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SurfControl: Web Filter Available for the Sun LX50 Server

High-Performance Internet Filtering For Sun Microsystems’ Customers

(20.03.03) - SurfControl announced SurfControl Web Filter VS for Linux and SurfControl Web Filter for Check Point FireWall-1 are now available for Sun Microsystems’ LX50 server, allowing enterprise customers to better manage Internet access and maximize network resources. Sun customers can now easily and quickly deploy high-performance Internet filtering from SurfControl on the secure, reliable and easy to manage Sun LX50 server.

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"SurfControl puts a real priority on our partner relationships and makes it as easy as possible for technology partners to work with us in delivering the solutions the market needs. Sun selected SurfControl as a web filter partner because we offered superior technology for their enterprise customers and a strong channel," said Kevin Blakeman, U.S. president of SurfControl. "The combination of SurfControl Web Filter running on the Sun LX50 server allows us to provide a powerful solution to ease the challenges of managing Internet access in the enterprise."

The Sun LX50 server configured with SurfControl Web Filter is a high-performance solution that is both easy to deploy and manage. It offers organizations some of the most advanced Internet security technology available today. Enterprises will benefit from improved employee productivity, reduced bandwidth consumption, greater network efficiencies and cost savings for an improved total cost of ownership. SurfControl Web Filter offers granular precision in setting and implementing rules for Internet access, and can be customized to suit the specific needs of an organization.

"We are pleased that SurfControl’s Web filtering technology is available for the Sun LX50 server providing a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy solution," said Richard Finlayson, Linux Market Development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "This is a great product package that gives enterprises quality tools to manage their Internet communications and secure critical network resources against unauthorized access."

With SurfControl Web Filter, customers have access to a database of more than 5 million sites in 40 well-organised categories and in more than 65 languages. The SurfControl Content Database, the industry’s premier database, provides extensive coverage of the most widely accessed sites on the Internet, and is organized into categories that are easy to manage. Content is kept current with a combination of expert human review, state-of-the-art automated tools and customer submissions.

The Sun LX50 server is a powerful, reliable, easily managed general-purpose server for a wide range of demanding tasks. Equipped with dual processors, with the option of either the Solaris or Linux operating environment, and Sun ONE applications, the Sun LX50 server is an ideal solution for building out network-edge environments, computer farms, or custom application deployments. With support for Web-based applications, databases, and streaming media, the LX50 enables users to build applications and Web services. It also offers cross-platform support for Solaris, Linux, Unix, Java technology, and Windows technologies, making it a powerful and reliable platform that provides investment protection for software developers and enterprise customers.

SurfControl partners with a broad range of technology providers who recognize the value of offering customers a comprehensive security and productivity solution. For more information about the SurfControl Technology Partner Program please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com/channel/partners/ .

SurfControl Web Filter, including a subscription to the full category list, is priced at approximately 16 Dollar per user, based on installation of 500 users. Discounts also are available for resellers and larger organizations and when sold in combination with SurfControl E-mail Filter. SurfControl Web Filter typically delivers a positive ROI within just a few hours.  Companies curious about how much money they may be losing to casual Internet usage can get an estimate of the waste in less than a minute using SurfControl’s ROI calculator at http://www.surfcontrol.com/resources/roi_calculator.aspx . (ma)

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Ansprechpartner: Heinz Drstak

Tel. (0043-1) 5134415

E-Mail: heinz.drstak@surfcontrol.com

Web: www.surfcontrol.com

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