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SECURITY PRODUCTS GUIDE NAMES IMPULSE POINT WINNER OF THE 2010 BEST DEPLOYMENT
SCENARIO AWARD
University of Denver Case Study Selected as Winner in the Security Solution for Education Category
TAMPA, FL - JUNE 15, 2010 - Impulse Point announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Impulse Point as a winner of the 2010 Best Deployment Scenario Awards in the Security Solution for Education category. This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. The Safe•Connect Network Access Control solution was selected based on real world solution deployments that are making the most positive impact on security in today's highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.
IMPULSE POINT EXPANDS INTO CANADA
Safe•Connect NAC Now Available through Dell Channel in Canada
ROUND ROCK, TX - APRIL 12,2010 - Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large enterprise networks announces that Safe•Connect is now available in Canada through the Dell Direct and PartnerDirect Sales Distribution Channels.
As a stragetic member of Impulse Point's PartnerConnect program, Dell provides its partners and customers throughout the U.S., and now Canada, the ability to quickly integrate a highly-scalable network access control (NAC) solution into vendor-diverse environments without the need to upgrade or manipulate thier existing network infrastructure.
SAFE•CONNECT SUPPORTS APPLE IPAD
Impulse Point's Managed Service Support for Network Access Control Solution Provides New Product Updates within 48 Hours
TAMPA, FL - APRIL 5, 2010 - Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large enterprise networks announced today that Safe•Connect supports the Apple iPad and that updates were pushed to all customers within 48 hours of release of the new endpoint device.
As the NAC industry's first and only NAC-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider, Impulse Point is respondible for updating the Safe•Connect product for all its cusomters on a timely basis. Our industry leading Service Level Agreement (SLA) for new devices, operating system, and endpoint security software is 24 to 48 hours, as compared to other NAC providers who struggle with maintaining 24-48+ "day" update cycles.
"We profiled and tested the new iPad within hours of its actual release on Saturday," states Max Garcia, Chief Technology Officer for Impulse Point. "The update was pushed out to a number of selected customers over the weekend and to the remainder of our customer base through normal change management procedures by end of the day on Monday, April 5."
SAFE•CONNECT REPLACES CISCO CLEAN ACCESS AT KEENE STATE COLLEGE
Impulse Point's Network Access Control Solution Reduces IT Support Costs
KEENE, NH, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 - Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large higher education enterprise networks, and Keene State College announced today that Safe•Connect has successfully been deployed to provide endpoint security policy management for the College's wireless and residential networks.
Keene State chose Impulse Point's Safe•Connect NAC to replace Cisco Clean Access (CCA) after using CCA for five years and closely reviewing other NAC products. Among the requirements considered was the product's ease of use and the capacity to help realign the workload of a limited IT staff. "Keene State's IT department is continually focused on strategic technology projects. We simply could not have a NAC solution that necessitated any additional support staff to run on a day to day basis," state Laura Seraichick, CIO for Keene State College. "Not only was Safe•Connect installed, running and deployed in record time, but we don't have to dedicate additional IT resources to managing it."
IMPULSE POINT ANNOUNCES SAFE•CONNECT VERSION 4 RELEASE
New Power Compliance Module Results in Substantial Cost Savings for Managed Users
TAMPA FL, AUGUST 26, 2009 - Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large enterprise networks announced the availability of Version 4.0 of its Safe•Connect solution. New to Safe•Connec Version 4.0 is Impulse Point's Power Compliance Policy Module. This module allows system administrators to set policies on managed devices for "sleep" or "hibernate" energy saving settings that will engage if the device is not in active use. This new policy management feature will allow organizations to adhere to their energy saving initiatives by reducing the power consumption of non-active computing devices during non-standard office hours (such as weekend, holiday, and middle of the night hours).
"Many of our customers are engaged in Green Initiatives," says David Batastini, Safe•Connec Product Manager. "The ability to enforce power management policies can save an organization, on average, $5 per month per machine. Multiplying that number by hundreds or thousands of devices translates into savings of tens of thousands of dollars per year for our clients, in addition to reducing their carbon footprint."
NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY REPLACED CISCO WITH SAFE•CONNECT NAC
Impulse Point's Network Access Control Solution Reduces Help Desk Calls
KIRKLAND, WA, JULY 23, 2009 - Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large enterprise networks, and Northwest University announced today that Safe•Connect is successfully deployed to provide endpoint security policy management for the University's wireless and residential networks. Northwest University chose Impulse Point's Safe•Connect NAC to replace Cisco Clean Access (CCA) after using CCA for four years and reviewing other NAC products. The University was facing an end-of-life upgrade option with Cisco and looking for a solution with increased stability that would also be easier to support and maintain. Among the requirements considered by Northwest University when selecting SafeoConnect was the product's end user experience and track record of reducing help desk and support calls.
BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DEPLOYS SAFE•CONNECT NAC
Impulse Point's Network Access Control Solution Delivers Endpoint Security Compliance for 40 Remote Sites
MONCKS CORNER, SC, MAY 26, 2009 -Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for large enterprise networks, and Berkeley County School District in South Carolina, announced today thatSafe•Connect has been successfully deployed to provide endpoint security policy management for students and faculty across the district. Berkeley County chose Impulse Point'sSafe•Connect NAC after reviewing other NAC products. Among the requirements considered by Berkeley County School District when selecting Safe•Connect was the product's ability to easily scale across multiple sites without extensive hardware and integration requirements or prohibitive costs. The solution also had to be interoperable with the county's Cisco network infrastructure and Novell e-Directory. Safe•Connect is deployed with minimal hardware from one central management location across 37 schools and 4 district offices, including more than 30,000 students and employees.
Joint Solution Extends Security from Endpoints to the Data Center to Enforce Corporate IT Polities at Network and Application Layers
SUNNYVALE, CA, November 18, 2008 - Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that Impulse Point has joined the Blue Coat Technology Integration Partner Program to provide customers with a security solution that extends protection from the data center to endpoints on the network. The combination of Blue Coat ProxySG appliances and Impulse Point's Safe•Connect security service authenticates users at both the network and application layers for comprehensive, consistent enforcement of corporate IT policies.
Read the Network World article.
SAFE•CONNECT NAC LEADS INDUSTRY IN GOING GREEN
Impulse Point's Safe•Connect NAC Uses 92 Percent Less Energy than Legacy NAC
TAMPA, FL, April 17, 2008 –Impulse Point,
provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise
networks, announced today that Safe•Connect uses considerably less power to
manage users than other NAC solutions due to its scalable architecture. In side-by-side
comparisons of energy consumption, Safe•Connect uses 92.9 percent less energy
than Legacy NAC systems.
"Safe•Connect can provide network access control for 10,000 users on a single
appliance," explains Karl Muehlberger, Chief Operating Officer of Impulse Point.
"Legacy NAC solutions need 12 or more appliances to support a similar end user
environment. The scalability advantages of Safe•Connect simply equate to a
more energy efficient and cost-effective solution."
Based on the U.S. Department of Energy's March 2008 report that the average
retail price of electricity is 8.98 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), Safe•Connect
costs an average of $775.92 a year to operate and cool. Comparatively, Legacy
NAC solutions requiring multiple and redundant appliances can cost nearly $11,000
a year in energy costs alone.
Download the NAC Energy whitepaper here.
Impulse
Point Joins Foundry Networks at RSA Conference
Impulse Point's NAC Solution Delivers Endpoint Security Compliance for Foundry Networks
Santa Clara and San Francisco, April 1, 2008 –Impulse Point will be joining Foundry Networks in their booth at the RSA Conference 2008, April 7 to 11, at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Impulse Point is Foundry Networks Premier Partner for Network Access Control. Foundry will be exhibiting enterprise security solutions in Booth 1033 in the main hall. For more information about the conference please visit Foundry Networks.
GORDON COLLEGE DEPLOYS SAFE•CONNECT
NAC
Impulse Point's NAC Solution Delivers Endpoint Security Compliance for Alcatel-Lucent Environment
Boston, MA, January 21, 2008 – Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise networks, and Gordon College, announced today that Safe•Connect has been successfully deployed to provide endpoint security policy management for students, faculty, and guests across the campus.
Gordon College chose Impulse Point's Safe•Connect NAC after an extensive review process involving several competing NAC vendor alternatives. Among the requirements considered by Gordon College when selecting Safe•Connect was the product's ability to be easily deployed and managed by limited IT staff. The solution also had to be certified and interoperable with Gordon College's 100% Alcatel-Lucent network infrastructure.
"Safe•Connect integrates into any network environment, but it was important to us that it be certified on our Alcatel-Lucent platform. Impulse Point committed to achieving our goals within our environment, and it wasn't long before the product became certified," said Russ Leathe, Director of Networking and Computer Services at Gordon College. "Other NAC companies couldn't follow-through on their claims, but Impulse Point proved differently. It was truly phenomenal!"
UNIVERSITY
OF THE PACIFIC DEPLOYS SAFE•CONNECT
NAC BROADCAST MESSAGING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF CLERY ACT
Impulse Point's NAC Delivers Real-Time Emergency Notification for On-line Users
Stockton, CL, October 2, 2007 – Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise networks, and the University of the Pacific, announced today that the broadcast messaging component of the Safe•Connect NAC solution will be used as one of the methods to notify students and faculty at the University of the Pacific of an emergency situation.
Recent proposed amendments to the Clery Act (a part of the Higher Education Act) require complete notification of an entire campus community within 30 minutes of an emergency. The University of the Pacific is instituting several methods of communication, including text messaging and email announcements in addition to the ability to automatically display web-based broadcast messages delivered by the Impulse Point Safe•Connect system.
"Safe•Connect broadcast messaging is at the forefront of many
announcement ideas", says Rob Henderson, Director of Cyber Infrastructure at
the University of the Pacific. "We've been using the system successfully to
manage endpoint security compliance across multiple campus locations and talked
with Impulse Point early in 2007 about enhancing their real-time messaging capability.
Impulse worked with us to advance development and now we can notify any registered
computer user within seconds based on campus location or their identity."
IMPULSE POINT EXPANDS
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
Network Access Control Solution Provider Opens Office in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 13, 2007
– Impulse Point, a leading network access control (NAC) solution provider
for large enterprise networks, announced today that it is expanding its international
operations to include the Middle East.
Asad Haque has joined the firm as Business Development Executive for the Region.
Mr. Haque brings almost 20 years of technology market experience to the position,
with extensive knowledge in the areas of security and networking. He has successfully
introduced various multinational corporations in the region and has served in
senior assignments for HP distribution operations in Gulf, Samsung Electronics,
Xerox Corporation, SafeNet, and Caymas Networks.
"Dubai continues to solidify its progressive vision to be a financial
hub and international tourist destination within the Middle East Region. We
are excited about the opportunity to offer our unique NAC approach to enterprises
within such a viable market place," says Dennis Muley, President of Impulse
Point. "We are confident that Asad's technical and regional business knowledge
will lead to mutually beneficial customer relationships for Impulse Point."
LPS INTEGRATION
JOINS IMPULSE POINT'S PARTNER•CONNECT
PROGRAM
IT Security Consulting Firm to Offer Safe•Connect Network Access Control Solution
Nashville, TN, July 9, 2007 – Impulse Point,
a leading network access control solution provider for large enterprise networks,
announced today that LPS Integration
has become a value-added reseller of the SafeConnect network access control
solution.
"Safe•Connect is an ideal NAC solution for a company that needs
to better manage and enforce their security policies in a non-intrusive manner,"
says David Linzy, Chief of Operations at LPS Integration. "We have clients clamoring
for a cost-effective NAC solution that can be installed now-without waiting
for industry standards to develop and stabilize. Our systems integration division
is also positioned to enable evolving technologies such as 802.1x in conjunction
with the Safe•Connect solution."
Click here for more information
on LPS Integration.
For more information on the Partner•Connect
Program, please visit our Partners
page.
IMPULSE
POINT EXPANDS NAC PARTNER•CONNECT PROGRAM
Hewlett-Packard Veterans Campbell and Herzig Join Growing Firm
Tampa, FL, June 28, 2007 – Impulse Point,
a leading network access control solution provider for large enterprise networks,
announced today that Richard
Campbell and Brian Herzig have joined the firm as vice presidents responsible
for Impulse Point's Partner•Connect Program.
"Aligning our Safe•Connect NAC solution with the best and brightest technology and value-added channel partners is the next stage of our strategic plan at Impulse Point", says Dennis Muley, President of Impulse Point. "Richard and Brian bring a tremendous wealth of industry and partnership relationship expertise to our company that will allow us to continue to exceed our client's expectations and further enhance our rapidly growing market share in the NAC space."
For more information on the Partner•Connect
Program, please visit our Partners
page
UNIVERSITY OF
RHODE ISLAND IMPLEMENTS SAFE•CONNECT NAC
Impulse Point Tops List After Comprehensive Search
Kingston, RI, May 23, 2007 – Impulse Point,
provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise
networks, and the University of Rhode Island, announce today that the Safe•Connectt
NAC solution is being deployed in residential and administrative areas of the
University, providing the capability to manage 20,000 devices simultaneously.
The University of Rhode Island recently completed a study of available network
access control solutions, selecting Impulse Point from multiple NAC vendors
including Cisco, Mirage, Bradford, and McAfee. The University developed a comprehensive
evaluation matrix to compare NAC solutions, prioritizing features and weighting
factors to gather the empirical data that would result in a decision. As part
of the due diligence of selecting a NAC solution, the University went through
the sales demonstration process with other vendors and products. "But after
seeing Impulse and Safe•Connect, the other products left something
to be desired. The pitches reinforced the fact that we wanted Safe•Connect,"
says Alan White, Information Security Architect at the University of Rhode Island.
"Safe•Connect provided the ease of installation and management we were
looking for-everything was pre-loaded and it only took about an hour to install.
Safe•Connect also comes with a Managed Service program. We don't have
to worry about upgrades or troubleshooting. It's all taken care of without having
to dedicate resources to it."
IMPULSE
POINT ANNOUNCES SAFE•CONNECT NAC 802.1x SERVICE MODULE OFFERING FOR FOUNDRY
NETWORKS
interop Las Vegas, May 21, 2007 – Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise networks, announced today the availability of an innovative Safe•Connect 802.1x Service Module Offering (SMO) that enhances Network Access Control (NAC) solutions for Foundry Networks' Enterprise Clients. This new set of capabilities provided by Impulse Point will assist Foundry Networks customers to deploy NAC based 802.1x technology in a multi-phased approach, as budget and resources permit.
NETWORK
WORLD ARTICLE
Read about Impulse Point and Safe•Connect in Network World Magazine!
IMPULSE POINT
ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Safe•Connect Network Access Control Now Available Through CollegeBuys.org
Sacramento, CA, March 26, 2007 – Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control solution for large enterprise networks, announced today a partnership with the Foundation of California Community Colleges to provide Safe•Connect to the CollegeBuys Purchasing Programs.
IMPULSE POINT ANNOUNCES 802.1X SUPPORT FOR SAFE•CONNECT
San Francisco, CA, February 7, 2007 – Impulse Point, the leading network access control solution provider for large enterprise networks, announced today the availability of an innovative 802.1x Service Module Offering (SMO). Safe•Connect SMO will allow customers to implement 802.1x technology in a phased approach, as budget and resources allow.
IMPULSE POINT ANNOUNCES SAFE•CONNECT VERSION 3
Delivers Enhanced Open Network Access Control (OpenNAC) Functionality
Tampa, FL, June 13, 2006 – Impulse Point, a leading network access control solution provider for enterprise networks, announced the availability of Version 3.0 of its Safe•Connect OpenNAC solution. Safe•Connect V3.0 provides increased capabilities for endpoint policy management including an enhanced Custom Policy Builder Module that allows enterprises to create enterprise-specific endpoint security policies to address unique acceptable use standards and regulatory requirements.
Safe•Connect V3.0 also provides tighter integration with enterprise directory structures such as AD, LDAP, and RADIUS that enable network access policies to be applied according to the role of the end user - employee, vendor, student, guest, etc.
Safe•Connect provides an open network access control (OpenNAC) solution approach that addresses the need to easily integrate into diverse heterogeneous vendor environments and delivers a hardware-independent mechanism to isolate non-compliant endpoint devices at Layer2. The inherent scalability advantages of Safe•Connect's distributed architecture enables large organizations to address their NAC enterprise requirements in a cost effective manner.
IMPULSE POINT COMMITS TO MICROSOFT NETWORK ACCESS PROTECTION STRATEGY
Tampa, FL, March 20, 2006 – Impulse Point, a leading endpoint security provider for higher education and enterprise networks, today announced its ongoing support of Microsoft's Network Access Protection technology to help organizations manage and enforce endpoint security access policies.
Impulse Point, in combination with Microsoft Network Access Protection technology, offers customers a comprehensive solution for enforcing network access health requirements regardless of the enforcement mechanism, client agent configuration, or remediation services and infrastructure. Microsoft's Network Access Protection technology allows IT professionals to monitor and control network access based upon validation of a computer's compliance to pre-established policies. Microsoft's Network Access Protection technology will be publicly available with Beta 2 of Windows Vista, and available to select partners and customers with Beta 2 of the future version of Windows Server, codename "Longhorn."
IMPULSE POINT DONATES EXHIBIT LANDSCAPING TO DALLAS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Dallas, TX, November 1, 2005 – Impulse Point recently donated more than $2,000 worth of landscaping plants to the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity organization. The plants, including palm trees, birds of paradise, bromeliads, and ferns, will be available through the Habitat’s Home Improvement Outlet store in Dallas, Texas.
Through community donations, the Dallas Habitat Home Improvement Outlet sells quality, low-cost materials that help support building new homes. The Outlet Stores accept overstocked items, seconds, used, discontinued and salvageable building materials, home improvement items, and major appliances donated by builders, contractors, manufacturers and individuals. Donated materials are used whenever possible in the construction of Dallas Area Habitat homes. The remainder are sold at discounted prices and the profits help finance construction efforts for Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity.
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN WINS A SLICE OF PARADISE
Impulse Point Presents Two Tickets to Hawaii at EDUCAUSE Conference
Tampa, FL, October 26, 2005 – At the recent EDUCAUSE Conference in Orlando, Florida Impulse Point presented two airline tickets to Hawaii to Chris Watson, Director of Library Administrative and Computing Services at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Ms. Watson’s name was selected from among more than 1,000 entries. Participants needed to be present to win and although there were more than 100 in attendance for the drawing, Ms. Watson’s was the first entry selected.
IMPULSE POINT INTRODUCES PERSONAL ENDPOINT SECURITY SOLUTION BASED ON OPSWAT TECHNOLOGY
Impulse offers Personal Security Assistant to Higher Education
(EDUCAUSE) Orlando, FL, October 18, 2005 - Impulse Point, an endpoint security solution provider for higher education announces the availability of its first product offering based on OPSWAT, Inc. Technology, a leading provider of endpoint security competency tools.
The Impulse Security Assistant is the industry's first commercially available product to combine Impulse's Safe•Connect endpoint security policy architecture with OPSWAT's technology in the battle to secure the end user desktop.
IMPULSE POINT PROVIDES ENDPOINT SECURITY SERVICE for NATIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IT CONFERENCE
Safe•Connect™ Ensures Security Policies are Maintained
Dallas, TX, October 14, 2005 - Impulse Point, a leading endpoint security provider for higher education, was chosen to implement its Safe•Connect™ policy management system at this year’s League for Innovation in the Community College’s 2005 Conference on Information Technology, October 23-26 in Dallas, Texas.
The Impulse Safe•Connect™ solution will assist more than 2,000 conference participants in maintaining compliance with the League’s acceptable use Internet security policies. The Safe•Connect™ system will automate the process of ensuring that conference attendees are update-to-date with the most current anti-virus, anti-spyware, and Microsoft security patch software that are an essential part of providing a safe computing environment. Each user attempting Internet access will be guided through personalized instructions on how to meet the required security policies or how to contact Conference Technical Support for assistance.
IMPULSE POINT HELPS COLLEGES MANAGE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SECURITY THREATS
Automated Endpoint Security Policy Management Solution
Tampa, FL, September 15, 2005 - The potential security threats posed by millions of college students returning from summer break with unprotected computers can now be managed more efficiently. Impulse Point’s Safe•Connect™ solution addresses the unique challenges of network access policy management and enforcement faced by higher education. Safe•Connect allows institutions to define, deploy, and enforce acceptable use computing policies. The solution automates and enforces anti-virus, anti-spyware, Microsoft security patches, illegal peer-to-peer music file sharing, and bandwidth consumption policies. The result is a more secure and reliable IT infrastructure.
“More than 18 million students will connect to college networks this fall, introducing a myriad of potential security threats due to the absence of up-to-date personal security software. This leaves institutions highly susceptible to worms, spyware, viruses, and malicious intrusions that wreak havoc on campus networks,” says David Robinson, CEO of Impulse Point.
IMPULSE POINT AND OPSWAT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ENDPOINT SECURITY SOLUTION
Impulse extends its Safe•Connect™ Solution by using OPSWAT’s Endpoint Security SDK
Tampa, FL, September 20, 2005 - Impulse Point, an endpoint security policy management solution provider for higher education, and OPSWAT, Inc., a leading provider of endpoint security competency tools, announced a multi-year technology partnership wherein Impulse Point will incorporate OPSWAT’s anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall endpoint security technology into Impulse’s Safe•Connect policy management solution.
The partnership will enhance Impulse Point’s ability to enforce end user anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall security policies exercised by universities and colleges across the nation.
“Higher education institutions demand an endpoint security solution that can remain up-to-date with the ever growing diversity of end user devices”, explained David Robinson, CEO of Impulse Point. “Our partnership with OPSWAT ensures that our valued clients will continue to receive the industry’s broadest and most advanced endpoint security management functionality available.”
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