Advanced Software Solution Addresses Corporate Needs for Secure E-Business
Environments
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ --
Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq: SCUR), today announced from the
RSA Conference 2000 a technology alliance that will provide next-generation
Sidewinder(TM) and SafeWord(TM) security products optimized for the upcoming
Intel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) Itanium(TM) processor. These solutions
will deliver protection for the increasingly security- intensive inter-,
intra- and extranet computing environments.
As a network security gateway, Sidewinder provides additional technologies
and filters beyond traditional firewall capabilities. The SafeWord
authentication solution eliminates the vulnerabilities associated with
traditional fixed passwords and provides the most advanced user authentication
of cryptographic ID verifications and dynamic passwords. Secure Computing will
take advantage of the Itanium processor's Explicitly Parallel Instruction
Computing (EPIC) architecture to provide the speed and scalability required
for e-business environments, in which Sidewinder and SafeWord must support
many thousands of simultaneous connections from the Internet to corporate
networks. Secure Computing will also be releasing products on the Linux
operating system (OS), one of the major operating systems that the Intel
Itanium will support.
"E-businesses require highly scalable security solutions because of a
demanding customer environment," said Dan Russell, general manager, Intel
Architecture Content Group. "The combination of the Intel Itanium processor
and Secure Computing's Sidewinder and SafeWord applications can provide
electronic businesses world-class performance and security."
"Secure Computing has been on the Intel platform for many years and we are
embracing the new Itanium processor as a natural step in offering the best
security applications available for electronic business," said
Carr Biggerstaff, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, planning and
business development at Secure Computing. "Today, we authorize hundreds of
thousands of simultaneous connections. Tomorrow, with the increasing demand
for security-intensive extranets, this number will be in the millions."
Secure Computing is working closely with Intel to port its security
products to the Intel Itanium processor and is targeting availability at the
Intel Itanium processor launch in mid-year 2000. Live demonstrations of
Secure's advanced security solutions will take place at the Secure Computing
Booth #246, and Intel's Booth #636, at the RSA Conference 2000. Press
appointments are available; call 408-918-6120 to arrange.
About Secure Computing
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Secure Computing Corporation is a
global leader in providing safe, secure extranets for e-business. Secure
Computing solutions provide authentication, authorization, and secure network
access. Secure Computing's worldwide partners and customer base are counted
among the Fortune 50 in financial services, healthcare, telecom,
communications, manufacturing, technology and Internet service providers, as
well as some of the largest agencies of the United States government.
For more information, visit Secure Computing Corporation at
http://www.securecomputing.com, or by calling: in Europe, 44-1753-826000; in
Asia/Pacific, 61-2-9844-5440; in the U.S., 800-379-4944, or 408-918-6100
NOTE: All trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned
herein belong to their respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the
anticipated delivery of Secure Computing's security product for the upcoming
Intel Itanium processor technology and the expected benefits of such
technology, and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays
in product development, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, changes
in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors
detailed from time to time in Secure Computing's periodic reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Secure Computing Corporation
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CONTACT:
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