ZyXEL launches next generation 8-in-1 ZyWALL UTM series

ZyXEL launches next generation 8-in-1 ZyWALL UTM series

The ZyWALL UTM series from ZyXEL Communications Corp. comes with world’s first anti-virus/IDP acceleration card to boost security and performance

New Delhi, February 08, 2006 – ZyXEL Communications Corp., world’s leading broadband access solutions provider, today announced the availability of its next generation ZyWALL UTM (Unified Threat Management) series in India, incorporating eight security features, such as Firewall, IDP (intrusion detection and prevention), anti-spam and antivirus. In addition, the new products from ZyXEL boast of the world’s first Network Security Turbo Card to boost overall throughput by an amazing 20 times. The installation of ZyWALL UTM series is easy too—it takes just six essential steps in six minutes to deploy the robust information security appliance providing the best security solution.

According to Mr. Milind Kamat, Principal Consultant—India, ZyXEL Communications Corp., "It makes perfect sense for the corporate with restricted budget and resources to employ all-in-one security appliances. With ZyWALL UTM series from ZyXEL, security features can be set up at once. This relieves the users from complicated installation and management of diverse devices by the MIS staff. Besides, as a bonus there is a free trial period of anti-spam and anti-virus solutions for as long as six months, giving the tight-budgeted businesses longer protection time than the products from the competition."

"Many amidst the IT staff think that deploying a UTM will solve all their security problems in one shot however, they fail to realize that the throughput of many UTMs would drop significantly below 1 Mbps with layer 7 protections activated. Therefore, it becomes more of a bottleneck for the network than providing any benefits. With the latest ZyWALL UTM series, there are no throughput issues owing to ZyXEL’s SecuASIC acceleration chip, yet another first in the world, capable of maintaining the performance 20 times faster than competition even with all 8 security features enabled. With ZyWALL UTM series, businesses can fortify networks without sacrificing decent data throughput required by future media-rich applications," said Mr. Austin Huang, Business Development Manager, ZyXEL Communications Corp.

Based on the latest ZyNOS4 network operating system, the new ZyWALL UTM series integrates comprehensive firewall, IPSec VPN, dual WAN load balancing, bandwidth management, content filtering, IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention), Mailshell Gateway anti-spam and Kaspersky antivirus solution in a box to satisfy the security needs of a business.
To ensure the throughput of ZyWALL UTM series even with 8 security features activated simultaneously, ZyXEL embeds world’s first antivirus/IDP chip into the ZyWALL Turbo acceleration card designed exclusively for ZyWALL UTM. The SecuASIC chip employs the advanced DFA (Deterministic Finite Automata) algorithm and CPI (Complete Packet Inspection) technologies to maintain the speed and accuracy regardless of the amount of increasing signatures being matched. Better yet, there’s even no size limit to the files being scanned.

Despite the powerful security features, the installation and management of ZyWALL UTM series is surprisingly easy. Network administrators can deploy the appliance with six simple operations dubbed as acronym "S-E-C-U-R-E" in just six minutes, without altering existing network infrastructure and configuration.

From the ZyXEL Security Distribution Network, ZyWALL UTM series users will be able to download the latest virus and attack signatures to respond quickly and effectively to the escalating network threats and cyber attacks.

Availability & Price

ZyXEL’s ZyWALL UTM series products can be availed from its national distributor TelExcell Information Systems Limited with prices starting from Rs 10,000 onwards.

About ZyXEL Communications

ZyXEL Communications Corp. located in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is the world’s largest DSL router provider (Gartner Group, August 2005). ZyXEL’s broad line of Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions includes access multiplexors, customer premise equipment, Internet security and Wireless LAN equipment, enabling high-performance network services for SOHO, small to mid-sized businesses and service providers. ZyXEL works closely with worldwide network equipment vendors, telecommunications companies, ISPs, and other major businesses. For more information, visit the company’s website at http://www.zyxel.com.