Celestix Releases New-Series WSA™ Appliances With Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celestix Networks announced today that they have begun taking orders for their upgraded WSA™ series appliances that now host Microsoft’s new Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 software.

“By adding our X4 hardware platform and H2 high-end hardware platform to our appliance series, we have positioned WSA appliances with 64 bit technology to remain the SSL VPN solutions of choice for protecting the next generation of Microsoft infrastructures at businesses and enterprises”

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG) lets network professionals provide mobile and remote workers with secure access to enterprise applications via a highly configurable SSL VPN. UAG provides centralized, highly customizable management that provides granular access and policy control across all of an enterprise’s users, devices, and network resources. UAG also gives administrators expanded options for managing Microsoft’s new DirectAccess always on VPN feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. DirectAccess is expected to be a significant factor in the field of secure access as enterprises migrate their network infrastructures to Windows Server 2008 R2.

Celestix reengineered their new 6^th-generation hardware platforms to maximize the performance of Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 OS and UAG application with added processing power and memory. For smaller customers or branch offices, Celestix introduces the X4 platform, which supports the increased SSL encryption requirements of small businesses. Enterprise customers will benefit from Celestix’ new high-performance H2 platform designed for Fortune 1000 datacenters. Although network administrators often desire sheer throughput for SSL encryption, Celestix strikes the right balance of power, security, and economy by minimizing space and power requirements while producing its trademarked sleek, elegant appliance design.

The new WSA appliances also share Celestix’ next-generation Comet™ appliance engine software with Celestix’ recently released MSA web security gateway appliances. Celestix reengineered their appliance engine from the ground up to deliver the fully integrated appliance experience familiar to existing Celestix customers. Comet™ takes full advantage of the new 64-bit architecture to provide datacenter-ready features such as a web user interface for headless operation, integrated save/restore of Last Good Version for disaster recovery, and a rebuilt software update engine to provide a comprehensive view of patching.

“By adding our X4 hardware platform and H2 high-end hardware platform to our appliance series, we have positioned WSA appliances with 64 bit technology to remain the SSL VPN solutions of choice for protecting the next generation of Microsoft infrastructures at businesses and enterprises,” commented Neil Matz, vice president of product management at Celestix.

For information about the new WSA models visit www.celestix.com.

About Celestix

Celestix delivers thousands of security appliances to mid-market organizations and enterprises annually. Founded in 1999, Celestix Networks features offices in Fremont, California; Singapore; Reading, UK and Chennai, India. Celestix has significant presences throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions including Japan to supplement its channel business. To date, Celestix has enlisted over 450 channel partners worldwide to help serve its end customers. For more information, call: (510) 668-0700 or visit Celestix on the Web at www.celestix.com.