Forwarded From: darek milewski <darekmat_private> http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1999/0118hp.html HP announces extranet security products By Jana Sanchez and Emil Abirascid IDG News Service, 01/18/99 Hewlett-Packard's Internet security software division announced two new software products designed to allow companies to secure their extranets and electronic commerce systems. HP announced Praesidium DomainGuard and DomainGuard Rules at a press event for European journalists last Thursday. The company is unveiling the products in the U.S. at the RSA Data Security Conference, which starts today in San Jose. DomainGuard products allow enterprises to create and manage secure Web-based interactions with customers, business partners and employees, HP says. The software, when installed on a company's Web-server, authenticates Web-pages and Web-based forms for e-commerce transactions. DomainGuard Rules intercepts the Web forms containing the product number and customer ID, and authenticates them, according to HP's press statement. Customers can thus check the status of their inventories and orders on the company extranet. With the new products, HP hopes to move into a field that has, to date, been dominated by smaller software companies. HP chose this products to be the first to be launched because, "This is an area where we have some expertise and which was fully populated by start-ups," says Lior Arussy, worldwide marketing manager for HP Internet Security Operation. HP maintains that large corporations will choose the HP products over those coming from start-ups, based on HP's reputation. "The key differentiator is stability and trust," Arussy says. Of course, HP will now face competition from other well-known companies in this field, such as Netscape, which is also launching a competitive product this week, the new Netscape Directory for Secure E-Commerce. So far, HP has signed up 29 channel partners in Europe to distribute the new security products, almost as many as in the U.S. "Consumption of security products in Europe is very strong," Arussy says. There is a higher security awareness among enterprises, he says. Many companies in Europe are building security infrastructures that comply with tougher European laws, such as those designed to protect consumer information, he says. Both DomainGuard Rules and DomainGuard operate on Windows NT, Sun Solaris, and HP/UX. HP is evaluating whether or not to offer the products for the Linux operating system, Arussy says. HP also announced the newest version of its VirtualVault Web server platform, VirtualVault 3.5. It now supports Java, with the inclusion of a Java Virtual Machine. The new version is aimed squarely at Sun servers, according to Arussy. "Sun has achieved a great deal of success as an Internet server," Arussy says. DomainGuard Rules will be released in the second quarter in Europe and will cost $4,710 for 100 users. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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