Celestix Releases New-Series WSA™ Appliances with Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010

February 12, 2010

Celestix Networks and e92plus are pleased to announce the launch of the upgraded WSA™ series appliances that now hosts Microsoft’s new Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 software

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG) lets network professionals provide mobile and remote workers with secure access to enterprise applications via a highly configurable SSL VPN. UAG provides centralised, highly customisable management that provides granular access and policy control across all of an enterprise’s users, devices, and network resources. UAG also gives administrators expanded options for managing Microsoft’s new Direct Access always on VPN feature in Windows Server 2008. Direct Access is expected to be a significant factor in the field of secure access as enterprises migrate their network infrastructures to Windows Server 2008.

Celestix reengineered their new 6th-generation hardware platforms to maximize the performance of Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 2008 OS and UAG application with added processing power and memory. The new platforms offer high-end performance, suitable from SMB requirements up to data-centres.

“By adding our X4 hardware platform and H2 high-end hardware platform to our appliance series, we have positioned WSA appliances with 64 bit technology to remain the SSL VPN solutions of choice for protecting the next generation of Microsoft infrastructures at businesses and enterprises,” commented Neil Matz, vice president of product management at Celestix.

e92plus are the sole distributor of Celestix appliances in the UK and are thrilled to welcome the complete new series of WSA appliances for Microsoft UAG and MSA appliances for Microsoft TMG. e92plus have a dedicated Celestix team to support resellers with their a wide range of free value added services, including support their technical, marketing and telemarketing needs. e92plus are also working with Celestix and resellers to host events/webinars for end-users to demo the MSA appliance and the new features.

Mukesh Gupta, Managing Director of Celestix’ distributor, e92plus stated “Microsoft and Celestix introducing additional features and Direct Access to the WSA built-in appliances will give our VARs an exciting solution that reveals the next generation of SSL VPN. This solution is pioneering technology and I welcome our resellers to demo the WSA appliance to see for themselves the additional features and enhancements. Following on from Microsoft TMG launching on Celestix MSA appliances last week, e92plus will be working closely with Celestix and resellers to increase sales through marketing activity and supporting Celestix. UAG represents a major opportunity for resellers, especially with the high level of customisation available and unique integration with Windows 7 for Direct Access that only UAG offers. This is an exciting year for Celestix and e92plus, we look forward with working with the resellers and supporting them through our added value services.”

About Celestix
Celestix delivers thousands of security appliances to mid-market organisations and enterprises annually. Founded in 1999, Celestix Networks features offices in Fremont, California; Singapore; Reading, UK and Chennai, India. Celestix has significant presences throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions including Japan to supplement its channel business. To date, Celestix has enlisted over 450 channel partners worldwide to help serve its end customers.

About e92plus limited
Established in 1989, e92plus Limited is a specialist value-added distributor in all aspects of enterprise IT security, including; Encryption, Firewalls, Antivirus, Content Filtering, Bandwidth Management, VPNs, Fully Managed Security Solutions and Accredited Training. The company has distribution agreements with Avira, Barracuda Networks, Celestix Networks, Cyberoam, Lumension, NComputing, Stonesoft, Websense, WinMagic, Vasco and Xirrus.

For more information please contact:
Natalie Inskip, Product Marketing Executive for Celestix
Natalie.inskip@e92plus.com
Tel: 0208 274 7004