Home of Iowa State University, City of Ames, Deploys Palisade Systems' PacketSure, To Monitor and Block Peer to Peer Online Traffic and Manage Broadband Costs
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AMES, Iowa, Feb. 13 / -- Palisade Systems, a leading provider of content monitoring, compliance and network security appliances, announced today that the City of Ames, Iowa, has deployed their flagship product, PacketSure 5.0, to monitor and block peer to peer online traffic in order to help manage broadband usage and control Internet costs.
While Palisade Systems' content monitoring and filtering appliance, PacketSure, is largely used to monitor and, if necessary, block sensitive and confidential information from leaving a particular computer network; the City of Ames can now also monitor incoming information that could pose a potential threat to the network. By utilizing PacketSure, the City of Ames has been able to successfully monitor the peer to peer traffic within their network.
One example of incoming peer to peer information the PacketSure appliance can help a network manage is music and video downloading. "Inappropriate downloading has not been a problem for the City of Ames, but there have been other instances in the news that have illustrated the risk that exists regarding illegal music downloading, and the City of Ames opted to implement a proactive approach in order to prevent any possible problems," stated Stanley Davis, Information Services Manager for the City of Ames. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, copyright violators found to be illegally downloading and sharing digital music files can face penalties ranging from $750 to $150,000 per downloaded file.
"Over the past 18 months we've seen a growing acceptance of this emerging technology in corporate America among both executives who want to watch their employees, and also among the employees," said Kurt Shedenhelm, CEO of Palisade Systems. "Both of them understand that that any activity they participate in utilizing company resources can and should be monitored."
According to Davis, "PacketSure has eliminated any future concerns we might have regarding the protection of sensitive data, outgoing employee communications, and potential incoming threats within our peer to peer network, and has also allowed us to manage our Broadband usage resulting in savings on our Internet costs. Any enhancements that Palisade Systems makes analogous to peer to peer traffic will be of great interest to us."
About Palisade Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Palisade Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of enterprise content security and data protection solutions with over 500 customers across North America and Europe. Palisade security appliances help organizations proactively secure intellectual property and private client information from leaking outside the network, define and enforce access to internal network resources, and enforce compliance with federal privacy and industry security regulations. Palisade Systems customers include prominent clients in healthcare, financial services, insurance industries, along with universities and school districts. For more information, please visit www.palisadesys.com/ or contact Palisade's sales department at 1.888.824.0720.
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