Perhaps this announcement may be influencing NOVL. Was NOVELL weak in this area? Will this 3rd party product enhance the Novell product line in some way?
WebTrends Corp. Announces Acquisition of Security Scanner Product; WebTrends Acquires the Asmodeus Security Scanner to Add to Its Growing
List of Enterprise Management Tools
BusinessWire, Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 09:10
(Published on Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 12:43)
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1998--WebTrends
Corp., the leader in enterprise management for Internet and
Intranet servers, today announced that it has acquired the Asmodeus
Security Scanner from Asmodeus Inc.
The Asmodeus Security Scanner product has been named the
WebTrends Security Scanner and will continue to be distributed until
the availability of a full commercial product, which is currently
under development. Security expert Greg Hoglund, the founder of
Asmodeus Inc. and the original developer of the Asmodeus Security
Scanner, has joined WebTrends Corp.
"We now have the solution for the corporate webmaster and IS
administrator who have requested products to help them better secure
their Internet and Intranet servers, and since that is the market
that we currently sell to, it's a perfect fit into the WebTrends
product line," said Eli Shapira, CEO of WebTrends Corp. "The
Asmodeus Security Scanner is an excellent product and we are very
pleased to have Greg Hoglund join our team."
Designed to test the integrity of firewalls and web servers, the
Asmodeus Security Scanner received positive reviews by PC Magazine
and Network World when used to test the security of firewall
products. The Asmodeus Security Scanner was tested side-by-side with
products by Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ:ISSX), Network
Associates (NASDAQ:NETA), and Axent Technologies (NASDAQ:AXNT), as
well as others. "Its primary function is to scan IP ports on
multiple servers for available services and identify potential
weaknesses. The Asmodeus Security Scanner was easy to install on
Windows NT and took no time to learn...it also ran quickly,
whether we were checking a single IP address or a series of Class C
addresses." (Beating the Hackers, by Jim Kates, Network World, Oct.
27, 1997.)
The WebTrends Security Scanner can be downloaded from
webtrends.com.
WebTrends products include the top-selling WebTrends Log
Analyzer, the WebTrends Professional Suite, the WebTrends Enterprise
Suite, and the newly-announced WebTrends for Firewalls and VPNs,
which supports leading firewall and proxy servers, including Check
Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKPF), Axent Technologies, Cisco Systems
(NASDAQ:CSCO), Network Associates, Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL), Microsoft
(NASDAQ:MSFT) and Netscape (NASDAQ:NSCP). WebTrends products range
in price from $299-$10,000 depending on product and configuration.
For more information and free 14-day trials of WebTrends' products
visit webtrends.com or call 503/294-7025. WebTrends
products can analyze logs from any web server, including those from
Netscape, Microsoft, O'Reilly, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), and Lotus
(NYSE:IBM).
WebTrends Corp. has received 26 international awards for
its products, including PC Magazine Editors' Choice, Software
Publishers Association Codie Award Finalist, ZDNet Editors' Pick,
VARBusiness Recommends, Internet World's Best of the Test, PC Week's
IT Excellence Award, The Best of LAN Times, Network Computing Best
Value, and Federal Computer Week's Government Best Buy.
WebTrends Corp. develops premier enterprise management solutions
for Internet and intranet servers and firewalls. Founded in 1993,
the company is based in Portland, Ore., and is privately held.
WebTrends products are used and praised by thousands of ISPs and
corporate, government, and educational institutions, including
Infoseek, AT&T, Intel, Microsoft, MCI, Micron, Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL), REI, Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), Westinghouse, and the U.S. House of Representatives. WebTrends' many strategic partners include Oracle Corp. (www.oracle.com), O'Reilly & Associates (www.oreilly.com), Digex Inc. (www.digex.net), Netcom On-Line Communication Services Inc. (www.netcom.com), and Able Solutions (www.ablesolutions.com).
WebTrends is a trademark of WebTrends Corp. All brands or
product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify
products and services of, their respective owners.
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