This may be even better news. Look who's Firewall is now in silicon. This should translate to a huge increase
in business.
Berkeley Networks' Firewall Accelerator
Agent Selected Overall "Best of Show"
Winner
Data Communications and LAN Times today announced the winners of the "Best of
Show" Awards at NetWorld+Interop 98 in Las Vegas. The Best of Show awards,
now in their fifth year, recognize those products that significantly advance the state
of the art of distributed computing and enterprise networking. The winning products were
chosen from 18 finalists and more than 300 entries in categories ranging from network
infrastructure to applications software.
In addition to awards in six individual categories, a "Best of the Best" award was given to
the Berkeley Networks' Firewall Accelerator Agent, judged to be the single most
significant product introduction at the show.In addition to awards in six individual
categories, a "Best of the Best" award was given to the Berkeley Networks' Firewall
Accelerator Agent, judged to be the single most significant product introduction at the
show.
Six product-category winners were also selected from 18 initial finalists chosen last week
from the "Best of Show" award entries.
The "Best of Show" winners are listed below in their respective categories: :
Grand Winner:
Berkeley Networks' Firewall Accelerator Agent
Firewalls that operate at 40GB per second are big news--especially considering that
most products today top out at 50MB per second or less. Already known for its unique
approach to high-end switching, Berkeley is the first vendor to implement a
firewall--Check Point's market-leading Firewall-1--in silicon. This approach eliminates
the need for a firewall in front of each switch port, providing a huge cost savings. And
because switches are deployed on internal networks, it allows for protection of intranet
connections as well as Internet connections.
Network Security and Performance
Winner: Berkeley Networks' Firewall
Accelerator Agent
This product puts Check Points Firewall 1
on an ASIC inside its gigabit Ethernet
switch, delivering vastly higher throughput
(up to 40GB per second, compared with less
than 50MB per second for most firewalls). It
also does away with the need for a firewall in
front of each switch port, which is a huge
cost savings. And it protects internal subnets,
not just the perimeter connection to the
Internet. |
