Celestix Networks announced today that they have begun taking orders for their upgraded WSA series SSL VPN appliances that now host Microsoft’s new Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG 2010) software. Microsofts Forefront UAG 2010 lets network professionals provide mobile and remote workers with secure access to enterprise applications via a highly configurable SSL VPN.
UAG ought to provide centralized, highly customizable management that provides granular access and policy control across all of an enterprise’s users, devices, and network resources. UAG 2010 also gives administrators expanded options for managing Microsoft’s new Direct Access always on VPN feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Direct Access 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 6th-generation hardware platforms to maximize the performance of Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 OS and UAG application by adding 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’ high-performance H2 platform designed for Fortune 1000 datacenters.
The new WSA appliances also share Celestix’ next-generation Comet appliance engine software with Celestix’ recently released MSA web security gateway appliances. 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. (Source: Celestix Networks/GST)