Autonomic Resources Completes Wireless Internet Guest Access Deployments for U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autonomic Resources, an IT and service integration firm serving the U.S. federal government, announced today the completion of the wireless guest access deployments for the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at the National Archives Building (Washington DC) and Archives II (College Park, MD). As the prime contractor for the project, Autonomic established guest wireless Internet access and employee network access in public and research areas of both facilities.

“We were pleased to have been selected to survey, design and deploy an important public and researcher-enabling technology for NARA. We applaud the NARA leadership in stepping fourth with a technology that better enables them to achieve its mission to the country.”

NARA is considered the nation's record keeper and is perhaps best known for housing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as well as public military records, naturalization records, and even the canceled check for the purchase of Alaska. The agency houses approximately 9 billion pages of textual records; 7.2 million maps, charts, and architectural drawings; more than 20 million still photographs; billions of machine-readable data sets; and more than 365,000 reels of film and 110,000 videotapes. Of all documents and materials created in business conducted by the United States federal government, only one to three percent is legally or historically important enough to be kept by NARA.

Autonomic was awarded the NARA wireless network design and deployment contract following their wireless implementations at five Presidential Library pilot sites in the fall/winter of 2008/2009. To date, Autonomic has developed an enterprise wireless network design and roadmap for NARA, completed wireless site surveys at National Records facilities and Presidential Libraries, deployed a Cisco enterprise wireless management and authentication solution at NARA’s data center, and implemented an amigopod guest registration solution. For Web security on the network, Autonomic is deploying Websense® Web Security Gateway on the Websense V10000™ appliance to provide NARA visitors and employees dynamic, real-time malware protection and ensure safe browsing of appropriate content. Additionally, Autonomic enlisted the help of consilium1, a specialized information technology consulting services company, to assist with architecture and implementation services for the project.

“We are pleased that both staff and researchers at the National Archives will now be able to easily and securely access online resources due to the completion of the Wireless Project by Autonomic Resources,” said William Day, government IT Project Manager with NARA.

Autonomic was able to rapidly address several technology challenges in the NARA environment, including working designs that did not disrupt the unique and historic building aesthetics, researching and deploying an easy-to- administer guest access system that allows for complex guest access usage and rule conditions, while continuing to protect NARA from Internet usage that would be harmful to its network.

Autonomic recommended the amigopod solution for its ease of configuration and the number of advanced guest registration features available. amigopod was chosen because it provided an important set of requirements for guest access that other wireless device manufactures had not addressed. amigopod’s Visitor Management Appliance is the first dedicated platform designed for unified visitor management.

“Autonomic Resources has an experienced team of wireless engineers, and we pride ourselves on our ability to take on even the most complex and high-profile wireless projects,” said John Keese, president of Autonomic Resources. “We were pleased to have been selected to survey, design and deploy an important public and researcher-enabling technology for NARA. We applaud the NARA leadership in stepping fourth with a technology that better enables them to achieve its mission to the country.”

About Autonomic Resources

Autonomic Resources (www.autonomicresources.com) is an information technology and service integration firm that works with U.S. federal government. Core capabilities include the implementation of strategic technologies related to data center automation, cloud computing, open source adoption, IA, network infrastructure services & support, BI implementation and software development services. Headquartered in Cary, N.C., Autonomic is certified 8(a) SDB - Search GSA Schedule #GS-35F-0587R on http://www.gsaadvantage.gov.

About amigopod

amigopod is a global leader in Unified Visitor Management solutions for both enterprise and public access deployments. amigopod builds flexible guest access and identity management solutions helping companies to implement a common and efficient process for providing external users access to their network.

amigopod’s unique universal visitor management and intelligence proposition sets the industry standard for managing corporate access for guests, and is pioneering the next generation of public access hotspots. The company’s range of Visitor Manager Appliances have been installed in hundreds of customers in over 15 countries around the world including both start-up and established blue chip companies. For further information, go to www.amigopod.com.

About Websense, Inc.

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified Web, data, and email content security solutions, delivers the best security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership to tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market and small organizations around the world. Distributed through a global network of channel partners and delivered as software, appliance, and software-as-a-service (SaaS), Websense content security solutions help organizations leverage new communication, collaboration, and Web 2.0 business tools while protecting from advanced persistent threats, preventing the loss of confidential information and enforcing Internet use and security policies. Websense is headquartered in San Diego, Calif. with offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.websense.com/.

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