Crossbeam adds two more to its multifunction security box line up

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
10/20/05
Today's focus: Crossbeam adds two more to its multifunction
security box line up

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* Crossbeam adds boxes to support 25 users and 500 users,
respectively
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Today's focus: Crossbeam adds two more to its multifunction
security box line up

By Tim Greene

Crossbeam, which builds multifunction security boxes that run
name-brand security applications from respected vendors, is
introducing two new hardware platforms.

The devices, which support Check Point's NGX firewall/VPN
software, are designed for branch offices of large corporations
where customers might want VPN support as well as anti-virus
software and URL filtering. These new boxes would enable them to
do this.

The Crossbeam C2 is designed for sites with up to 25 workers and
the C6 is designed for sites with up to 100. Crossbeam's former
smallest box, the C10, supports 500 users and more.

With these smaller boxes, the company is also introducing a
management system that allows connecting to the boxes and
sending patches in bulk, for example. Before, with larger
hardware platforms, most customers had just a few of the devices
and accessed them individually. The smaller platforms mean
larger deployments where global management tools can
significantly reduce the time it takes to distribute changes.

One of the debates about multifunction boxes is whether it's
worth it to trade off between having a single hardware platform
and having multiple best-of-breed software on separate devices.
By collaborating with partners that specialize in different
security software platforms, Crossbeam hopes customers will view
its gear as supplying both. Its software partners include Check
Point, Alladin, Trend Micro, SourceFire, Enterasys, WebSense,
Secure Computing, PortWise and Denyall, among others.

The debate will rage on, but these smaller boxes will likely
catch the eye of current customers that have many smaller sites
and to smaller businesses with a single site.

The C2 costs $2,625 and the C6 costs $5,250. Both are available
Nov. 7.

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