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Great Bay Software Assists Troubadour in NAC Deployment for Baylor College of Medicine
Troubadour Ltd. Selects Great Bay to Solve Baylor College of Medicine's Endpoint Discovery Dilemma Prior to NAC Appliance Migration
| Source: Great Bay Software
GREENLAND, NH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 14, 2007 -- Great Bay Software, an innovator of
NAC-enabled Endpoint Profiling security solutions for enterprise networks,
has partnered with Troubadour Ltd. to assist its clients in the discovery
and preparation process of deploying Cisco's NAC Appliance. Great Bay's
flagship software product, Beacon Endpoint Profiler™, empowers NAC
Appliance solution providers to ensure a speedier, more accurate transition
by providing a real-time, contextual inventory of all appliances and ports,
including non-Windows and non-NAC EAP devices.
"Having an accurate roadmap of every port's configuration on the customer's
network is one of the key predecessors to a successful NAC Appliance
deployment," explained Jay Kirby, chief sales officer for Troubadour Ltd.,
an award-winning Cisco partner. "A contextual, real-time inventory of every
device, including non-Windows, non-NAC devices such as printers, IP phones
and medical imaging devices, is a vital tool we need to manage our
customers' network security deployment -- not only for initial discovery
prior to a NAC installation, but also in the ongoing management of the
network. With Beacon, we have the system to make that a reality for our
customers."
Troubadour is already realizing the benefits of partnering with Great Bay.
Baylor College of Medicine, a Troubadour client based in Houston, Texas,
has relied on Beacon during its endpoint discovery phase of NAC deployment.
"Prior to Beacon, we spent a lot of time searching for the location and
configuration of network devices," said Eric Johnson, IT project manager
for Baylor College of Medicine. Johnson said that Beacon Endpoint Profiler
has already demonstrated return-on-investment benefits that extend beyond
endpoint discovery in relation to NAC. "Since pointing Beacon at our
network, which consists of thousands of endpoint devices, we can instantly
find any IP or MAC address on the network from a switch or port location.
What once took us 20 minutes per device now takes about 20 seconds."
By becoming a Great Bay Preferred Partner, Troubadour now retains a
competitive edge by having the power to provide a secure, scalable IT
system that can change with today's ever-evolving network topology, while
maintaining a high level of network security. "We are pleased to play a
role in Troubadour's NAC Appliance deployment at Baylor College of
Medicine," said Bob Durkee, vice president of sales and marketing at Great
Bay Software. "Our deliverable in this project -- both to Troubadour, our
partner, and to Baylor College, their client -- was to ensure that the
costs associated with deploying NAC Appliance never came close to
outweighing the benefits of deploying and managing the authenticated
network."
About Great Bay Software
Great Bay Software, Inc. is a leading software development firm
specializing in the facilitation of network-based authentication and secure
network access. The company's innovative Endpoint Profiling technology
provides enterprise customers with the products, services and solutions
required to enable 802.1X, Network Admission Control and Trusted Endpoint
Solutions, both of which are being rapidly introduced by many of the top
security manufacturers in the world. For more information on the Beacon
System from Great Bay Software, please visit www.greatbaysoftware.com or
call 800.503.1715.
About Troubadour Ltd.
Troubadour Ltd. provides organizations with the tools and expertise to
safeguard critical information and streamline operations. The Houston,
Texas-based firm has developed a reputation as one of the best Cisco
security experts. Troubadour was awarded Cisco's prestigious Security
Partner of the Year for 2005 and 2006. Troubadour specializes in the
design, implementation and support of firewall management, attack and
intrusion Prevention, Internet use protection, VPN, Network Admission
Control (NAC) and security management.