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| SonicWALL Delivers Spam-Free High-Performance Network Security for Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | |
| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:09:00 AM | |
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Global Research Center Successfully Defends Their Network From Sophisticated Malicious Attacks SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. , a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute with a global vision to improve the human condition and based in St. Louis, Missouri, has implemented a SonicWALL� E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E6500 and a SonicWALL� Email Security Appliance to provide high-performance network security and spam-free productivity. As a global research center, the Danforth Center collaborates with researchers, scholars, and scientists around the world. Malicious SQL injection attacks had defaced the Center's public Web pages, critically undermining the site's integrity. At the same time, the Danforth Center was being overwhelmed by spam attacks. "Not only were all my daily activities put on hold, but our scientists were kept from doing research or writing grants. It wasn't just a pain. It was a serious impact on productivity," said Jeremy Tate, the Danforth Center's Senior Technical Analyst. Tate's team conducted extensive research before selecting a replacement solution for their network security appliance. Tate's decision to go forward with SonicWALL was based upon both in-depth research and first-hand experience. "We looked at Cisco, F5, and TippingPoint appliances, as well as an AT&T; managed solutions. It came down to how much performance we were going to get for our investment. The SonicWALL E6500 came out on top," said Tate. "While there are less expensive options out there, their performance doesn't come anywhere close to SonicWALL. And everything else we looked at was going to cost three to ten times as much for the same performance." To assist in the deployment, Tate turned to network and managed service supplier Professional Network Solutions. "SonicWALL was able to secure the network, eliminate cyber threats and still allow the network access needed for collaborative research," said Barry Cress, Vice President of Professional Network Solutions. "There were no other choices that provided the full suite of security features operating in a high-throughput network and still meet the customer's budget." The results were instant and effective. "SonicWALL helped me write a little script for the Application Firewall feature that immediately stopped the SQL injection," said Tate. He has also configured the E6500 for firewall intrusion prevention, virus protection and anti-spyware. "The spyware detection has been absolutely fantastic," said Tate. "Now we don't spend wasted hours dealing with that. I can honestly say that since we've put it in place, we haven't had a problem with inbound spyware." The Center has also seen increased productivity from its SonicWALL Email Security solution. "Other spam filters block e-mails containing broken or limited English as spam," said Tate. "SonicWALL lets users un-junk legitimate emails and automatically add the sender to the allow list." The SonicWALL Email Security solution also significantly lowered the Center's total cost of ownership by eliminating IT overhead. "With our previous manual system," said Tate. "We'd constantly get false positives, or legitimate mail wasn't getting through. Because SonicWALL was so automated, it required very little management time or resources. It's been really, really nice for us." To Purchase SonicWALL Products Visit http://www.sonicguard.com |