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Crossbeam Systems

"Secures the world's largest networks"

• lowers risk and exposure
• reduces infrastructure costs
• increases flexibility to respond to new threats.

By radically simplifying security architectures!

Crossbeam security devices lead the high-end Unified Threat Management (UTM)
market by coupling:
• multiple best-in-class security applications
with
• non-stop high availability, high performance purpose-built network security hardware.

The end result is massive appliance consolidation:
• eliminating up to 100 separate devices per Crossbeam security switch
• and the ability to build defense in depth infrastructures without breaking the bank.

IDC recently named Crossbeam Systems the leader in the high-end segment of the Unified Threat Management (UTM) market where it holds over 60% market share.

Crossbeam Solutions and Platform Partners:
Alladin, Check Point, Internet Security Systems, Trend Micro and Websense.

   

ANNOUNCEMENT 12/03/2010: Crossbeam XOS 9.0 Available April 2010

Crossbeam announces the availability of XOS 9.0 which delivers enhanced network performance and control together with a new suite of management tools to simplify lifecycle operations of the X-Series.

New capabilities for your customers include:

• Industry-leading scalability—boosting connection-per-second capacity by 50% and supporting up to 10 million concurrent connections.

• At-a-glance system monitoring—enabling you to quickly gauge the operational status of your X-Series, correlate and troubleshoot X-Series system information, and manage capacity from a single intuitive interface—significantly lowering your operating costs and improving your staff productivity.

• New automated workflow system—making it even easier for you to upgrade your X-Series platform. Instead of dedicating time for manual upgrades, the process is automated, allowing you to devote staff resources to other tasks—improving productivity and reducing operational expenses.

• Advanced networking features—including software support for IPv6—critical to next generation IP networks scaling to support millions of unique IP addresses.

XOS 9.0 is available as a no-charge upgrade starting April 2010. For more information please contact your your Westcon Security Specialist.