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Enterasys Delivers New NetSight Network Management Software Suite
Release 3.0 Includes New Policy Control Console and NAC Manager
| Source: Enterasys Networks
ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire - September 17, 2007) - Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks
Company™, announced today the worldwide availability of NetSight® 3.0,
the latest version of its management software suite for centralized
visibility and control of heterogeneous enterprise networks.
This major new release of the NetSight suite significantly enhances the
client/server architecture, adds multiple ease-of-use features, and scales
to match the needs of the smallest to the largest enterprise networks.
NetSight spans the functionality gap between simple element manager
applications and complex enterprise management platforms. Centralized
visibility and control is provided for security-enabled network
infrastructure components, advanced security appliances, and Secure
Networks™ policy solutions. NetSight enables organizations to manage
their network as a cohesive whole, rather than as a disparate set of
individual devices.
"We rely on NetSight to provide the visibility and control needed to manage
our large, distributed campus network of more than 17,000 users in 120
different locations," said Fritz Buetikofer, senior IT manager for the
University of Bern in Switzerland. "Release 3.0 builds on the superb
performance we rely on and makes it even easier to install, manage and
update. This enables us to manage our network with a small staff and still
provide secure connectivity to faculty, students and staff."
New management applications available with NetSight 3.0 include Policy
Control Console and NetSight Network Access Control Manager.
"Policy based access control and user specific audit capability are
increasingly important components of network and systems management," said
Andrew Braunberg, Research Director for Enterprise Security and Software at
Current Analysis. "Today's solutions must address the critical need of
providing complete network visibility and a simplified, yet fine grained,
approach to controlling access to network resources."
Policy Control Console
This powerful, easy-to-use network policy tool enables authorized
non-technical individuals to enable/disable network usage policies to
address on-demand needs in conference rooms, classrooms and other shared
use locations. An intuitive web interface provides direct control over who
can access which network applications and resources within a defined area
for a specified time period. This is particularly useful in education
environments where an instructor may need to restrict access to particular
networked applications during class.
One of the first customers to deploy Policy Control Console is Bentley
College in Waltham, Mass. "Bentley needed a solution to give professors
the ability to control the communications environment in their classrooms,
without compromising campus-wide security or burdening the IT team with
additional tasks," said Todd Marsh, principal network engineer for Bentley
College. "Enterasys NetSight Policy Control Console is a great fit for us
because it provides a simple interface that enables authorized teaching
staff to dynamically block Internet, instant messaging (IM) and
peer-to-peer traffic, without compromising IT control of the network."
By facilitating the fine tuning of network and security policies
on-the-fly, NetSight Policy Control Console enables the IT staff to focus
on higher priority projects with fewer administrative interruptions.
NetSight Network Access Control Manager
The latest version of NetSight NAC Manager adds several important Network
Access Control enhancements.
A key requirement for many organizations is to know which network
workstations are associated with particular users. The advanced IP-to-ID
mapping features in NetSight NAC Manager 3.0 enable this capability. If
your organization doesn't have an existing directory of users for
authentication purposes (or you want guests/visitors to register prior to
being granted connectivity) Enterasys NAC 3.0 provides support for Media
Access Control (MAC) address registration. This deployment option requires
any new end-system connecting on the network to provide the user's identity
in a web page form before being allowed access to the network -- without
requiring the intervention of network operations personnel. The result is
that end-users and/or guests are automatically provisioned for network
access on-demand without time-consuming and costly network infrastructure
reconfigurations. In addition, IT operations gains visibility into the
end-systems and their associated users (e.g. guests, students, contractors,
and employees) on the network without requiring the deployment of back-end
authentication and directory services to manage these users. This binding
between user identity and machine is crucial for auditing, compliance,
accounting, and forensics purposes.
Assisted remediation enables users to perform a self-serve, do-it-yourself
quick-fix if their computer isn't running the latest anti-virus signatures,
operating system patches, application updates, or is otherwise violating
security policy. Assisted remediation informs end-users when their systems
have been quarantined due to a network security policy violation; and
allows them to safely remediate their non-compliant end-systems without
intervention from IT operations. Administrators have full control over the
content on the self-help web page and can embed hyperlinks to update
locations, configuration instructions, or automated patch-management tools.
Once the remediation steps have been successfully performed and the
end-system is compliant with network security policy, the appropriate
network resources are allocated to the end-user.
Simplified NetSight Updates
The enhancements of NetSight 3.0 greatly improve the productivity of
network administrators by simplifying NetSight application installation,
streamlining the upgrade process, and refining the NetSight client user
experience. Leveraging automated client upgrade capabilities, network
operations can ensure geographically distributed administrators and
operators have the latest version of each licensed NetSight application.
NetSight server installation and administration have also been streamlined.
The new architecture enables more frequent delivery of new application
enhancements.
NetSight 3.0 supports Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Windows Server
2003, Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit versions), RedHat Linux WS and ES
(versions 3 and 4), and Novell SuSe Linux versions 9 and 10.
To schedule a demonstration of NetSight 3.0, including Policy Control
Console and NAC Manager, please visit www.enterasys.com/demo.
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks -- the Secure Networks Company -- is owned by a private
investor group led by The Gores Group, LLC and Tennenbaum Capital Partners,
LLC. Enterasys' unique Secure Networks solutions secure any network to
ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability and performance of IT
services and the business users that rely on them. Thousands of leading
companies, government agencies and educational institutions in more than 70
countries rely on Secure Networks solutions to maintain business continuity
and protect vital information. The company's culture is centered on the
principle "There is nothing more important than our customers." Delivering
on that commitment, Secure Networks provides granular, policy-based command
and control of individual user, application, device, port and flow
performance, and security. Enterasys' architectural approach to network
security offers a long technology lifecycle and significant operational and
business benefits, while reducing total cost of ownership. Information
about Enterasys' award-winning policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless
products, security software, and services is available at
www.enterasys.com.
About The Gores Group
Founded in 1987, The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on
acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can
benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base.
The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence
capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a
traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group has become a leading
investor, primarily in the technology and telecommunications sectors,
having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating
substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, The Gores Group maintains offices
in Boulder, Colorado and London. For more information, please visit
www.gores.com.
About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tennenbaum Capital Partners is a Santa Monica, California-based private
investment firm managing over $3.8 billion in assets through private funds.
The firm's investment strategy is grounded in a long-term, value approach,
and it assists -- both financially and operationally -- transitional
middle-market companies in such industries as technology, healthcare,
energy, aerospace, business services, retail and general manufacturing.
Tennenbaum's core strengths include its in-depth knowledge of equity and
debt-financing vehicles in the public and private markets, as well as a
thorough understanding of special situations. For more information, please
visit www.tennenbaumcapital.com.