Microsoft's ISA Server Threatens Firewall Market.

When Microsoft's Proxy Server first became available in October of 1996, industry analysts knew it would only be a short amount of time before the company would take the product further to produce a full blown firewall system. They were right. Microsoft's new Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) server, currently in beta, is positioned as a firewall and traffic management system to compliment Windows 2000 Server. Analysts now say ISA Server threatens the marketspace of long time security solution providers such as Checkpoint Technologies, Cisco Systems, and Network Associates.

Published: Jul 07, 2000
Updated: Oct 28, 2002
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Company: ISAserver.org
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