Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), San Jose, Calif. a global leader in
data storage and protection, has developed fully managed Internet
security solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that
utilize best-in-class solutions from Juniper Networks, Inc. and
VeriSign, Inc.
Iomega's OfficeScreen suite of SMB-focused managed security
solutions incorporates security appliances from Juniper Networks. These
offerings include Juniper Networks firewall, IPSec site-to-site VPN,
Unified Threat Management and SSL VPN solutions with VeriSign two-factor
authentication.
"Iomega is excited to work with two of the world leaders in
security solutions, Juniper Networks and VeriSign, and deliver these
enterprise offerings in an affordable manner to small and medium-sized
business customers worldwide," said Jonathan Huberman, CEO of
Iomega Corporation. "Today's SMBs face the same security
threats to their networks and their critical data as Fortune 100
corporations. Iomega is cutting through the confusion of a fractured
managed services market to provide SMBs with what they need for network
security."
Currently small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. utilize
OfficeScreen as a secure, reliable outsourced network security and VPN
service that is cost-effective, doesn't require upfront hardware
expenses, dedicated IT resources or large IT budgets. OfficeScreen,
which includes Juniper Networks industry-leading firewall/VPN, SSL VPN
and IPSec bundles, creates secure wide area networks that connect remote
offices and workers to applications and data at a company's
headquarters, while countering security threats from hackers, worms and
viruses across a company's entire network.
Iomega offers its OfficeScreen managed security solutions to
businesses through channel partners in North America, and will market
these services in Europe in the near future.
"We're excited about this opportunity to extend the reach
of our market leading solutions with Iomega," said David Helfer,
vice president of World-Wide Strategic Partners for Juniper Networks.
"By leveraging our industry leading security appliances which are
well aligned for small and medium-sized business, Iomega is able to
offer enterprise class managed security services to its SMB
customers."
Souheil Badran, vice president of International Channel Sales for
VeriSign, said, "Small and medium businesses are an important
customer base for VeriSign, and the partnership with Iomega allows us to
expand our reach further into that market. Iomega's OfficeScreen
Managed Services coupled with VeriSign's long-standing expertise in
delivering strong authentication solutions presents a compelling managed
service offering to this growing customer segment."
Adding to Iomega's OfficeScreen Managed Services, the Juniper
Networks SSL VPN appliance enables organizations to provide
cost-effective remote access, partner extranet services and intranet
security. It utilizes SSL as a secure transport mechanism and does not
require a client to be deployed on mobile and remote users'
computing devices. Little or no changes are required to internal
servers. Based on the award-winning Juniper Networks Instant Virtual
Extranet (IVE) technology, the Secure Access appliance also features
rich access privilege management functionality, performance scalability,
and a high availability design, meeting enterprise class needs.
In August, Iomega closed its acquisition of managed services
provider CSCI, the 2006 winner of the Juniper Networks, Inc.
"Managed Services Provider of the Year" award, and the creator
of OfficeScreen managed security services.
According to independent market analysis, the global market for
managed security services is expected to be $2.9 billion in 2006,
growing to $3.7 billion in 2008.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation provides easy-to-use, high value storage
solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and share their
valuable digital information. OfficeScreen, Iomega's managed
security services for SMBs, features industry-leading firewall/VPN, SSL
VPN and IPSec bundles that create secure wide area networks that connect
remote offices and workers to applications and data at a company's
headquarters, while countering security threats from hackers, worms and
viruses across a company's entire network. Iomega's
award-winning storage products include the Iomega(R) REV(R) platform:
the new Iomega REV 70GB Backup Drive, available in various computer
interface models for server implementations; and the Iomega REV 35GB
Backup Drive, available in several computer interface models for desktop
backup and archive applications; as well as REV-based automation
products such as new REV Loader 560, which utilizes a REV 70GB Backup
Drive and up to eight REV disks.
For more information, visit http://www.iomega.com or call
1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342) or 858/314-7148.
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