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Cisco Systems and Hi-Link Invite
You to Cisco Network on Wheels (Mobile Demo Van)
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Cisco Systems Mobile Showcase is Headed in Your
Direction:
September 13th, 2005
10:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4
Sessions Available: 10:00, 11:15, 12:30 & 1:45
Stamford
Marriott
2 Stamford Forum
Stamford, CT 06901
Register
Today Space is limited!
Come experience the latest
real world, business solutions from Cisco Systems in a mobile
Showcase designed to educate, entertain, and interact with
you.
NETWORK POWER IN MOTION... FOR GROWING
BUSINESSES.
The Cisco Network on Wheels is a 25-foot mobile
showcase equipped with the latest Cisco Technologies.
The showcase provides hands-on demonstrations of proven
integrated networking solutions, which are customizable to
your business size and needs.
ONCE ON BOARD
EXPERIENANCE THE FOUR KEY NETWORKING SOLUTIONS:
* IP
Communications Solutions: Lower costs and expand business
capabilities by adding voice and video to your data
network
* Security Solutions: Safeguard your business
with integrated network security
* Network
Foundation Solutions: Enablement of new business applications
to enhance employee productivity and reduce network costs
*
Wireless/Mobility: Increase organizational productivity
and reduce expenses while in office, on-the-road or at
home
****Join Us for Breakfast, Giveaways, and an iPod
Raffle****
http://www.cisco.com/go/semreg/fmnoweasthilink/stamford2/pdf/
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Fortinet Complies With International Trade
Commission (ITC) Ruling, U.S. Business Continues
Uninterrupted |
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"Fortinet - the pioneer and market leader of Unified
Threat Management and only provider of ASIC-accelerated,
network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time
network protection - today announced plans to address a U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling received on August
8, 2005 regarding a patent infringement complaint filed by
Trend Micro. Without interruption to its U.S. operations or
customers, Fortinet is accelerating development and delivery
of enhanced antivirus software intended to avoid the
technology covered in Trend Micro's patent and deliver
increased benefits to customers.
The ITC's ruling is
limited to the U.S. and affects only the antivirus component
of Fortinet's best-in-class security applications suite, which
consists of seven dedicated security applications - firewall,
VPN, intrusion detection/prevention, antivirus, web filtering,
antispam and traffic shaping -- deployable collectively or
separately on its FortiGate™ integrated unified threat
management platform. More than 70 percent of Fortinet's
revenues are derived internationally and the ITC ruling has no
affect on Fortinet's international operations.
Of
paramount importance, the ITC ruled that Fortinet can continue
to provide service and support in a business as usual manner
for all U.S. customers, including customers with Fortinet's
antivirus functionality. This includes ongoing maintenance
releases and antivirus signature updates. Additionally,
Fortinet U.S. channel partners can continue to sell their
current Fortinet inventory to customers, including the
antivirus application, as well as support contracts.
"Fortinet firmly believes we do not infringe on Trend
Micro's antivirus patent," said Ken Xie, founder, president
and CEO of Fortinet, Inc. "We are committed to ensuring that
our U.S. business operates as usual with no impact to
customers and partners, and we are confident that our
forthcoming antivirus software enhancements will avoid Trend's
patent."
Fortinet's antivirus software enhancements
will deliver improved security, performance and throughput to
customers with no impact to existing network deployments. The
software enhancements will be available to customers and
partners during the next 60-90 days as part of a normal
FortiOS support release. Once these enhancements are deployed,
Fortinet expects to return to a "business as usual" mode in
the U.S."
SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 9,
2005
http://www.fortinet.com/news/pr/2005/pr080905.html
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Robust VPN network design drives
down cost, improves performance and resiliency for
MMCC |
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A Hi-Link Computer Corp.
Case Study
Introduction
Metric
& Multistandard Components Corporation (MMCC) is a premier
metric fasteners and industrial components supplier.
Headquartered in Hawthorne, NY, they have branch offices
strategically located nationally. Connected by a Frame-Relay
network, inter-office communication consists of real time
inventory, customer ordering information and back office
administration traffic. Reliability and performance of the
network are critical to everyday operations as well as the
overall success of the company’s sales and distribution
goals.
The Challenge
With five locations across the
United States and headquartered in Hawthorne, NY, MMCC sought
a scalable solution to meet their increasing wide area network
bandwidth needs. With their business growing rapidly and
their operations expanding proportionally with their revenue,
MMCC was confronted with the challenge of having an expensive
frame-relay network, limited bandwidth to meet their growing
data demands, and an overall inefficient legacy system of
interoffice network communications.
It became apparent
that MMCC had outgrown their current frame-relay networks. To
increase the CIR (Committed Information Rates) in their
frame-relay network would not have been economically viable
because of the vast distance between their offices. Needless
to say the situation was not acceptable for a company with
increasing revenue and a priority of delivering quality
products.
The new solution needs to satisfy the
following requirements:
-Reliable: The solution has to
be reliable and provide a high degree of fault tolerance to
ensure business operation.
-Scalable: The solution has to
be able to scale with MMCC’s growing business
demands.
-Secure: The solution has to be secure to ensure
confidentiality and integrity of MMCC’s corporate
data.
-Economical: The solution has to provide a cost
savings over the existing frame-relay networks.
-Low
administrative overheads: The solution has to be low
maintenance and require minimum effort to maintain.
In
addition, the new design has to be implemented in parallel
with the existing networks and the switchover has to take
place during scheduled off-hour maintenance windows. Proper
project management and a precise project plan are required to
ensure the tight schedule is met.
The
Solution
Hi-Link Computer Corporation (Hi-Link), a Cisco
premier partner with Security and VPN as one of their four
Cisco specializations was contracted to provide the proper
design and implementation. After a meticulous examination of
MMCC’s networks, a discussion to understand their business
operation requirements and goals, Hi-Link’s consulting
engineers devised the following solutions to satisfy MMCC’s
requirements.
Please Contact Hi-Link Computer Corp. to
obtain the remainder of the MMCC Case Study
info@hi-link.com
info@hi-link.com
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W32.Zotob.E and W32.Esbot.A Worm
Update |
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Hi-Link a Symantec
Security Partner
As a Symantec
Enterprise Security Partner, Hi-Link constantly strives to
help you protect your network. Please find below
information related to this new worm:
"W32.Zotob.E is a
worm that opens a back door and exploits the Microsoft Windows
Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (described in
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039) on TCP port 445.
W32.Zotob.E can run on, but not infect, computers running
Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/XP. Although computers running these
operating systems cannot be infected, they can still be used
to infect vulnerable computers that they can connect to.
W32.Esbot.A is a worm that spreads by exploiting the
Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
(described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039).
Note:
Virus definitions were posted on August 15th for this
threat.
Symantec Security Response encourages all users and
administrators to adhere to the following basic security "best
practices":
1.Turn off and remove unneeded services.
2.
Always keep your patch levels up-to-date, especially on
computers that host public services and are accessible through
the firewall, such as HTTP, FTP, mail, and DNS services
3.
Apply any security updates in trusted Security Bulletins, or
on vendor Web sites.
4. Enforce a password policy. Complex
passwords make it difficult to crack password files on
compromised computers."
www.symantec.com
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