86 percent of Australian enterprises surveyed by Green Hat Marketing during 2004 about their network security infrastructure, have indicated they see benefits in Enterasys Secure Networks over and above their current Cisco, Nortel or 3Com network.

With more than 330 network and security professionals surveyed by Green Hat on behalf of Enterasys Networks, a typical response came from the Chief Technology Officer of a major blue-chip organization who noted: “It (Secure Networks) puts Enterasys back on the map, offering options beyond the Big C”.

The findings come as Enterasys announces the Matrix X-Series core routers that combine high-performance networking with the highest level of core security available today to meet the business needs of the most demanding enterprise applications. The Matrix X-Series completes the Enterasys’ Secure Networks product line which is now the industry’s only complete edge-to-core network security solution.

Ernst & Young is the most recent Australian convert to Enterasys Secure Networks, announcing last month that it has signed a $2.5million deal to roll out an end-to-end Enterasys Secure Networks data network as part of an overall $5million IP telephony implementation. The Secure Networks technology will be deployed nationally throughout Ernst & Young’s offices.

Enterasys Networks has run five well-attended seminars during the year with CTO John Roese talking about network security issues. More than 1,300 CIO and IT managers have registered, with attendees at the most recent seminars, held in Melbourne, Canberra and Perth, predominantly from Government Departments and Educational institutions. Previous seminars held in Sydney and Melbourne have included blue-chip companies and specialist consulting groups.

The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage

Enterasys’ industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. This enables enterprises to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and protect against attacks. This unmatched security comes from the integrated policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its entire product line. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendor offerings that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors’ equipment more secure.

About Enterasys Networks

Enterasys Networks is the Secure Networks Company, providing enterprise customers with innovative network infrastructure products, services and solutions that deliver the security, productivity and adaptability benefits required by Global 2000 organizations. For more information on Enterasys Secure Networks and the company’s products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion defense systems, visit enterasys.com.

Submitted by Einsteinz Communicaiton on behalf of Enterasys Networks. For further editorial information please contact Pru Quinlan on (02) 9965 7227.

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