F5 announced an enhanced version of its award-winning FirePass® Controller SSL VPN software. The new release provides the SSL VPN market's first support of Microsoft's Windows Vista™ operating system. It also features seamless integration with F5's BIG-IP® Global Traffic Management (GTM) product to ensure superior performance, scalability and 'always on' access for FirePass users worldwide. In addition, F5 debuted its FirePass 4300 hardware platform for large scale deployments, delivering the best price-performance available for enterprises with up to tens-of-thousands of users.
"Our support for Microsoft's Windows Vista gives our customers the assurance that their F5 investment will serve them far into the future," said Ameet Dhillon, Director of Product Management at F5. "Couple that with the powerful new FirePass platform and integration with F5's unique Global Traffic Manager and enterprises have an easy-to-manage, single-vendor solution that readily accommodates tens of thousands of remote users."
Highlights of the new FirePass product include:
Vista client support:
Integration with BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM):
FirePass 4300 high performance hardware platform: Catering to the needs of large enterprise SSL VPN deployments, the 4300 platform offers the best price-performance, scalability, and high availability for large enterprise SSL VPN deployments. supports up to 2,000 concurrent users. (hmm interesting seems low compared to other manufactures)
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