Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Check Point:
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point's PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.
Ironport / Cisco:
IronPort Systems is the leading email and Web security products provider for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort provides high performance, easy-to-use, and technically innovative products for those faced with the monumental task of managing and protecting their mission-critical networks from Internet threats.
IronPort Systems was founded in 2000 by pioneers in Internet messaging. With technical staff from companies such as Hotmail, eGroups, ListBot, and Yahoo!, IronPort's mission is to revolutionize Internet messaging.
Ironport was purchased by Cisco Systems in June of 2007. "The acquisition of IronPort provides Cisco with a proven business that is already respected as a leader in the messaging and Web security space," Palmer said. "The addition of IronPort represents the next chapter in the evolution of the Self-Defending Network, and it accelerates Cisco's growth opportunities. Most important, it dramatically extends the solutions we can provide our customers as security threats and demands evolve."
Packeteer:
Packeteer (NASDAQ: PKTR) is the global leader in WAN Application Delivery and WAN Optimization. The founding company in this space, Packeteer continues to lead this burgeoning market both in market share and with an unmatched solution set that ensures high performance for every application at every location across the WAN. Packeteer delivers the ultimate in application performance and end-user experience through a comprehensive, integrated family of scalable appliances and software products.
Packeteer products provide fast delivery of all key business applications to all the locations. But it takes much more than mere speed to successfully meet today's networking challenges. Packeteer provides solutions that empower customers with Intelligent Acceleration - using unique intelligence about the application and the network to target the optimum technologies for the ultimate performance gain and extend the value across current and emerging enterprise initiatives.
Websense:
Founded in 1994, Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) is the global leader of web filtering and a premier provider of web and desktop security software. Recognized as one of Forbes Magazine's 2004 "Top 25 Technology Companies", Websense has 42 million seats under subscription worldwide across all industries, in small organizations and large multinational corporations.
Websense products increase employee internet productivity and secure organizations from emerging internet threats by providing a proactive critical security component that complements traditional security solutions. Only Websense delivers flexible, integrated policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop.
The company's products integrate with a wide range of industry leading security and network products including firewalls, proxy servers, caches, switches, routers, and appliances. Websense products have been thoroughly tested and certified to work seamlessly with all major security and network products.
Websense offers solutions across a wide range of industries including health care, finance/banking/insurance, government/public sector, manufacturing, legal, technology, wholesale/retail, services and education.
Uplogix:
Uplogix solutions enable customers to alleviate the risks, complexity and cost inherent in managing distributed IT infrastructure. We have delivered the first integrated remote management solution that goes beyond basic connectivity and monitoring to provide:
- Virtual Administration: Local automation of routine maintenance, configuration and recovery tasks
- Secure Management: Consistent security and management policy enforcement, even during network outages
- Persistent Connectivity: Secure, always available access to the distributed devices you need to manage
Uplogix delivers on the promise of automation through real-time management, not just monitoring, of your distributed infrastructure, freeing resources to help transform IT from an operational burden and cost center to a strategic business driver. Founded in 2003, Uplogix is headquartered in Austin, TX (USA) with European offices in London, England.
Crossbeam:
Crossbeam Systems is leading a revolution in network security, one that provides intelligent service delivery with high availability, high performance, and resiliency; reduces costs through massive consolidation of infrastructure; and increases flexibility to respond to new threats by offering best-of-breed solutions. By radically simplifying security architectures, Crossbeam enables a new generation of virtualized security services in large networks in addition to intelligent enforcement of corporate risk management models. IDC recently named Crossbeam Systems the leader in the high-end segment of the Unified Threat Management (UTM) market, where it holds more than 60% market share.
Event Sponsors:
8e6:
8e6 Technologies is the authority and leading provider of appliance-based Internet filtering, Internet monitoring and reporting solutions for business, education, government and ISPs worldwide. Recognizing internet security threats and distractions such as inappropriate Internet content, instant messaging (IM), peer-to-peer (P2P), spyware, adware and spam, 8e6 empowers organizations with turn-key solutions that enforce their Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) - improving productivity, reducing liability and preserving network resources.
8e6 Technologies is headquartered in Orange, California with satellite offices throughout the United States, Taiwan and China. The company serves customers domestically through its internal team of sales professionals working closely with 8e6's network of Channel Partners. The company also has significant international presence through a network of resellers and distributors throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East. Originally founded in 1995 as X-Stop, 8e6 Technologies was the original internet filtered URL list pioneer. To this day, the ability to develop and build databases of categorized URLs and scalable Internet filter appliances, matched by unparalleled customer service and support, remains one of the company's key strengths.
McAfee:
McAfee is the largest dedicated Security Compnay in the world. As only the experts can, McAfee protects what the world values'everything from personal photos and music, to the confidential records of global enterprises. These days, the threats are tougher, and the perpetrators are trickier. But the true innovators always have an answer. So as it's been for nearly 20 years, McAfee continues to deliver the superior protection, trusted by millions of people worldwide. The security threats are varied and dynamic; but our experience and innovation keeps our customers a step ahead of trouble.
Threat prevention - Integrated security solutions quickly identify and resolve IT vulnerabilities. Today's threats. Tomorrow's attacks. Everything, stopped cold.
Compliance - Now there are better tools for demonstrating internal policies and reporting to industry regulators. It's the smart way to avoid violations that can be exposed during an audit.
Online safety - McAfee has created a service, allowing Internet users to search safe and surf safe. It's a perfect complement to the McAfee suite of threat prevention products.
Westcon Group:
Westcon is the world's leading specialty distributor of advanced network technology solutions. Through its Westcon, Comstor and Voda One brands, Westcon Group is a significant sales channel for Cisco, Nortel Networks, Avaya and close to 100 other industry-leading vendors. Founded in 1985, Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including VoIP, network security and wireless and mobility-based connectivity. Westcon Group's Westcon, Comstor and Voda One business practices offers significant benefits to its networking and communications equipment vendor partners as well as its reseller, systems integrator and service provider customers. For vendors, Westcon Group acts as an indirect sales channel, allowing use of its sales force, technical capabilities, logistics services and breadth of customer relationships to cost-effectively distribute vendors' networking and communications products across six continents: North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. For customers, Westcon Group provides technical expertise, sales support and services, training, marketing programs, logistics services and a conduit to leading technology vendors.
AVNET:
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), is one of the world's largest value-added distributors of semiconductors, connectors, passive and electromechanical components, and RF & microwave devices; enterprise networking and computer equipment, and embedded subsystems from leading manufacturers. Serving customers in 70 countries, Avnet markets, inventories, and adds value to these products. Uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the world's leading high technology companies, Avnet, with its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with the quality, depth and breadth of its knowledge and business relations, assures customers and suppliers that they have chosen the right partner to accelerate their success. Its global scope and economies of scale, talented employees and commitment to value-based management ensure that it will continue to be a leader in the technology industry.
