Enterasys Networks Introduces NetSight Console 2.0
23 February 2005
ANDOVER, MA -- February 23, 2005 -- Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company, today introduced NetSight(R) Console 2.0, the management control console for the awardwinning Secure NetworksTM NetSight security software suite. Secure Networks is the only network security model that embeds security into the network infrastructure with a unified management and policy software platform to provide the highest levels of information assurance and business continuity with the least operational impact.
NetSight Console 2.0 is the command and control center from which all NetSight management applications initiate. The distributed client/server architecture enables users to log in to the NetSight server from anywhere on the network to gain increased visibility to thousands of devices and respond quickly and effectively to security events. This approach to network management enhances business productivity, reduces the burden on IT managers and streamlines overall network operating costs. It is the only solution that enables enterprises to manage every device on the network and apply policy control over each application, by attached device, with a single action.
Network managers can launch Console independently or in conjunction with other NetSight management applications, and automatically create topology views of the network. NetSight's other unique tools include FlexViews, which can perform diagnostic queries in seconds so network administrators can troubleshoot problems more effectively across the entire infrastructure. No other platform available today provides this level of visibility, control and ease of use across networks with thousands of infrastructure devices.
"Customers have told us that Console and the NetSight suite are instrumental in lowering the day-today opex costs associated with running and securing their networks," said Cynthia Gallant, executive vice president, Secure Networks Group for Enterasys. "Many enterprises have discovered that staffing levels can be a full order of magnitude less for Console-managed Enterasys Networks than they are for networks with our competitors' products."
Console is the central component of the NetSight applications, which include Policy Manager, Inventory Manager and Automated Security Manager. NetSight recently won the 'Top Choice Award' for Outstanding Achievement in Security Technology from VARBusiness magazine, and in January 2005 earned the 'Product of the Year' Gold Award for Network Security Devices and Tools from SearchNetworking.com.
"Network security is a hot topic today. While many vendors claim to deliver an integrated approach to security, in reality most only offer point products that are bolted onto the network and managed through different interfaces. This makes management more complex and exposes enterprises to much greater security risks," said Gallant. "Only Enterasys, with our unique policy-based approach to integrated network security, provides the robust, powerful Secure Networks capabilities that protect enterprise networks from a wide range of internal and external threats to help enterprises maintain business continuity. NetSight Console 2.0 is just the latest enhancement to our policy-based solutions and common network management platform. When it comes to defending a network, role-based policy for each user and device is key."
"On an average day, the UNC network has 70,000 devices serving 32,000 users. Top network management and security are mission-critical services. We use NetSight Console with Automated Security Manager to place a compromised device in a remediation state, which drastically reduces the ability of a known virus or hack to spread on the network. This automated solution takes less than a minute to block intrusions. We extensively use Enterasys policy solutions to easily deploy or change edge blocks of traffic patterns. These policy tools get traffic blocking done quickly across the network. Having tried many other solutions, we know that if you are not using NetSight Console 2.0 then you are not managing the edge of your network."--Mike Hawkins, associate director for data networking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ITS-Telecommunications-Networking
"NetSight Console 2.0 is a leap forward for a platform I have come to depend on. We leverage Console for monitoring and management not only of our Enterasys network but other SNMP devices such as UPS systems, server RAID cards and other appliances. Console 2.0 brings a broad enterprise feature set to bear with the mature usability demanded by staff-limited environments, which is a perfect fit for our network."--Mike Ruiz, network and enterprise systems engineer, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
"NetSight Console delivers the flexibility and modularity we need. With the newest development of a database management system, the integration of plug-ins is easier and more flexible than ever before. The NetSight Console fits our network management requirements very well."--Andy Hoegner, IT network administrator for German fashion designer and retailer s.Oliver
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS) is a global provider of Secure NetworksTM for enterprise customers. Enterasys' innovative network infrastructure offerings deliver the security, productivity and adaptability benefits required by Global 2000 organizations, coupled with the industry's strongest service and support. For more information on Enterasys and its products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion defense systems (IDS), visit enterasys.com.
