Celestix Offers Upgraded WSA Appliances With MS Forefront UAG 2010

Celestix Networks announced that they have begun taking orders for their upgraded WSA series appliances that now host 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, 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 DirectAccess always on VPN feature in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Celestix re-engineered their new sixth-generation hardware platforms to maximise the performance of Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 OS and UAG application with added processing power and memory. For smaller customers or branch offices, Celestix has introduced the X4 platform, which supports the increased SSL encryption requirements of small enterprises.

The new WSA appliances also share Celestix’ next-generation Comet appliance engine software with Celestix’ recently-released MSA Web security gateway appliances. Celestix re-engineered their appliance engine from the ground up to deliver a fully-integrated appliance experience familiar to existing Celestix customers. Comet takes advantage of the new 64-bit architecture to provide data centre-ready features such as a Web user interface for headless operation, integrated save/ restore of Last Good Version for disaster recovery, and a rebuilt software update engine to provide a comprehensive view of patching.