of Nokia's underlying operating system, hardware appliances and best of breed security applications. NHM is ideal for customers who are looking to effectively manage existing and or new security deployments from the data center to the smallest remote office.
"Beyond security itself, total cost of ownership and assuring network uptime are top of mind for every networking professional," said Dan MacDonald, Vice President, Product Management, Nokia Internet Communications. "Nokia Horizon Manager has been designed to dramatically reduce total cost of ownership and provide customers comprehensive secure remote management tools to assure maximum network performance and reliability."
Nokia Horizon Manager 1.2 centralizes network security management with an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) that provides information on connected devices, groups of devices, action logs and action status.
The role-based administration feature effectively controls and tracks the access and actions of users, ensuring consistent administrative procedures for managing security networks. NHM 1.2 automates repetitive tasks, such as backup, restore, upgrade and patch install, reducing errors and streamlining consistent security administrative procedures to maintain optimized security network software configurations.
Nokia Horizon Manager securely communicates using SSH with RSA and DSA authentication, ensuring that a company's network is securely managed.
Additional Nokia Horizon Manager 1.2 benefits include:
- Rapid migration to Check Point NG FP2 from previous Check Point NG or 4.X versions of software
- Initial configuration for Check Point VPN-1/ FW-1
- Management of Check Point Licenses
- Installation and deployment of Internet Security Systems (ISS) RealSecure for Nokia
- Group update of appliance passwords
- Unique "do no harm" intelligence, enabling customers to optionally rollback actions such as software upgrades
- Hardware inventory including appliance model number, serial number, memory, interface cards and firmware
- Software inventory including operating system, partner application and patch release levels
- Nokia Global Support and Services software subscription value proposition
Enterprises and service providers can also calculate and demonstrate to their customers the Return on Investment from using the NHM 1.2 by downloading the Nokia Horizon Manager Return on Investment calculator.
Additionally, customers who purchase the Nokia Horizon Manager 1.2, and existing customers wishing to upgrade their software, have the opportunity to apply for 5 free software licenses with unlimited duration at http://www.nokia.com/nhm_free_offer/.
The Nokia Horizon Manager application is designed to operate in a Solaris or Window 2000 environment.
Nokia Internet Communications
Nokia Internet Communications, headquartered in Mountain View, California, provides world-class Network Security, Virtual Private Network and Internet Traffic and Content Management solutions that ensure the security and reliability of corporate enterprise and managed service provider networks. Nokia is committed to enhancing the end user experience by bringing a new level of security and reliability to the network, enabling an Internet transaction that is personal and trusted-each and every time. Nokia Internet security and virtual private network appliances span the spectrum of price/performance points, and secure the widest range of network environments-from the smallest branch office to the largest Internet data center. The expansive product line, backed by world-class global support and services, provides customers the ability to deploy multiple solutions from a single product to secure all elements of a distributed enterprise. For more information, please visit www.nokia.com and click on Secure Network Solutions.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
For more information (media and industry analysts only):
Nokia Internet Communications:
EMEA (UK based)
Claire Backhurst
Tel. +44 7788 145460
claire.backhurst@nokia.com
Americas (California based)
Amy Grenier, Interactive Public Relations for Nokia Internet Communications
Tel. + 1 415 975 3354
amy@ipri.com
APAC (Singapore based)
Bonnie Datta
Tel. +6567231046
bonnie.datta@nokia.com