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OpenService and Nokia Partner to Enhance Management of Secure Communications Devices
September 15, 1999
-- Agreement to Benefit Large Enterprises, ISPs With Turn-Key, Easy-to-Use Security Management Solution --
Today at Networld+Interop OpenServiceŽ, Inc. and Nokia announced a partnership to provide enhanced manageability to Nokia's IP Security Solutions. Large enterprises and ISPs will be able to license OpenService's IntruderWatchTM and TrendWatchTM when they purchase Nokia's plug-and-play IP330, IP450, and IP650 integrated router/firewall products. This new functionality will allow Internet service providers, corporations and other organizations to easily manage multiple firewall systems running on different platforms, and enable them to quickly identify and react to critical security threats. The two companies are demonstrating their solution at the Nokia booth this week at the Networld+Interop exhibition in Atlanta.
"Users demand secure communications devices, and must be able to manage that security while planning for future growth. Our products offer them that manageability, and will ultimately lead the way in secure enterprise management for e-commerce," said Lars Graf, founder and CEO of OpenService, Inc. "This is a terrific opportunity to work with a high-caliber organization like Nokia and enhance the integrated security offering to their customers."
IntruderWatch for Nokia enables system, network and security administrators to manage multiple Nokia firewall systems - as well as other Unix and NT server resources - from one or more remote locations and across the Internet. The software protects against a variety of security and system problems, and forwards to the administrators only meaningful summary alerts for real-time decision-making. IntruderWatch is Check Point OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) certified, and works directly with the Check Point FireWall-1TM enterprise security suite. TrendWatch enables administrators to quantify their service levels through interactive utilization charts. It can display firewall information and product batch performance reports and track usage patterns not always apparent from traditional data streams.
"Our customers' networks are rapidly growing in size and complexity and we see IntruderWatch as a valuable tool to help them keep pace with that growth," said Don Jaworski, vice president and general manager, Nokia IP Routing Group. "By combining a high performance network access solution with iron-clad security, we are offering our customers the industry's most complete IP security solution in a simple, plug-and-play security appliance."
Nokia IP Security Solutions
Nokia IP Security Solutions combines market-leading security and network software on a world-class IP routing platform. Built for plug-and-play operation and supported from top to bottom by Nokia support engineers, these appliances simplify and accelerate the deployment of sophisticated security implementations. The IP300, IP400 and IP600 series firewall appliances and the VPN200 series virtual private networking appliances allow organizations to choose the networking, performance, and redundancy options that meet their specific demands.
Nokia IP Security Solutions benefits include:
ˇ A complete firewall solution
ˇ True plug and play implementation
ˇ Standard hardware components
ˇ Space-saving design
ˇ Remote network management
ˇ "Hot swappable" components for uninterrupted service
The OpenService software is available immediately from Nokia; it includes a 30-day evaluation period.
About OpenService, Inc.
A pioneer in offering remote system management services, OpenService, Inc. has become a leader in secure enterprise management for e-commerce. OpenService provides a set of affordable and effective system, application and firewall management software products that ensures peak performance of mission-critical networks. Formed in 1993, OpenService is a privately held company based in Albany, New York. For more information, please visit the OpenService website at www.open.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 51 000 people.
Trademark Information
OpenService is a registered trademark and IntruderWatch and TrendWatch are trademarks of OpenService, Inc. Check Point, FireWall-1 and OPSEC are trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the property of their respective owners.
Contact information:
Christopher Strug, OpenService, Inc.
Tel: +1 518 465 1400, email: chriss@open.com
Tiina Mitchell, Nokia Corporation
Tel: +1 650 625 2177, email: tiina.mitchell@nokia.com
Noah Cole, GCI Group (for Nokia)
Tel: +1 415 974 7274, email: ncole@gcigroup.com
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