BlueCat Networks strengthens e-Convergence Solutions Product Portfolio
Security appliances offer resellers advantage to distinguish themselves in highly competitive marketplace
CENTREVILLE, VA, and RICHMOND HILL, ON — May 4, 2004 — BlueCat Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security appliances, and e-Convergence Solutions, a national distributor of instant messaging and presence solutions in the United States, today announced that e-Convergence Solutions will now offer BlueCat Networks’ products to its growing community of reseller partners.
"We are impressed with BlueCat Networks' technology and excited about the competitive advantage their security appliances offer our reseller customers," states Joe Heinzen, president and CEO of e-Convergence Solutions. "With these products, our resellers can bolster their customers' security infrastructures and deploy them in combination with our other products to deliver more comprehensive presence solutions."
“An international consortium recognized BIND Domain Name System as the top Internet security vulnerability to UNIX® systems,” notes Patrick Inwood, Channel Manager, BlueCat Networks, Inc. “Many businesses with UNIX systems have not secured their DNS infrastructure, which if ignored, leaves them open to potential attacks by hackers and denials of service. Here lies a great opportunity for resellers. Our award-winning Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance™ addresses this critical security vulnerability and presents a reseller with a dedicated security solution to capture its share of this market.”
In addition to the Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance, e-Convergence Solutions will also distribute BlueCat Networks’ Meridius Security Gateway™ appliance which features Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technology and anti-virus software. The dedicated mail relay stops and quarantines spam in real time regardless of content, format, and language. Spam is contained in each user’s Meridius Quarantine Mailbox that supports an English, French, or Spanish graphic user interface. The Meridius Security Gateway appliance also shields mail servers from hijack attempts and the potential to be blacklisted.
The security appliances are powered by a hardened Linux® OS kernel and feature a Java™ technology-based management console that features an integrated suite of tools to empower administrators, as well as save them time and organizations money. Due to the client software’s cross platform functionality, resellers can position and sell the appliances into heterogeneous network infrastructures of customers from a variety of industries.
The Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance has helped remove the complexity from and secure DNS operations of many leading organizations, as well as civilian and military government agencies where security really counts. The Meridius Security Gateway appliance is helping professional services organizations focus on revenue generating activities rather than wasting time on spam.
About BlueCat Networks, Inc.
Established in 2000, BlueCat Networks, Inc. is the leading provider of innovative network security appliances that are simple, secure, and affordable. BlueCat Network’s award-winning products enable even novice administrators to implement complex technologies such as DNS and DHCP with the ease of seasoned veterans in mere minutes. Named “Editor’s Choice” by Network Computing and an “Industry Leader” by The Burton Group, its flagship products, the Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance™ and Meridius Security Gateway, offer exceptional security performance and network scalability to a wide range of clientele, many of which are Fortune 500 organizations. For more information, please visit
www.bluecatnetworks.com or call 1.866.895.6931.
