As technology usage is proliferating among Small and Medium Business (SMB) units, vendors are trying to tap the emerging opportunities aggressively. And they're introducing specialized, tailored solutions for the SMB buyers.
Realizing the fact that information security is at the top of the enterprise priority list, 3Com Corporation, a leading company in the networking space, has introduced its X-Family unified security platforms, which claim to offer integrated security solutions, primarily to SMBs. The solutions are based on Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), and they're integrated with VPN, firewall, web content filtering, and traffic shaping capabilities delivered in a managed solution model.
While the X-Family delivers IPS with security and network optimization solutions, they're supposed to counter burgeoning threats like spyware and phishing, besides targeting compliance requirements that demand an advanced security solution to protect data against all types of threats.
The 3Com solution-based security with traffic shaping and application prioritization aims to provide an ideal platform for distributed networks that are deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and require Quality of Service (QoS) for mission critical traffic. The integrated bandwidth management capabilities prioritize voice or video traffic, while throttling back non-essential traffic, like peer-to-peer file sharing, to maximize network resources and reclaim bandwidth.
According to the company, these unified security platforms are currently available in different global markets.
