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OnDemand Software Selects Mirage Networks to Defend Its Network Interior; Network Access Control Appliance Finds and Stops Threats Originating From Uncontrolled Endpoints

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 09:00 CDT

Mirage Networks, developers of award-winning technology uniquely designed to protect the network interior, today announced that OnDemand Software, a Division of Global Knowledge, has chosen CounterPoint(TM) appliances to secure its network interior.

The company selected the award-winning CounterPoint based on the product's key benefits:

-- Network-based appliance that requires neither agents nor signatures

-- Surgical cloaking that removes only the offending endpoints from the network

-- Behavioral, threshold-based rules stop day-zero threats without false positives

"OnDemand Software faces the security issues impacting nearly every institution whose networks are defined by ease of access to information," said Scott Olson, vice president of marketing, Mirage Networks. "Users are not spreading malware maliciously. Most often, mobile PCs bring infections into the interior of the network that were picked up outside the corporate perimeter. That is the primary hole in traditional security solutions -- and CounterPoint was developed to solve exactly this problem."

CounterPoint is a unique network access control solution that provides day-zero protection against rapidly propagating threats (RPTs) at the access/distribution layer -- where staff and student computers attach to a school's network. If an infected device is plugged into the network and attempts to propagate an infection, or violate security policies, CounterPoint immediately identifies the traffic as malicious and revokes the network access of that device. The device remains fully functional on its own, but can no longer connect to the network. This is accomplished without client-based software, without network redesign, and without the need to continually update signatures.

About OnDemand Software, a division of Global Knowledge

OnDemand Software is a recognized leader in providing software solutions that enable rapid user adoption and accelerate the return on investment for enterprise application implementations. With OnDemand Personal Navigator(TM), the synchronized content development platform for documentation, training, and in-application performance support, organizations can increase enterprise application utilization, realize faster time to competency, and reduce training costs and content development time. Founded in 1986, OnDemand Software, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe portfolio company is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, with offices worldwide and products in 10 languages. More than 850 Global 2000 companies are deriving greater business value from their enterprise applications with OnDemand Software. We fuse people, process, and technology to mitigate risk and enable seamless change management. For more information visit www.ondemandgk.com.

About Global Knowledge

Global Knowledge is the largest privately held provider of training, enterprise learning services, and software solutions for information technology (IT) and management professionals. The company offers a broad array of hands-on IT, project management, and professional skills training featuring proprietary core and custom curriculum as well as content from leading companies, including Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, and Red Hat. Delivered in classrooms, at private facilities, or over the Internet, Global Knowledge has helped Fortune 500 companies, organizations and government agencies leverage learning to turn knowledge into productivity for employees, customers, and channel partners. Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge employs more than 800 people worldwide and is headquartered in Cary, N.C. The company is owned by New York-based investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe. For more information, visit www.globalknowledge.com.

About Mirage Networks

Mirage helps enterprises defend their networks from day-zero threats and policy violations with patent-pending Network Access Control technology. The award-winning CounterPoint appliance uniquely protects the network interior, controlling network access for any endpoint, no matter the operating system or device, without agents, signatures, rearchitecture, or high overhead. For more information about comprehensive internal network protection at a low total cost of ownership, visit www.miragenetworks.com.

Source: Business Wire

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