NEWS: Secure Computing and Sun Microsystems Team to Offer Extensive Network Security
Sun Professional Services to Offer Secure Computing's SafeWord(TM) And SecureWire(TM) to Its Customers
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq: SCUR - news) and Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) today announced an agreement which will enable Sun customers to benefit from Secure Computing's SafeWord(TM) and SecureWire(TM) enterprise security solutions through Sun Professional Services. The agreement for Sun to resell SafeWord and SecureWire sets in motion the process for Sun Professional Services to assist companies in securing critical information on the Internet, their intranets, extranets and virtual private networks (VPN).
''In today's business climate of instant access to information, protecting the integrity and confidentiality of corporate information has taken on the utmost importance,'' said Paul Rochester, vice president and general manager of Sun Professional Services. ''If businesses are going open their networks to outside partners and customers, they need to feel confident that they are doing so in a secure environment. With Secure Computing SecureWire and SafeWord, Sun Professional Services continues to deliver industry leading solutions to our customers.''
As part of the agreement, Sun Professional Services consultants will implement the SafeWord strong authentication solution. The SafeWord solution can provide users with secure remote access to and from their trusted networks, as well as secure access to mission critical applications or servers. Combining one-time encrypted password protection with standards-based interoperability, SafeWord provides the reliability and scalability that today's networks demand. Sun Microsystems, having used SafeWord internally, is ideally positioned to offer this product as part of the overall security offering.
As companies look for ways to leverage the wealth of information stored on corporate intranets to external users, Sun Professional Services will help customers implement SecureWire, the industry's premier tool for combining the power of intranets and extranets for secure business solutions. Using SecureWire, organizations are able to leverage their existing technology infrastructure, offering their partners and customers real-time, easy-to-access information they need to better drive their businesses.
''This is a tremendous opportunity for Secure Computing to work with Sun, one of the leading technology drivers enabling network computing,'' said Jeff Waxman, chairman and CEO of Secure Computing. ''Sun has used our products for several years, and by now including SafeWord and SecureWire as part of their overall security offering, they are able to provide their customers with an industry leading solution, while demonstrating proof-of-concept to their customers.''
About Sun
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ''The Network Is The Computer(TM),'' has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software, and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $9 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World wide Web at www.sun.com.
About Secure Computing
Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Secure Computing Corporation provides a trusted, comprehensive offering of interoperable, standards-based products for end-to-end network solutions including firewalls, Web filtering, identification, authentication, authorization, encryption, extranet technologies and professional services. Secure Computing has a worldwide presence in financial services, telecom, aerospace, manufacturing, and hi-tech industries, ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to service providers and government agencies. More information is available over the Internet at www.securecomputing.com or by calling: in the U.S. 800-379-4944 or 408-918-6100; in Europe +44-1753-826000; in Asia/Pacific +61-2-9844-5440.
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