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HP announces extranet security products
By Jana Sanchez and Emil Abirascid
IDG News Service, 01/18/99
Hewlett-Packard's Internet security software division announced two new
software products designed to allow companies to secure their extranets
and electronic commerce systems.
HP announced Praesidium DomainGuard and DomainGuard Rules at a press event
for European journalists last Thursday. The company is unveiling the
products in the U.S. at the RSA Data Security Conference, which starts
today in San Jose.
DomainGuard products allow enterprises to create and manage secure
Web-based interactions with customers, business partners and employees, HP
says. The software, when installed on a company's Web-server,
authenticates Web-pages and Web-based forms for e-commerce transactions.
DomainGuard Rules intercepts the Web forms containing the product number
and customer ID, and authenticates them, according to HP's press
statement.
Customers can thus check the status of their inventories and orders on the
company extranet.
With the new products, HP hopes to move into a field that has, to date,
been dominated by smaller software companies. HP chose this products to be
the first to be launched because, "This is an area where we have some
expertise and which was fully populated by start-ups," says Lior Arussy,
worldwide marketing manager for HP Internet Security Operation. HP
maintains that large corporations will choose the HP products over those
coming from start-ups, based on HP's reputation. "The key differentiator
is stability and trust," Arussy says.
Of course, HP will now face competition from other well-known companies in
this field, such as Netscape, which is also launching a competitive
product this week, the new Netscape Directory for Secure E-Commerce.
So far, HP has signed up 29 channel partners in Europe to distribute the
new security products, almost as many as in the U.S. "Consumption of
security products in Europe is very strong," Arussy says. There is a
higher security awareness among enterprises, he says. Many companies in
Europe are building security infrastructures that comply with tougher
European laws, such as those designed to protect consumer information, he
says.
Both DomainGuard Rules and DomainGuard operate on Windows NT, Sun Solaris,
and HP/UX. HP is evaluating whether or not to offer the products for the
Linux operating system, Arussy says.
HP also announced the newest version of its VirtualVault Web server
platform, VirtualVault 3.5. It now supports Java, with the inclusion of a
Java Virtual Machine. The new version is aimed squarely at Sun servers,
according to Arussy. "Sun has achieved a great deal of success as an
Internet server," Arussy says.
DomainGuard Rules will be released in the second quarter in Europe and
will cost $4,710 for 100 users.
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Received on Thu Mar 11 17:07:53 1999