Web Application Firewall Now Included as Standard With "DedicateNOW "Web Servers

Partnership Delivers Affordable Enterprise-Class Security to Hosting Providers

(12.08.08) - Applicure Technologies announced a collaboration with DedicatedNOW (a subsidiary of Fortrex ITX), the leader in managed dedicated servers. This collaboration bundles the award-winning dotDefender Web Application Firewall with all new sales of DedicateNOW’s web servers. DedicatedNOW has carved out a niche for itself within the web hosting industry as a leading provider of managed dedicated servers, providing comprehensive solutions to today’s complex IT challenges. dotDefender from Applicure Technologies is positioned as the state of the art software-based solution to the growing problem of hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications.

"Offering dotDefender with each of our servers is a natural fit. DedicatedNOW allows its customers 24/7 access to our Dynamic Support, server class hardware and redundant network and in addition, provides a valuable tool - dotDefender. dotDefender is a timely solution to today’s hacking plague. With dotDefender, DedicateNOW’s customers can use the WAF to differentiate themselves in this widely undifferentiated market," says Jason Silverglate, CEO of DedicatedNOW.

Yaacov Sherban, CEO of Applicure, commented: "DedicatedNOW and Applicure have each attained leadership positions in our respective markets by providing great products and services at affordable prices. Our partnership further validates Applicure's technology and marketing strategy for the hosting marketplace. We look forward to working with DedicatedNOW to ensure that hosting providers can offer their customers a compelling reason to achieve enterprise-class security and improved compliance."

The agreement with DedicatedNOW follows the recent announcement of dotDefender v3.8 with special functionality for hosting providers. With dotDefender v3.8, hosting providers will have the most effective answer to hacking attempts, with advanced monitoring, centralized management capabilities and simplified attack prevention analysis. (Applicure: ra)