News Coverage
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Computerworld Security
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Rival offers 50% discount to SonicWall users miffed by licensing glitch ComputerWorld editor Jaikumar Vijayan outlines Astaro's Sonic Switch promotion, which gives 50% off the list prices on all Astaro hardware and software with the trade in of a SonicWall appliance. |
12/05/2008 |
Boston Business Journal
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Astaro Doubles HQ Size with Relocation The Boston Business Journal announces Astaro’s headquarters move and notes important company growth statistics. |
11/24/2008 |
ISP-Planet
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The Astaro Mail Gateway Takes On Barracuda Alex Goldman outlines Astaro’s Better than Barracuda Promotion, introduces the Astaro Mail Gateway and provides commentary from Jack Daniel, Astaro Support Engineer. |
10/07/2008 |
SC Magazine UK
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Review: Astaro Web Gateway 4000 SC Magazine praises Astaro Web Gateway 4000's simple deployment, versatile web access policies and unlimited users. |
9/15/2008 |
PC Pro
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Review: Astaro Web Gateway 1000 PC Pro calls the Astaro Web Gateway 1000 "An easily deployed appliance with stiff web content filtering that can be customised with a wide range of access policies." |
9/08/2008 |
E-Commerce Times
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Astaro: Tapping the Channel for Security Revenue E-Commerce Times outlines Astaro’s history, from small startup operation to highly successful player in the security space. Jan Hichert also explains where the company is headed. |
8/28/2008 |
IT PRO
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Review: Astaro Web Gateway 3000 According to IT PRO, Astaro Web Gateway 3000 is a "sophisticated solution". |
8/08/2008 |
Australian IT
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Crooks shift sights to small operators
Astaro's Vice President of Asia Pacific, Bryan Stibbard, speaks about how crooks are using PCI compliance as an entry point. |
7/15/2008 |
TMCnet.com
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6 Top Technologies -- As the drive to better support remote sites gains momentum, you need to separate helpful tech from roadblocks
Article explains how UTM appliances such as Astaro addresses the problems of supporting remote offices. |
7/14/2008 |
CRN
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2008 CRN Emerging Vendors: The List
Astaro has been selected, for the second year in a row, as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor for Astaro Security Gateway. CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.See Astaro's listing here. |
6/27/2008 |
Business Solutions Magazine
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Security VAR Enters The Education Market Astaro partner M5 Systems is featured in Business Solutions Magazine for their successful implementation of Astaro solutions in Cottonwood School District in Arizona. |
6/24/2008 |
CRN
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Astaro lures resellers with large discount CRN highlights Astaro's most aggressive channel promotion ever. |
6/17/2008 |
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
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Open source Astaro security appliance installed at insurance company At Underwriters Safety & Claims, security abruptly rose to the top of IT Director Grant Nickle's to-do list late last fall when it became clear that the existing security system needed replacement. |
6/05/2008 |
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SC Magazine UK
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Lean Times References Astaro Survey results from the RSA Conference in San Francisco earlier in the year. Discusses the growing concerns surrounding IT Security budgets in 2008. |
6/03/2008 |
Processor
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Spotlighting Security - Smaller Companies That Can Alter Your Approach Christian Perry of Processor Magazine highlights which smaller companies should not be overlooked when shopping for security. Astaro is said to have "great potential" and is featured in a standout box. |
5/30/2008 |
Tech Tidbits
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Can Security Services Offer VARs a Safe Haven in a Harsh Economic Environment? Frank Ohlhorst of the Tech Tidbits blog says Astaro offers compelling research on IT spending in the face of an economic recession and also offers his own take on the issue. |
5/16/2008 |
PC World
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Guide to Secure Web Gateways
Best Practices for deploying secure Web gateways. |
5/13/2008 |
InformationWeek
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Small And Midsize Businesses' IT Security Budgets 'Recession-Proof'
Information week utilizes results from Astaro’s RSA attendee survey to report that IT security budgets seem to be “recession proof”. |
4/24/2008 |
ComputerWeekly.com
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Open Source Software Security Andrew Fourie, UK country manager at Astaro, helps to debunk the myth that open source security software is too risky for enterprise adoption. |
4/18/2008 |
Dark Reading
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Vendors Push Out UTM's Boundaries Astaro is noted as the best example of a company working to push the boundaries of UTM functionality. |
4/10/2008 |
GWAVATV
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GWAVATV talks with Angelo Comazzetto from Astaro GWAVATV talks with Angelo Comazzetto, Product Evangelist at Astaro, about the Astaro product line and competitive advantage. |
4/01/2008 |
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SC Magazine
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Astaro Receives 5 Stars & SC Magazine Recommended Honors The Astaro Security Gateway 320, running version 7.1 received top honors in the latest SC Magazine Unified Threat Management (UTM) group test. SC Magazine exclaims that the Astaro product is "a fully loaded gateway security device at a not so fully loaded price" and "it could become the only security appliance needed for total protection." |
3/06/2008 |
Network World
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PIX trade-in offer from Astaro Quiet Cisco PIX end-of-sale notice kindles PIX trade-in offer from Astaro. Cisco PIX users can get Astaro for big discount. |
2/03/2008 |
Vertical Systems Reseller
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The Upside of Insecurity Astaro surveyed 2,800 partners and end users, finding that 70 percent will increase budgets to prevent unauthorized access to networks and data. |
1/14/2008 |
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Network World
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Options Seen Lacking in Firewall Virtual Server Protection Astaro recognized as one of the few security vendors playing in firewall virtual server protection. |
1/08/2008 |
CRN
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Astaro No. 1 in "10 Companies to Watch" What separates Astaro from the pack is its Linux foundation, which paves the way for the solution provider partners to capture 30 percent margins. Look for Astaro to continue to push the margin and technology envelope in 2008. |
12/17/2007 |
bMighty.com
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The iphone is turning into a business tool While the iPhone is good at accessing public Web sites (like Google, Amazon.com or bMighty) and hosted Software-as-a-Service (like Salesforce.com), it’s been challenged by enterprise firewalls. That barrier is being broken thanks to new VPN features offered by Astaro. |
12/12/2007 |
Windows IT Pro
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Astaro Security Gateway 220 Receives 4.5 Rating Windows IT Pro Magazine recommends Astaro stating "The Astaro Security Gateway 220’s broad feature set and ability to be implemented on many platforms make it a must-see. Take this flexible, highly configurable perimeter security system for a test drive." |
12/01/2007 |
eChannelLine Daily News
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Astaro IDs Future IT Security Trends WLAN security, vulnerability scanning and web application firewalls were some of the investments that 65 percent of IT departments said they will be making during the next fiscal year, according to the results of a global market survey conducted by Astaro Corp., makers of unified threat management (UTM) security appliances. |
11/25/2007 |
BCS
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The Right Formula for Data Leak Protection Email is so firmly established that few users stop to wonder what happens to their emails after they send them. Customer records, sales figures, marketing plans and other business confidential information are regularly attached to emails and sent, without a second thought, across the internet, an open communication medium. Udo Kerst, senior product manager, Astaro AG, looks at how to make email more secure. |
10/25/2007 |
Connect IT
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Security Budgets on the Rise A global market survey from unified threat management solution makers Astaro Corp. notes that 70 percent of IT professionals surveyed plan on increasing their spending on network security in the next fiscal year. |
10/23/2007 |
CRN Tech
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Bake-Off: Unified Threat Management Appliances "While there are many vendors that specialize in content filtering and other application-level security, only a few vendors can truly claim that they have a UTM solution. Astaro is one...The Astaro Security Gateway 110/120 Version 7 arrives with the most security management features of all the products we reviewed." |
10/22/2007 |
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CRN
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Dangerous Security Mistakes That Can Take Your Company Down Developing, implementing, and maintaining an IT security strategy is a task so rife with stress and second guessing that it could probably give Rip Van Winkle insomnia. CRN recently asked several IT security experts for their take on some of the most common errors in judgment companies make when it comes to securing their networks. |
10/12/2007 |
Linux.com
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Astaro "paved the way" for VC-funded open source companies Astaro makes and markets a network appliance built on Linux and a complement of open source tools to help prevent spam, viruses, and other potential Internet intrusions. When Astaro's founders launched the company in 2000, venture capital funding for open source businesses was hard to find. CEO Jan Hichert says he and his colleagues tried but failed to secure funding and had to bootstrap. After the company was proved successful, VCs proved more willing to contribute to a company built on open source. |
8/30/2007 |
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CRN
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14 Hot Products From XChange '07 It wasn't all mini golf at Astaro's booth. The vendor was also talking up its forthcoming Compliance Reporter, a new tool launching later this month that channel partners can use to perform risk assessments to determine whether customers are compliant with a multitude of federal regulations. Once information about a customer's network is entered into the tool, it generates a report detailing the level of compliance that customer has achieved. An annual subscription to the online tool costs $595 and the company is offering partners 40 percent margins. |
8/27/2007 |
Risk UK Online
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Email Encryption and Threat Management "To be acceptable for small or midsized companies, secure email transmission technology needs to be easy to install, administer and, to maximize simplicity, easy to combine with other security components," explains Udo Kerst, senior product manager, Astaro AG. "Its use by individual employees must be enforceable in order to allow company-wide security policy to be implemented, but the securing mechanisms should be transparent in use to avoid the need for costly training and to maintain employee productivity. Finally, the solution must be affordable for smaller businesses." |
8/02/2007 |
PC Magazine
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Review: Astaro Security Gateway 120 The Astaro Security Gateway 120 is a full-featured perimeter protection device for small business. It's got a number of impressive, well-implemented features, and IT pros will appreciate the unit's excellent reporting and alerting systems. |
7/19/2007 |
IT Backbones Security News
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Astaro’s Unified Threat Management Security Products Create Accelerated UK Channel And Sales Growth With the number and complexity of security threats continuing to increase, the benefits of UTM have established widespread market acceptance. One security appliance, rather than many, protecting an organization from all threats and managed through a single management interface, significantly reduces the overall cost of security. Astaro’s latest UTM software, Astaro Security Gateway version 7 (ASG v7), comes preloaded onto a range of hardware appliances and provides protection in over nine different security categories. |
7/13/2007 |
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Boston Business Journal
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German IT security software developers come here to grow In the market for network security products, the founders of Astaro Corp. have found security of their own in establishing a U.S. presence in this state, while focusing on a particular customer demographic. |
6/29/2007 |
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CRN
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163 Emerging Tech Dynamos In addition to being selected to CRN's Emerging Tech List, Astaro was also chosen among the top "50 Emerging Vendors You Should Know" from a total field of 163 vendors. |
6/04/2007 |
SC Magazine
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Astaro Security Gateway Best Network Security And the winner is... Astaro Security Gateway. (SC Magazine European Awards 2007). |
6/01/2007 |
Baseline Magazine
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New Security Survival Guide: How To Layer A Solid Defense One reaction to those mounting lines of perimeter defense: consolidation. Kansas City Life Insurance, for one, replaced traditional, single-purpose devices with a hardware-software combination called a unified threat management (UTM) appliance (from Astaro). The device combines the firewall typical of perimeter defenses with intrusion prevention systems, anti-spam and antivirus software, and Web filtering. |
6/01/2007 |
SecureIT Online
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Ask the Experts Udo Kerst, Senior Product Manager at Astaro, is one of the experts for secureIT - a magazine, website and electronic newsletter. |
5/30/2007 |
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PC Pro
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Astaro Security Gateway 7 Review The latest version of Astaro's UTM software offers comprehensive protection at an affordable price, says PC Pro, the influential IT magazine for experienced and professional users in the UK. |
5/01/2007 |
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SecureIT Online
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Centralized Administration of Multiple Security Appliances The release of Astaro Command Center (ACC) 1.4 is picked up by SecureIT Online, a magazine, website and electronic newsletter. |
4/24/2007 |
www.datamation.com
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UTM: Ten Questions Before you Buy According to IDC, UTMs are the fastest growing segment of the security appliance market and by next year they will even outsell firewalls and VPNs. But finding the right UTM appliance will take some careful research and testing. Here are some questions to get you started down the right path, along with the leading products that satisfy each criteria. |
4/13/2007 |
gamesindustry.biz
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Nintendo releases finalised Wii browser Nintendo has teamed up with Astaro for improved internet security through the Wii, as well as enhancing parental controls, as reported by gamesindustry.biz, the world's leading site for news and information about the global videogames industry. |
4/12/2007 |
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SecureIT Online
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New Arrival at Astaro Astaro’s new Marketing Director EMEA Arne Klein is news at SecureIT Online, a magazine, website and electronic newsletter. |
3/27/2007 |
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CRN Canada
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It's Channel Time For Linux Open Source - App Developers Look to Partners to Help Take Linux Mainstream The Linux channel revolution means businesses of all sizes are no longer tied to corporate giants for robust enterprise-class solutions, Quinonez said. Those old-school vendors are offering solutions that are at least double the cost of an Astaro unified threat management solution, he said. |
3/26/2007 |
BIOS Magazine
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Astaro Rolls Out Astaro Secure Client 9.0 For Mobile Workers Secure mobile connectivity with Astaro is covered by Bios Magazine, a publication specialized in providing content specific to small businesses. |
3/06/2007 |
CRN Magazine
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6 Channel Execs You Should Know "According to Alex Quinonez, vice president of sales at the company, the overarching plan for 2007 is to double partner ranks along with doubling revenue for top partners... In the two years since Quinonez joined Astaro, he has converted the company's direct sales model into a channel model, and consequently, channel-specific revenue rose 50 percent from 2005 to 2006... In addition to Astaro's product line, Quinonez credits this overwhelming takeoff to its market demand generation programs, Web-based training, as well as a dedicated team of channel managers. He also has made the product accessible to more MSPs due to pricing and contract commitments." |
2/12/2007 |
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CRN Magazine
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Astaro Adds Encryption to UTM Appliance "Astaro this week launched a new version of its flagship gateway unified threat management (UTM) product that adds e-mail encryption, clustering technology and tools for securing instant-messaging and peer-to-peer traffic...Having a single appliance that's easy to set up and manage is important, and the flexibility of Astaro's technology allows partners to address multiple market segments, said Scott Charles, security engineer at Roeing, a Lafayette, Ind.-based solution provider. 'They're able to pack a punch at any level, from home users all the way up to 25,000-seat organizations', Charles said." |
1/25/2007 |
Linux Magazine
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Linux Magazine’s 20 Companies to Watch in 2007 Astaro’s "new directions are worth watching", says Linux Magazine, the premier resource for Linux and Open Source in enterprise computing. |
1/19/2007 |
