SonicWALL Introduces Modular UTM Firewall with Integrated 24 Port Ethernet Switch

Author
SySAdmin
Posted
March 24, 2010
Views
1794

Page All:

Page 1
SonicWALL Introduces Modular UTM Firewall with Integrated 24 Port Ethernet Switch

High port density and dual expansion module slots combined with high-performance UTM platform allow SMBs to easily segment and secure their networks

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24 -- SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, announced today the SonicWALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) 2400MX, an innovative new addition to its market leading Unified Threat Management (UTM) portfolio. The NSA 2400MX is ready to support future expansion modules made available by SonicWALL that will allow small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to further increase switching port density. The unique modular design of the NSA 2400MX ensures robust security, reliability and productivity for SMBs, while minimizing cost and complexity.

The NSA 2400MX provides SMBs with the dynamic security they need to stay ahead of the latest external and internal threats, while allowing them to consolidate networking hardware. Network attacks are increasingly sophisticated and often financially motivated. While point products add additional layers of security, they are costly, difficult to manage and limited in their ability to control network and application misuse by employees. SonicWALL's UTM offering combines application inspection and control, intrusion prevention, anti-virus and anti-spyware equipment on a single easy-to-manage, highly secure, high performance appliance.

"SonicWALL is committed to the evolution of security and obvious requirements of integration in the market. Today, SMBs need fewer points of failure, not more. The NSA 2400MX allows businesses to extend the full power of the SonicWALL security solution over a 24 port switch, thus providing greater security and lower TCO," said Patrick Sweeney, vice president of Product Management at SonicWALL. "As customer requirements change over time, they can extend the capabilities of their single firewall and switch by taking advantage of the dual modular slots featured in the NSA 2400MX."

By building on top of the successful NSA Series, the NSA 2400MX delivers the following security and networking features:

  --  Increased Port Density with Advanced Switching. Supporting (10) 1 GbE
      and 16 FE ports, the NSA 2400MX provides the highest port density of
      any product in its class, and is designed to eliminate the barriers
      that previously prevented SMBs from implementing internal security
      segmentation, as well as the complexities associated with third party
      switches from their network.
  --  Modular Expansion. Providing support for future expansion modules from
      SonicWALL, the NSA 2400MX will be able to further increase switching
      port density, or provide WAN termination for T1/E1 and ADSL by
      assuming responsibility for WAN access and eliminating unnecessary
      routers from the network.
  --  Dynamic Routing Services and Networking Features. The NSA 2400MX
      offers advanced networking and security features including 802.1q
      VLANs, Multi-WAN and ISP failover, zone and object-based management,
      load balancing, advanced NAT modes and more, providing granular
      configuration flexibility and comprehensive protection.
  --  Deep Protection Security. The NSA 2400MX utilizes SonicWALL's
      Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection engine to inspect every bit of
      all traffic to eliminate viruses, spyware, intrusion attempts and
      other malware from traffic before it enters the network.
  --  Application Intelligence and Control. Provides a configurable set of
      granular policies per user, application, schedule or IP subnet. These
      policies can be used to automate application bandwidth allocation,
      restrict transfer of specific files, scan attachments using
      user-configurable criteria, control and inspect both internal and
      external Web access and enable users to add custom signatures.
  --  Advanced State-of-the-Art Performance and Lowered TCO. Applying the
      processing power of multiple cores in unison, SonicWALL's multi-core
      performance architecture dramatically increases throughput and
      simultaneous inspection capabilities while keeping power consumption
      nearly constant.
  --  Innovative SonicWALL Clean VPN(TM). The NSA 2400MX features
      SonicWALL's Clean VPN deep packet inspection architecture, which
      provides  decontamination of mobile user and branch office traffic,
      and attacks  vulnerabilities and malicious code before being
      introduced into the corporate network.
  --  Award-winning SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS). Network
      administrators can manage every SonicWALL appliance using SonicWALL
      GMS, the award-winning management solution that provides
      administrators with the tools they need to easily configure, enforce
      and manage global security policies, VPNs and services from a central
      location.

  About SonicWALL, Inc.

SonicWALL is committed to improving the performance and productivity of businesses of all sizes by engineering the cost and complexity out of running a secure network. Over one million SonicWALL appliances have been shipped through its global network of ten thousand channel partners to keep tens of millions of worldwide business computer users safe and in control of their data. SonicWALL's award-winning solutions include network security, secure remote access, content security, backup and recovery, and policy and management technology. For more information, visit the company Web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.

Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the benefits associated with the NSA 2400MX appliance, the benefits associated with SonicWALL's UTM offerings and the features associated with the NSA 2400MX appliance. These forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. In addition, please see the "Risk Factors" described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.

NOTE: SonicWALL is a registered trademark of SonicWALL, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies

Source: SonicWALL, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Colleen Nichols of SonicWALL, Inc., +1-408-962-6131,
cnichols@sonicwall.com; or Mariel Firmacion of Bite Communications,
+1-415-365-0366, mariel.firmacion@bitepr.com, for SonicWALL, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.sonicwall.com/

Title

Medium Image View Large