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Industry Challenges
Today's knowledge-driven organizations must balance Internet usage requirements with network security. Many employees need high-performance Internet access to work effectively, yet companies need to protect their internal networks from viruses, hackers, and other vulnerabilities. As Internet usage requirements have grown, the costs associated with fast, secure access have also grown, as companies invested in piecemeal components such as proxy servers, bandwidth, firewalls, and content filtering applications. Administrators lacked an integrated, cost-effective solution to manage and deliver employee Internet access. Network Appliance responds with its internet access and security solution, which is easy to install and administer, improves access management, reduces Internet-related expenditures and risks, and increases infrastructure reliability and scalability. The NetApp® solution is based on its highly available, versatile, and dependable NetCache® appliances and software.

Why NetApp?
The Network Appliance internet access and security solution replaces legacy proxy servers and caching software, saving significant operational costs and resulting in a return on investment of three months ( IDC analysis). By integrating proxy, advanced caching, content filtering, Web virus scanning, and usage analysis functionality into a single solution, NetApp addresses multiple Internet security threats, helps scale firewalls, prevents bandwidth cost increases, and improves control of Internet usage. The solution supports all Web content types and all major authentication methods. This results in lower costs due to administration time, lost employee productivity, and network downtime. Finally, security is enhanced by blocking Web-borne viruses and hackers and providing comprehensive tools to control Internet usage. With the superior NetApp® internet access and security solution, your administrators will spend less time on Internet issues and have more time to address other critical business needs.

Benefit from Strong Partnerships
Network Appliance partnerships enable best-of-breed solutions for Internet access and security. Producing a comprehensive and reliable solution, NetCache proxy, caching, and access-control functions are certified interoperable and compatible with leading software solutions-from Secure Computing, Symantec, Trend Micro, Websense, and WebWasher-for content filtering, virus scanning, and usage reporting.