This makes PGP Security, with its Gauntlet 6.0 product, one of the first major firewall application providers to fully support the Solaris OE on all of Sun’s hardware platforms, including the recently introduced Netra(TM) T1 and X1 thin servers and the UltraSPARC(TM) III based servers.
Shipping June 15, 2001, 64-bit Gauntlet 6.0 product is a comprehensive integrated firewall and ICSA, IPsec certified VPN software solution that is compatible with existing infrastructures. This highly scalable package delivers a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, and simple-to-manage offering that can reside at single or multiple locations, making it ideal for small, medium and large networks.
The Gauntlet 6.0 software’s support of Sun Microsystems 64-bit Solaris Operating Environment is particularly significant to Global Networking and Computing Inc. (GNAC), based in Redwood City, Calif., as it enables us to leverage the latest Netra T1 and X1 thin servers from Sun while deploying Gauntlet Firewall to protect our customer’s network infrastructures, said Carson Gaspar, security architect at GNAC. Gauntlet Firewall’s flexible performance and rich functionality has been an excellent solution for us. The Netra T1 and X1 thin servers, combined with the Solaris 8 OE, deliver reliable capabilities in a compact (1RU), rack-optimized package making it ideal for environments where space is at a premium. These servers are designed to support a range of front-end applications such as caching, web hosting, mail messaging, firewall and authentication.
Sun(TM) servers have been a key platform for firewalls because of their low total cost of ownership, manageability and ability to scale within one common platform, simplifying service development and reducing time to market, said Souheil Saliba, director of marketing, Computer Systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. The availability of Gauntlet Firewall on the new Netra servers will be a great benefit to our customers by providing them a robust and a more cost-effective security solution to protect their electronic assets.
Delivering interoperable solutions to meet real-world customer data protection and privacy needs is our driving focus at PGP Security, noted Jeff Jones, vice-president of Marketing at PGP Security. As the number one UNIX(R) operating system (DH Brown Associates, March 2001), the Solaris Operating Environment is a highly secure and scalable platform for e-business application environments. It is strategic to Gauntlet Firewall 6.0 to ensure high-speed, reliable and secure protection of our customer’s invaluable network data. We are confident that Gauntlet Firewall’s support for the Solaris OE exhibits our ongoing commitment to provide customers with a trusted, flexible, and scalable solution to meet the evolving business needs of the Internet economy.
