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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 25, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 34
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Radware Releases Web Server
Director Version 8.0
Radware, a leading provider of intelligent Application Switching ensuring
control, performance and the security of networked applications across the
enterprise, announced the release of Web Server Director (WSD) version 8.0.
The version upgrade of Radware's award winning local and global IP Application
Switching solution takes high availability, business continuity and security
to an unmatched level in today's global traffic management market. WSD 8.0
delivers a better experience for users of network applications by directing
them to desired content more quickly and efficiently.
The multi-variable layer 7 switching introduced in WSD 8.0 enables the
simultaneous performance of multiple layer 7 decisions per session. Users now
have the option to configure switching decisions based on any application
header and content including: URL, browser and access device, language, file
types, or other content -- thereby enabling content providers to maintain
session persistency and target content faster with fewer mouse clicks.
"We are very excited about the latest WSD version," said Eran Kutner, VP
R&D
at Hotbar.com "The multi-variable layer 7 switching, combined with WSD
proximity measurements, enables us to provide our end-users with faster
content retrieval and improved download time. The end result will be cost
efficient, optimized service and increased customer satisfaction."
Benefits of Web Server Director 8.0 Include:
- WSD's advanced application security module augments secure network
connectivity without sacrificing performance. With enhanced security and
increased flexibility in configuring and defining attacks, WSD's Application
security provides increased protection for the entire network, mitigating over
1000 attack signatures.
- Increased configuration flexibility and post attack analysis of Denial
of Service attacks, ensures industry leading DoS protection at Gigabit
speed.
- Radware is the first vendor to provide a combined solution of global
redirection and multi homing capabilities, guaranteeing fast response time to
end user requests by serving them through the fastest connection
available.
- SSL backend encryption with layer 7 switching enables financial and
governmental institutions to improve content retrieval while adhering to no
clear-text transmission policies.
"Businesses today are concerned with ensuring IP application availability
while guaranteeing network and application security. WSD ensures local and
global server fault tolerance and at the same time, enables customers to take
full and independent control of their security," said Sharon Trachtman, vice
president of marketing for Radware. "With WSD, users eliminate the loss of
revenue, employee productivity and customer satisfaction that is associated
with downtime and provides a return on investment after preventing only four
minutes of downtime."
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