NTAP--Network Appliance and webwasher.com Announce Alliance to Improve Enterprise Privacy and Security Services
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & PADERBORN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000--
iCAP-Enabled Application Delivers Increased Content-Filtering
Capabilities to Support Corporate Security Policies
Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of networked storage data access and content management solutions, and webwasher.com AG, a leading global developer and marketer of advanced, enterprise-level ad filtering software, today announced plans to jointly develop value-added services utilizing the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP).
iCAP is an open protocol that enables communication between edge content devices, such as Web caches, and application servers that modify content for the edge content device. Companies that use these scalable, content-aware, intelligent applications will be able to create new revenue opportunities by delivering value-added services such as family-friendly online services and prioritized traffic management. These solutions are built primarily for large ISPs, online advertising networks, enterprise/corporate networks, portals, and Web sites.
Under the agreement, the companies will implement this standard protocol to integrate webwasher.com's content filtering and access control with Network Appliance network caching appliances. The iCAP-enabled application will provide a powerful tool for the stripping of Internet content -- primarily header and body tag -- to support a company's security policies. This application is ideal for enterprise businesses with heightened security guidelines, such as banks and insurance companies.
``The iCAP-enabled content filtering application developed with webwasher.com will not only better enable companies to address issues of security, but will do so in a simple, cost-effective manner,'' said Amit Pandey, director of NetCache marketing for Network Appliance. ``This value-added service from iCAP is another validation of the possibilities this open protocol can deliver for numerous vertical market segments.''
According to Martin Stecher, director of development, webwasher.com AG, ``This joint project with Network Appliance is consistent with our strategy to implement our core Internet content-filtering technology in new server-based applications to enable them to better address broad corporate concerns about security and productivity. As corporations grow increasingly concerned with issues like network security and privacy, enterprises are seeking sophisticated enterprise solutions that not only address these concerns, but do so with a plug-and-play solution. This new iCAP application via a Network Appliance(TM) caching solution will permit better stripping of unwanted Internet content and increase the efficiency of the NetCache(TM) device by suppressing unnecessary reloads.''
``In the banking industry, network security is always at the top of the priority list,'' said Thomas Zach, director of new technologies and system integration of HypoVereins Bank AG, Munich, Germany. ``The iCAP-enabled application from Network Appliance and webwasher.com is an ideal solution in that it not only enables us to meet or surpass our guidelines for security, but through its content-stripping capabilities, it reduces latency in retrieving Web content.''
About iCAP
The iCAP Forum is hosted by Network Appliance and Akamai Technologies, and is joined by leading Internet companies including content-delivery service providers, application developers, and Internet infrastructure companies. Forum members participating in the development of iCAP include: AdForce, Advertising.com, Allaire Corp., Anystream, Appliant, Inc., BroadVision, Capella, Cidera, Cobalt Networks, Compaq, Direct Hit, DoubleClick, eBuilt, Ecliptic, eColor, Engage, Entera, Finjan Software, Fresher Information, Frictionless Commerce, Gomez, Google, Idiom, Idini, iKnowledge, InfoLibria, Ingeniux, iWeb.com, Izar, Kanda Software, Lionbridge Technologies, Mirror Image Internet, Navisite, Network Associates, Novell, N2H2, Oki, Open Market, Optibase, Oracle Corp., Pandesic, Predictive Networks, PictureWorks, RuleSpace, Secure Computing, SightPath, StarBurst Software, Symantec Corp., Trend Micro, Inc., Vignette Corporation, Websense, and WWWhoosh. Instructions on how to participate in development of the protocol are available on the iCAP web site at www.i-cap.org or by contacting partners@i-cap.org.
About webwasher.com AG
Based in Paderborn, Germany, webwasher.com AG was founded in October 1999 to create new efficiencies in Internet use and to improve user experience and productivity. The WebWasher software has been adopted by three million users worldwide as an effective Internet content filter. webwasher.com has established itself as a leader in the burgeoning market for enterprise-level Internet content-filtering management tools, creating improved productivity and privacy for employee populations. The company is currently developing a full suite of products and technologies to meet the demands of businesses seeking enhanced control over downloading and distribution of Internet content.
WebWasher produces dramatic bandwidth savings, reduces employee distractions and improves productivity. With its embedded anonymous user profile SECLUDE-IT(TM) Webwasher makes possible efficient, targeted content and advertising provision by Internet marketers and Web-based media properties. In addition, WebWasher's powerful, best-of-breed, automatic, two-way cookie-filtering tool protects consumer privacy.
webwasher.com AG received initial funding from Siemens subsidiary Siemens Venture Capital GmbH and Invision AG of Baar/Switzerland, a member of BHS Holding GmbH, which is an affiliate of Metro Group. Additional shareholders are Siemens AG and webwasher.com's management team.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S+P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola and Texas Instruments, have deployed NetApp® solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX®, Windows NT®, and the World Wide Web.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system and standards-compliant hardware.
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