Astaro releases New Version of its Central Management Tool for UTM Appliances
Astaro Command Center V1.3 with new features that are targeted towards large Enterprises and Service Providers.
Burlington MA (USA) and Karlsruhe (Germany), 4th October 2006 – Astaro Corporation today released Astaro Command Center V1.3, a new version of its centralized management application for Astaro Security Gateway UTM appliances. Version 1.3 of the central management application integrates improved role-based multi-administrator support, enhanced real-time monitoring of high availability bundles and also provides a centralized update server for all Astaro appliances within a global network.
Astaro Command Center allows the centralized and efficient management of many challenging and time-consuming tasks, such as defining security policies, configuring applications, monitoring actual device states and maintaining device software and pattern updates. The intuitive web-based user interface provides an effective overview of each device’s health status, allowing administrators to efficiently see which gateways require immediate action.
Astaro Command Center is a highly scalable turnkey solution, designed for the management of hundreds or even thousands of devices, whilst simultaneously providing the complete function set of a fully-fledged central management solution.
Astaro Command Center V1.3 integrates the following enhancements:
- With the enhanced fine-grained access control for role-based multi-administrator systems, different administrator roles can be defined, (for monitoring, maintenance and configuration purposes), for each device or device groups. In addition, permission can be automatically granted for newly confirmed devices through pre-defined rules.
- Real-time monitoring of High Availability bundles provides the respective status information for both, the master and slave components, within a High Availability (HA) bundle. For instance, the name, version and last contact status for all devices will now be shown in various views, providing up-to-date information about critical component states requiring immediate action.
- As a Local ASG Up2Date Server, the Astaro Command Center server will now provide pre-fetched Up2Date packages for all Astaro Security Gateways (ASGs) within a customer’s network environment, including those units which do not have a direct internet connection.
Availability and Pricing
Astaro Command Center is shipped as a software appliance, (i.e. a bootable ISO image including the operating system with all applications), capable of being installed on all dedicated Intel-compatible PCs.
The new features found within ACC V1.3 will be supported by all Astaro Security Gateway clients running ASG software V6, version 6.303 and higher.
Astaro Command Center V1.3 is available immediately to all Astaro Security Gateway customers at no charge.
Astaro Command Center V1.3 can be downloaded via the following links: ftp://ftp2.astaro.de or http://download2.astaro.com
About Astaro
Astaro Security Gateways ( www.astaro.com) control access to networks, guarantee availability and ensure compliance for businesses and enterprises worldwide, while reducing network administration costs. With Astaro Security Gateway, network administrators and designers achieve Network Assurance: functional, high-performance and safe business networks. Astaro Security Gateways have won numerous industry awards, and are protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries, including such companies as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Los Alamos National Labs, Stanford University and Watsco, Inc. Astaro Security Gateways are ICSA Labs and Common Criteria certified.
Based in Burlington, MA and Karlsruhe, Germany, the company’s products are distributed by a worldwide network of 450 solutions partners who offer local support and services.
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