TAMPA, FL – September 27, 2010– Impulse Point, provider of the most scalable network access control (NAC) solution for complex, diverse enterprise networks, today announced the latest version of its flagship product, SafeConnect 5.0. SafeConnect enables organizations such as UCLA, Northern Arizona University, University of Florida, and Mid-Florida Credit Union to easily manage end user authentication, guest management, anti-virus, anti-spyware, Microsoft security patches, P2P file sharing, and custom policies. New features in SafeConnect 5.0, such as policy enforcement integration with Aruba Wireless Controllers, enhanced endpoint profiling device recognition, and improved guest access sponsorship capabilities allow Impulse Point to address the evolving challenges of pervasive mobile computing within large organizations.
Originally developed for the higher education market, SafeConnect NAC is designed to function uniformly in diverse network architectures. Higher education environments are more difficult to safeguard than most corporate environments because IT must accommodate a large and diverse range of unmanaged, personally-owned computing devices, while providing the flexibility to adhere to each institution’s philosophy regarding academic freedom and open computing. As the “Consumerization of IT” takes hold, corporate environments are starting to more closely resemble higher education campuses as IT contends with the growing influx of diverse, unmanaged wireless devices on corporate networks. SafeConnect is uniquely positioned to deliver a more secure, reliable, and predictable IT infrastructure that is easy and cost-effective to deploy and maintain.
“As with past disruptive technology trends, higher education is on the leading edge with students connecting the newest devices to campus networks,” said Max Garcia, vice president of product development at Impulse Point. “Based on the market that we serve, we are committed to rapidly supporting the diversity of endpoint devices required to keep pace with the Consumerization of IT computing model.”
“Network Access Control services such as SafeConnect are critical for organizations as they are exposed to the security implications of mobile devices and as network security compliance becomes more business critical,” said Robert Fenstermacher, head of education marketing, Aruba Networks.
“NAC with policy assessment is essential for any academic network where students, employees and visitors regularly bring in machines that are not under institutional management. SafeConnect provides a superior user experience, and the company’s support is phenomenal,” said Charlie Prothero, chief information officer at Keystone College. “We recently conducted an exhaustive review of wireless network technologies for our residence halls and selected Aruba. The two products together provide flexibility we have not seen from anyone else.”
Features new to SafeConnect Version 5.0 include:
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