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Radware Ltd Announces 1Q10 Results
Radware Ltd Announces 1Q10 Results
* Record quarterly revenues of $33.1 million
* Non-GAAP EPS $0.18
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL.; April 29, 2010 – Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today reported record quarterly revenues of $33.1 million for the first quarter of 2010. This represents an increase of 61% compared with revenues of $20.5 million for the first quarter of 2009.
Net income on a GAAP basis for the first quarter of 2010 was $0.6 million or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $6.1 million or $0.32 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2009.
Net income on a Non-GAAP basis for the first quarter of 2010 was $3.5 million or $0.18 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $1.6 million or $0.09 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2009.
At the end of the first quarter of 2010, the company’s overall cash position including cash, short-term and long-term bank deposits and marketable securities amounted to $138.8 million.
“We are very pleased with our results in what traditionally was a seasonally weak quarter for us and to report again record revenues,” stated Roy Zisapel, President & CEO Radware. “Our continued focus on enterprise data centre consolidation and traffic management for mobile broadband provides us with major opportunities to continue and grow our business. To capitalise on these opportunities, we are investing in our business across R&D and sales while maintaining financial discipline to grow our profitability.”
During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, Radware released the following significant announcements:
· Radware Provides Internet Stability and Reliable Service to New York Law School
· Radware Helps Mobile Operators Address Application Delivery and Security Challenges in the New Mobile Data Centre
· Radware Enables Pelephone, one of Israel’s Leading Mobile Operators, to Streamline its Mobile Service
· Radware Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s Twelfth Annual Product of the Year Award
· Radware Continues to Revitalise the Alteon Product Line; Introducing Two New Alteon Switches
· Radware to Present at Hackito Ergo Sum Conference: Turbot – A Next Generation Botnet
Company management will host a quarterly investor conference call at 8:45 AM EDT on April 29, 2010. The call will focus on financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2010, and certain other matters related to the Company’s business.
The conference call will be webcast on April 29, 2010 at 8:45am ET in the “listen only” mode via the Internet at: http://www.radware.com/Company/InvestorRelations/default.aspx and will be available for replay during the next 30 days.
Please use the following dial-in numbers to participate in the first quarter 2010 call:
Participants in the US call: Toll Free 1 877 392 9880
International participants call: +1760 666 3769
About Radware
Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), a global leader in integrated application delivery solutions, assures the full availability, maximum performance, and complete security of business-critical applications for nearly 10,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute, Radware’s comprehensive and award-winning suite of application delivery and network security products, companies in every industry can drive business productivity, improve profitability, and reduce IT operating and infrastructure costs by making their networks “business smart”. For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Radware uses non-GAAP measures of net income and earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude stock-based compensation expenses, in accordance with ASC No. 718, amortization of intangible assets , acquisition-related expenses and exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in finance income . Such exchange rate differences may vary from period to period due to changes in exchange rates driven by general market conditions or other circumstances outside of the normal course of Radware’s operations. Management believes that exclusion of these charges allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent across past, present and future periods. Radware’s management believes the non-GAAP financial information provided in this release is useful to investors for the purpose of understanding and assessing Radware’s ongoing operations. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this press release, to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, is included with the financial information contained in this press release. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating business internally and, as such, has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching and Network Security industry, changes in demand for Application Switching and Network Security products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware’s Form 20-F.
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BLADE Network Technologies Partners with Consolidate-IT
BLADE Network Technologies Partners with Consolidate-IT to Provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabrics for Enterprise Data Centres throughout Europe
Consolidate-IT,the leading pan-European distributor, will provide BLADE’s award-winning RackSwitch family and innovative virtualisation and switch management software to European resellers
MUNICH, GERMANY, 27 April 2010 - Consolidate-IT, a leading Dutch-based pan-European value-added distributor of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) enterprise network, IP storage and HPC solutions, and BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data centre networking, announced today that Consolidate-IT will distribute BLADE’s Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet RackSwitch product family and innovative VMready network virtualisation and BLADEHarmony Manager enterprise data centre networking solutions throughout Europe.
Consolidate-IT and BLADE are partnering to address the rapidly growing market for 10GbE networking in European enterprise data centres with competitive, differentiated open solutions that are lossless, low latency, low power and low cost. Leveraging BLADE’s commitment to the channel as demonstrated by its existing sales and support operations in the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands, this partnership is expected to accelerate BLADE’s channel sales and marketing in Europe.
“BLADE Network Technologies provides unique capabilities for our reseller partners who are seeking value-added and best-of-breed 10GbE data centre networking fabrics,” said Jur Faber, CEO of Consolidate-IT. “BLADE has a clear and well developed channel strategy and with its innovative product portfolio, over 8M data centre ports installed and 350 of the Fortune 500 as customers, BLADE meets our criteria for providing our resellers with proven data centre networking solutions for the largest enterprises. We believe that our resellers will be impressed by BLADE’s cloud-ready 10GbE top-of-rack switch solutions that deliver faster performance, lower latency, greater energy efficiency and 100-percent interoperability with existing data centre infrastructures – all at a significantly lower cost than comparable Cisco products.”
“Consolidate-IT’s commitment to providing best-of-breed, green, converged 10GbE infrastructures for enterprise data centres matches perfectly with BLADE Network Technologies’ product offerings and Unified FabricArchitecture roadmap,” said Charles Ferland, vice president of EMEA for BLADE Network Technologies. “We’re delighted to be partnering with a leading pan-European distributor who shares our low power, high-performance, open and achieving optimal TCO 10GbE data centre networking philosophy. European resellers will now have access to BLADE’s market-leading portfolio of our top-of-rack RackSwitch family and unique VMready Virtual Machine-aware network virtualisation and switch management solutions, through a well-respected European distributor.”
According to Gartner’s recent “Market Share: Enterprise Ethernet Switches, Worldwide, 4Q09 and 2009″ report, BLADE Network Technologies ranks as one of the top three providers of 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches for the midsize and large enterprise market, based on port shipments. Recently, BLADE announced its highest annual shipments, double digit year-to-year growth and record market share gains for its FY2009. In Fiscal Q1 of 2010, BLADE grew shipments by more than 50 percent over Q1 of 2009-and continued growth over the previous two record-breaking quarters. The company has also introduced its Unified FabricArchitecture, the industry’s fastest, smartest, most integrable and most proven fabric that eliminates cost and complexity of deploying physical and virtual data center infrastructure.
About BLADE RackSwitch
BLADE’s networking solutions enable data centres to build ultra-fast, converged networks. BLADE’s RackSwitch family offers extremely low latency and lossless Gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet fabrics. BLADE RackSwitch is:
· Designed for today’s increasingly virtual and dynamic data centre networking environments (not the wiring closet).
· Energy efficient: consumes 65% less power than the competition (less than two light bulbs); provides optimized airflow for data center server and storage systems; and every Watt saved by networking equipment saves 3 Watts in the data center.
· Open and standards-based: provides interoperability in an open ecosystem of data centre solutions.
· Cost-effective.
· Cloud-ready and scalable: scale massive networks with thousands of switches,
· Designed for agile virtualisation: hypervisor-agnostic BLADE VMready automatically moves network policies as Virtual Machines move.
· Available today from Consolidate-IT.
About Consolidate IT – The Complete 10 GbE Infrastructure
Consolidate-IT is distributing a complete 10 GbE (virtual) infrastructure, with experience and expertise in Networking, IP storage, HPC solutions and virtualisation. They work with business experts throughout Europe in promoting the new effective infrastructure, based upon 10GbE technology. The IT Department needs more advanced technologies that basically can deliver more for a lower price. The business today is looking for an ROI, to be compatible in the current economy. Virtualisation started with a few servers, it is now expanding to all the servers and the desktops (VDI). Decreasing the number of servers however demands higher throughput and lower latency, while the costs are reduced. Via partners Consolidate-IT promotes the solution, low latency combined with
faster SSD drives, increase the performance up to 10 X, while the cost can be reduced 90 %. Consolidate-IT supports the partners on how a 10 GbE virtual infrastructure can reduce the operational costs and increase the performance. Partners can help their customers with solutions that do deliver more speed for a lower price, like Consolidate-IT recently demonstrated at the CEBIT. Consolidate-IT has their HQ in the Netherlands and offices in London and Koln.
For more information please visit: www.consolidate-it.eu. Twitter: @ConsolidateIT
About BLADE Network Technologies
BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the industry’s leading provider of network fabrics for high-performance data centers. Its blade switches, top-of-rack RackSwitchT, VMreadyT network virtualization software and Smart Server ControlT software are key elements of the company’s Unified FabricArchitectureT. BLADE’s “Rackonomics” approach makes it simple for businesses to rapidly deploy and configure massive amounts of server and storage infrastructure, interconnect the various infrastructure elements, virtualize the infrastructure to maximize efficiency and utilization and easily manage the infrastructure to achieve the most optimal TCO. With over 8 million ports in production deployment, BLADE’s proven fabric products connect millions of server and storage systems at over 9,500 enterprises in over 26 different industry verticals, including 350 of the Fortune 500. Visit: http://www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: @BLADENetwork.
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Sparta Systems Unveils TrackWise Audit Execution Package
Sparta Systems Unveils TrackWise Audit Execution Package
Enhanced Audit Management Functionality Allows a Streamlined, Intuitive and
Secure Auditing Experience
April 21, 2010 – Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, today announced the release of its TrackWise Audit Execution Package. The new offering builds upon the existing robust audit capabilities in the TrackWise solution, providing auditors with an innovative solution that accelerates the efficiency and compliance of conducting audits in the field.
As authorities strengthen their oversight of regulated industries and increase the frequency of inspections, companies must be prepared to not only meet strict internal operational compliance requirements but also ensure the quality of goods and services provided by an increasingly global network of suppliers.
Sparta System’s TrackWise enterprise quality management solution (EQMS) offers these companies comprehensive functionality for ensuring compliance with diverse global regulations and industry standards. The TrackWise Audit Execution Package provides a number of new capabilities designed to increase the efficiency of field audit execution and reduce error-prone manual steps. The new features and capabilities include:
· Company auditors can now access all relevant audit information offline, while in areas without internet or VPN access, including general audit information, templates/plans and the ability to author related observations/findings
· Audit information is presented to the user in a cohesive, intuitive format that balances the look and feel of a continuous “document-like” format with the inclusion of dynamic navigation, structured data fields and a modern rich text authoring capability
· Draft audit reports can be generated in real time, in the field, without having online connectivity
· The solution allows auditing programs to include questionnaires or self assessments that can be distributed to suppliers and other third parties as an alternative or precursor to onsite auditing activities
· The new functionality is powered by modern, lightweight, Adobe Flex based technology that delivers rich form-based functionality in a structured solution that eliminates difficult-to-validate local application and database software
Additionally, implementing TrackWise for audit management processes not only enables the execution of audits, but also provides mature functionality for following up on all identified findings and action plans. Powerful user dashboards, reporting and automated business rules and escalation paths can be implemented in conjunction with all aspects of the audit management lifecycle.
“With our new Audit Execution Package, companies now have a broad set of additional capabilities available as they continue global audit management programs and align multiple auditing functions,” said Mike Jovanis, vice president of product management at Sparta Systems. “We are excited to deliver a solution that not only dramatically increases the efficiency of auditors’ work in the field, but also adds structure and security to a process that has historically included open, non-secure cutting and pasting from word processing tools.”
The TrackWise Audit Execution Package is currently available. For more information, visit www.spartasystems.com.
About Sparta Systems
Sparta Systems, Inc., is an industry leader for global quality and compliance management systems. Its TrackWise product is a Web-based software application used by quality, manufacturing and regulatory affairs professionals to manage quality and compliance issues across the enterprise. The company has more than 15 years of experience and an extensive customer base in the life sciences and other highly regulated industries. Sparta Systems offers its customers a complete solution for global quality management needs, including the onsite support required throughout the project lifecycle. More information about Sparta Systems and TrackWise software can be found at www.spartasystems.com.
Sparta Systems and TrackWise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sparta Systems, Inc. All other marks are trademarks of their respective companies.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Radware Significantly Reduces Network Downtime for Hooters Resturants
Radware Significantly Reduces Network Downtime for Hooters Restaurants
With 250,000 network visits per week, Radware’s AppDirector and LinkProof solutions enable
Hooters to maintain data centre efficiency for more than 400 restaurants
April, 19, 2010. Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that long-term customer, Hooters of America, Inc., the franchisor and operator of Hooters restaurants, has strengthened its data centre bandwidth capabilities by upgrading to Radware’s latest next-generation application delivery controller (ADC), AppDirector running on the On Demand Switch (ODS) platform, and its multi-WAN load balancer, LinkProof. By deploying both solutions, Hooters has gained greater network efficiency for its corporate operations and business applications.
A globally recognised brand with more than 400 locations, it was critical for Hooters to have powerful, secure solutions in place for its ISP and web farm connections. In order to satisfy the needs of a vast corporate web site and applications network, which registers 250,000 visits per week, Hooters enlisted the help of Radware’s AppDirector and LinkProof products to provide bandwidth management and redundancy that was necessary to support the data centre with assurances against network downtime. The combination of both solutions resulted in the removal of any single point of failure, and continues to allow for superior business continuity for the company.
“In order to prevent against disruptive network outages, we needed to find an ideal way for our Web and application servers to enjoy redundancy, as well as give us a much needed maintenance window where we could take a server offline without interrupting service,” said Ryan Pierce, Network Administrator, Hooters of America, Inc. “As a long time Radware customer, we’ve been very satisfied with the performance and capabilities of their solutions in keeping our network downtime to an absolute minimum.”
Operating an enterprise-class point-of-sale system, which governs all aspects of the restaurant’s control and payment processing, Hooters looked to Radware to operate three web farms via the upgraded AppDirector devices and load balance three ISP’s across the LinkProof devices for bandwidth management and redundancy.
By leveraging Radware’s comprehensive AppDirector on ODS, Hooters has increased SSL acceleration and improved scalability for faster delivery of applications over its IP network. AppDirector uses Layer 4-7 intelligence for optimised server performance, and is powered by Radware’s OnDemand Switch platform, which provides a “pay-as-you-grow” cost model that guarantees short-term and long-term savings on CAPEX and OPEX.
Hooters deployment of Radware’s LinkProof provides uninterrupted network experiences achieved through bypassing network bottlenecks. This allows network administrators to easily manage the multiple ISP links the company operates, which enables them to quickly react and avoid potential network issues during peak and non-peak hours of traffic.
“As a popular global franchise, Hooters cannot afford to have its network interrupted by disruptions that negatively impact its daily operations,” said Bob Simpson, Vice-President Sales Southern US, Radware. “Their stores rely on its data centre for communications, reporting, and payment processing – and without these services online, its stores would run less efficiently; causing loss of business and stress on staff. The goal in deploying Radware’s AppDirector and LinkProof solutions was to ensure high availability of these mission critical applications – which we can proudly say is being accomplished.”
AppDirector and LinkProof solutions are integrated components of the Radware’s Business-Smart Data Centre strategy, which is based on an approach to offer a range of innovative capabilities inclusive of pay-as-you-grow procurement models and a series of compelling ‘on demand’ platforms.
About Hooters of America, Inc.
Hooters of America, Inc. is the franchisor and operator of over 440 Hooters restaurants in 46 states and 22 foreign countries. The first Hooters opened in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. Hooters is well-known for its brand of food and fun, featuring a casual beach-theme atmosphere, a menu that features seafood, sandwiches and Hooters nearly world famous chicken wings, and service provided by the All-American cheerleaders, the Hooters Girls. For more information about Hooters, visit www.hooters.com.
About Radware
Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), the global leader in integrated application delivery solutions, assures the full availability, maximum performance, and complete security of business-critical applications for nearly 10,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute, Radware’s comprehensive and award-winning suite of application delivery and network security products, companies in every industry can drive business productivity, improve profitability, and reduce IT operating and infrastructure costs by making their networks “business smart”. For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching or Network Security industry, changes in demand for Application Switching or Network Security products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware’s Form 20-F.
Press Contact:
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Strategic PR
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BLADE Network Technologies and Voltaire Partner Deliver Industry’s Highest-Density 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Solution
BLADE Network Technologies and Voltaire Partner to Deliver Industry’s
Highest-Density 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Solution
Combined solution enables massively scalable low-latency, virtualisation-aware fabrics with more than 3,400 10 Gigabit ports for world’s largest data centres
SANTA CLARA, Calif., CHELMSFORD, Mass. and RA’ANANA, Israel – April 19, 2010 -BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE), the trusted leader in data centre networking, and Voltaire Ltd. (NASDAQ: VOLT), a leading provider of scale-out data centre fabrics, today announced that the two companies have partnered to deliver the industry’s highest-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) data centre switch fabrics. Based on Voltaire’s Vantage 8500 Layer 2 core switches and BLADE’s RackSwitch G8124 top-of-rack switch, customers relying on ultra low-latency server and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)-capable storage connectivity can now build flat data centre fabrics of more than 3,400 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports with non-blocking, lossless switch capacity of 11.52 Terabits per second.
The massively scalable Voltaire-BLADE solution provides end-to-end latency of only 2.4 microseconds. Alternative switching solutions can dramatically impede performance, injecting up to 16x more latency or up to 10 to 40 microseconds. The Voltaire-BLADE solution is also optimized with Voltaire Messaging Accelerator (VMA) software for Ethernet which reduces application latency even further, creating a measurable competitive advantage for customers in fields such as high frequency trading.
The solution also leverages additional software offerings from both Voltaire and BLADE to enable management of virtualised data centres and cloud environments. Voltaire’s new Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) 3.0 software orchestrates end-to-end virtual machine connectivity and centrally manages multi-vendor Ethernet fabric resources in the unified environment consisting of Voltaire’s Vantage 8500 and BLADE’s RackSwitch G8124. This solution also features BLADE’s unique VMready for virtualisation-aware networking that automatically moves network policies as Virtual Machines move. The solution supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)/CEE standards so customers can build the industry’s most scalable converged data and storage networks.
The combined solution is cross-certified by Voltaire and BLADE for availability through leading data centre server OEMs.The two companies maintain long-standing OEM relationships with data centre leaders such as IBM, HP, NEC and SGI.
“Unified fabrics and flat network topologies designed for end-to-end performance hold great promise for enterprises seeking to achieve top efficiency for their critical business applications and server virtualisation environments,” said Lucinda Borovick, research vice president, Datacenter Networks, IDC. “Datacentre customers benefit with the ability to choose the most effective platform for the environment when providers such as BLADE Network Technologies and Voltaire jointly validate best practice designs.”
“Cross-certifying Voltaire’s core switch and software with BLADE’s top-of-rack switch creates an end-to-end solution with unsurpassed port density and ultra low latency that enables customers to leverage Ethernet economics without sacrificing performance or scalability,” said Ronnie Kenneth, chairman and CEO of Voltaire. “Moreover, using our new Unified Fabric Manager software, enterprise data centre managers can automatically configure Voltaire and BLADE fabric resources as services are added or mobilised across the data centre.”
“We are pleased to team up with Voltaire to deliver a massively scalable and extremely high-density networking environment for enterprises seeking the fastest end-to-end network performance combined with the cost of ownership advantages only possible with a multi-vendor solution from trusted providers,” said Vikram Mehta, president and CEO of BLADE Network Technologies. “Fabric-based computing is the wave of the future, and now we are delivering a unified network fabric that combines the essential network elements from two companies with vast Fortune 500 enterprise experience in scale-out data centre networking and high-performance computing.”
About the Voltaire-BLADE 3,400-Port Intelligent 10GbE Switch Fabric Solution
State-of-the-art data centre networks must scale from hundreds to a few thousand ports, driving the requirement for high-capacity, non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches. The Voltaire-BLADE solution delivers the unique capability to enable simplified, flat, scale-out fabrics. By clustering up to twelve Voltaire Vantage 8500 core switches together with BLADE RackSwitch G8124 top-of-rack switches, a customer can expand a data centre to many thousands of servers while preserving the same efficiency and price-per-port, without degrading performance or latency like traditional hierarchical network designs.
Availability
Voltaire’s Vantage 8500 switch and VMA software are available now from Voltaire (contact: info), and BLADE’s RackSwitch and VMready are available now from BLADE Network Technologies (contact: info). Voltaire’s Unified Fabric Manager 3.0 software is available at the end of Q2 2010.
About BLADE Network Technologies
BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the industry’s leading provider of network fabrics for high-performance data centers. Its Ethernet blade switches, top-of-rack RackSwitchT, VMreadyT network virtualization software and Smart Server ControlT software are key elements of the company’s Unified FabricArchitectureT. BLADE’s “Rackonomics” approach makes it simple for businesses to rapidly deploy and configure massive amounts of server and storage infrastructure, interconnect the various infrastructure elements, virtualize the infrastructure to maximize efficiency and utilization and easily manage the infrastructure to achieve the most optimal TCO. With over 8 million ports in production deployment, BLADE’s proven fabric products connect millions of server and storage systems at over 9,500 enterprises in over 26 different industry verticals, including 350 of the Fortune 500. Visit: http://www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: @BLADENetwork.
About Voltaire
Voltaire (NASDAQ: VOLT) is a leading provider of scale-out computing fabrics for data centers, high performance computing and cloud environments. Voltaire’s family of server and storage fabric switches and advanced management software improve performance of mission-critical applications, increase efficiency and reduce costs through infrastructure consolidation and lower power consumption. Used by more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100 and other premier organizations across many industries, including many of the TOP500 supercomputers, Voltaire products are included in server and blade offerings from Bull, HP, IBM, NEC, SGI and Sun. Founded in 1997, Voltaire is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel and Chelmsford, Massachusetts. More information is available at www.voltaire.com or by calling 1-800-865-8247.
Forward Looking Statements
Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to Voltaire’s plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon management’s current estimates and projections of future results or trends. They also include third-party projections regarding expected industry growth rates. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Voltaire’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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BLADE Network Technologies, the BLADE logo, BLADEHarmony, BLADEOS, FabricHarmony, RackSwitch, RackSwitch Solution Partner, SmartConnect, Smart Server Control, VMready, vNIC, NMotion and Unified FabricArchitecture are trademarks of BLADE Network Technologies. All product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT:
Strategic PR
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BLADE Network Technologies
Maxine Bingham
BLADE Network Technologies
(408) 886-5028
press@bladenetwork.net
Radware’s LinkProof Provides Customers Increased Network Multi homing Capabilities
With Faster Speeds than Ever Before, Radware’s LinkProof Provides Customers Increased Network Multi homing Capabilities at Throughput Levels up to 16Gbps
With Radware’s OnDemand Switch 3 series platform, Multi-WAN load balancing solution provides flexibility and scalability needed to meet changing global network requirements
MAHWAH, N.J.; April 13, 2010. Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced the availability of LinkProof, its multiple wide-area network (WAN) application infrastructure solution, on its OnDemand Switch (ODS) 3 Series platform. With this new enhancement, businesses worldwide have increased the ability to optimise bandwidth needs and maximise scalability performance at multi-link availability speeds of up to 16Gbps. By leveraging the on demand, pay-as-you-grow, throughput approach, customers including large universities and enterprises migrating applications to SaaS providers can now effortlessly manage challenging load balancing requirements and have the flexibility needed to meet growing network demands.
LinkProof is a best-of-breed solution that ensures ‘always up’ multi-link availability through the bypassing of bottlenecks, and empowers network administrators to effortlessly manage bandwidth consumption. It also works to cohesively align WAN links to the needs of businesses to further optimise network infrastructures and improve end-user quality of experience (QoE). By harnessing the ODS 3 platform, LinkProof offers increased mission-critical application and web site availability, which allows businesses of all sizes to operate in diverse networking environments without compromising performance. The platform was designed to provide protection against costly upgrades, and gives customers the ability to scale throughput services based on their business needs.
“In order for businesses to avoid connectivity interruptions and maintain superior performance levels, this new offering provides them with the robust load balancing and bandwidth support that networks demand,” said Eitan Bremler, Product Marketing Manager LinkProof, Radware. “With LinkProof, our global customers enjoy a hassle-free network experience that promotes cost-effective WAN availability in a single, easy to use solution.”
Operating on the ODS 3 platform, LinkProof provides:
· Guaranteed 24/7 availability of end-to-end transaction paths to promote business continuity
· Provides the fast content delivery for networks with multiple connections to the Internet
· Continuously monitors every ISP connection for health and performance
· LinkProof provides intelligent inbound and outbound traffic redirection, including user-based and application-based policies for granular traffic management while eliminating the complexities of traditional routing protocols
· Provides on-demand scalability in both WAN links and managed WAN traffic
· Seamless change/add any combination of IP-based WAN links and carriers, regardless of size, underlying transport method, service provider, or IP-address space for best carrier independency and cost reduction.
· Reduced OPEX by simplifying WAN gateway architecture, through cost-effective links for redundancy, by mixing and matching most cost effective connectivity solutions from different carriers and through carrier independency.
LinkProof is a key element in Radware’s Business-Smart Data Center strategy, which is a unique approach that was created to offer a range of innovative capabilities inclusive of pay-as-you-grow procurement models and a series of compelling ‘on demand’ platforms.
About Radware
Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), the global leader in integrated application delivery solutions, assures the full availability, maximum performance, and complete security of business-critical applications for nearly 10,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute, Radware’s comprehensive and award-winning suite of application delivery and network security products, companies in every industry can drive business productivity, improve profitability, and reduce IT operating and infrastructure costs by making their networks “business smart”. For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching or Network Security industry, changes in demand for Application Switching or Network Security products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware’s Form 20-F.
Press Relations:
Joyce Anne Shulman
+1 201 785 3209
joyceannes@radware.com
Stratategic PR:
Caroline Howlett/ Sara Collinge
+44 1494 434434
Radware@strategicpr.net
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Network Instruments announces new Observer platform – for cloud & multi-tiered app monitoring
Network Instruments Delivers Immediate Assessment of
Application and Cloud Service Performance
Quickly Navigate from Performance Dashboard to Resolution with New Version of Observer Platform
April 12, 2010 – Network Instruments, a worldwide leader in network and application performance management, today announced that its Observer performance monitoring platform now provides new reporting and performance tracking features to address service delivery and visibility challenges caused by cloud-based and multi-tiered applications. Further, features have been added to improve baseline accuracy, provide flexibility in storing sensitive data long term, and address financial sector needs.
Performance Dashboards
Observer Reporting Server’s new performance dashboards provide quick and concise displays of mission-critical application and service health. These modules can be configured to present up-to-the-minute updates on VoIP systems, cloud services, application response time, server health, MS Exchange performance and even URL-based performance reports from service providers. Network, application and infrastructure metrics can be displayed in context of one another for quick performance assessments.
“When managing cloud performance, determining the source of delay and having proof of the cause are critical,” said Douglas Smith, co-founder and president of Network Instruments. “With our new performance dashboards, network teams can quickly navigate to expert analysis to pinpoint the cause as being internal, their internet provider, or the cloud service provider. Additionally, when working with third-parties, Observer decreases resolution time by providing evidence to rule out variables and pinpoint the actual error.”
New Observer Platform Features
In addition to performance dashboards, Observer offers several new features that expand its position as a leading performance management solution.
· Selective GigaStorT Storage: Ensure compliance when storing packet-level data long term
· Baseline Drift Elimination: Lock baselines to purge issues of drift from analysis
· Enhanced Financial Application Support: Track trade-level errors and performance statisticswhether trade-by-trade or over multiple days
Selective GigaStor Storage
With the newest release, GigaStor retrospective network analysis solutions now provide selective storage capabilities for data compliance and security, which can be set to prevent the storage of sensitive payload content such as VoIP calls or PCI data. Network managers can use this functionality to exclude data by application or IP address, and leave performance metrics for the traffic intact.
“Traditionally, our customers have demanded the ability to store everything traversing the wire, but for some keeping sensitive data can be a policy violation,” said Smith. “GigaStor now provides options for customers to store only what is necessary or required by the organisation or government regulations.”
Baseline Drift Elimination
While baselines are the starting point for establishing performance thresholds and measuring deviation, baseline drift can skew measurements and provide erroneous results. With Observer Reporting Server, users can lock baselines to stop issues from being hidden by baseline drift. In addition, alarms can be set to immediately notify network teams when performance metrics have reached a marginal or critical level.
Targeting the Financial Sector
The latest release includes components designed to specifically benefit financial organisations, which have particular monitoring requirements that differ greatly from other markets. With multi-million dollar trades occurring every second, financial organisations need extremely detailed analysis. Network Instruments has enhanced the details provided in FIX analysis within GigaStor, allowing network teams to analyse successful and canceled trades, verify the execution price, and more.
Product Pricing
The Observer Reporting Server appliance begins at £21,250. The GigaStor with expanded FIX support and selective storage begins at £14,450 for the 2 TB two-port configuration. Additional product information and more details on the Observer performance management platform release are available at www.networkinstruments.co.uk.
About Network Instruments
Network Instruments, a leading provider of performance management and troubleshooting for fifteen years, helps organisations ensure the delivery of business-critical applications. The company’s platform of management and reporting products provides comprehensive visibility into networks and applications to optimise performance, speed troubleshooting, and assist long-term capacity planning. Network Instruments achieved profitability in its first quarter and posted revenue growth every year since its founding – without any external funding. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company has sales offices worldwide and distributors in over 50 countries. For more information, please visit www.networkinstruments.co.uk.
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Caroline Howlett
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01494 434 434
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