Cyberoam, the leading provider of identity-based Unified Threat Management appliances, has announced the integration of its SSL VPN solution on a virtual platform, besides offering it as a dedicated appliance and through an installer on customer machines. With this launch activity, Cyberoam counts among very few players in the remote office security solutions space that run separate SSL VPN platforms to provide greater flexibility to organizations in purchasing solutions that meet their individual security guidelines and infrastructure.

The global market size for SSL VPN products was projected at $506 million in 2008, and is slated to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 14% till 2012. Organizations are increasingly demanding more flexibility of choice in their solutions purchase so that they fill current gaps in the security infrastructure rather than simply lie on top of existing solutions. In this scenario, they find the “virtual appliances” model very attractive because these help in achieving greater ROI and optimal utilization of hardware making the business operations more eco-friendly.

“In our offering of VMware-based virtual appliances, customers get a virtual SSL VPN machine, available as a downloadable image, which obviates the need to buy a hardware appliance. This helps them reduce the total cost of ownership and at the same time, easily perform any future upgrades by simple reallocation of their existing physical resources for the virtual appliance,” says Mr. Harish Chib, Vice President - New Business Development, Cyberoam.

Chib adds, “We are aware there are other organizations that are still in a transition phase towards their virtualization goals. For them, we offer two other options – a dedicated appliance and as a software installer that fits into their existing machines.”

Cyberoam’s SSL VPN solutions allows clientless browser-based access to geographically-distributed networks through common web browsers, with an “in-office” experience for internal applications including Microsoft Outlook, Intranets, web applications, FTP and more. Also, local desktops and laptop can securely traverse existing UTM firewalls in the network to access remote data services, without any risk of exposing the confidential information to hackers.

The new SSL VPN appliances from Cyberoam deliver high performance with strong end-point security and granular access control for enterprises helping them achieve compliance with regulatory requirements. Identity-based logs of network access enable organizations to securely extend their networks with complete knowledge of “who is remotely accessing what in their network”. With client-less configuration, they offer high ROI, high performance and secure remote access.

Cyberoam is currently offering the SSL VPN Virtual Appliance free for 30 days & 5 users. It is available for download at: www.cyberoam.com/sslvpn

About Cyberoam
Cyberoam Identity-based UTM appliances offer comprehensive protection against existing and emerging Internet threats, including viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, pharming and more. Cyberoam UTM delivers the complete range of security features such as stateful inspection firewall, VPN, gateway anti-virus, gateway anti-malware, gateway anti-spam, intrusion prevention system, content filtering in addition to bandwidth management and multiple link management over a single platform. The Cyberoam solution portfolio includes Cyberoam iView, an open-source logging and reporting solution, and Cyberoam Endpoint Data Protection suite to protect data and manage assets over endpoints in organizations. Cyberoam is certified with CheckMark UTM Level 5 Certification, ICSA Labs, and is a member of the Virtual Private Network Consortium. Cyberoam was positioned as a “Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant for SMB Multi-function Firewalls by Gartner. Cyberoam has also continuously received SC Magazine’s 5 Star Rating. Cyberoam has offices in Woburn, MA and India. For more information, please visit www.cyberoam.com

About Elitecore Technologies
Elitecore Technologies is the global provider of Cyberoam UTM appliances. Elitecore’s other divisions include CRESTEL Convergent Billing Solution that meets the voice, data, video billing and customer care requirements of Tier-1 service providers and 24online Billing and Bandwidth Management Solution for hotels, hotspots and Internet service providers. Elitecore has a strong R&D base and support center in India. It has sustained a healthy growth rate of over 75 % since inception. For more information, please visit www.elitecore.com

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