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May 15, 2003
Esphion appoints former Juniper Executive to lead Global Sales Initiative
Auckland, New Zealand - May 15 2003 Esphion a leading provider of Network Intelligence solutions, today announced the appointment of Martin Claridge as Vice President of Sales.
The addition of an experienced Business Development executive with a track record of outstanding success in developing new markets to Esphion’s senior management team underscores Esphion’s progress in growing its market presence.
Reporting directly to Esphion CEO Greg Cross, Claridge is responsible for directing Esphion’s worldwide Business Development efforts with a strong initial focus on the Asia Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Australia his responsibilities will include all Sales Activities as well as the expansion of strategic partner relationships and channel development.
Claridge joins Esphion from Juniper Networks where as Director of Sales for South Asia he was responsible for establishing Juniper’s market presence and driving their rapid revenue growth.
"With the rapid growth in mission critical IP networks, organizations are just beginning to understand the critical importance of network intelligence solutions that focus on the business implications of the day to day performance of their networks” said Greg Cross CEO of Esphion. “This is beginning to fuel demand for Esphion’s IP Traffic analysis solutions and with Martin on board we are accelerating the development of our business in Asia Pacific".
Esphion provides solutions that are focused on analyzing IP network traffic so that its customers can understand the business implications of their networks performance on-line in real-time. Esphion’s netDeflect and netDetail applications enable business users to mange procurement costs, monitor Service Levels, forecast requirements and allocate costs at the same time as they help network operators protect their networks against traffic anomalies such as DDoS attacks. Funded by TMT Venture Partners Esphion is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
For more information, please visit http://www.esphion.com
The solution
The web hosting company installed netDeFlect, Esphion’s patented
network security solution. A single, standalone netDeFlect agent was
deployed, connecting to the company’s two data centres to provide
the new layer of DDoS protection.
To provide early warning of any build-up in traffic, the agent’s
sensor is connected to a series of Layer 3 switches located upstream
of the company’s border routers, as close to the boundary with
its ISP as possible.
At the first detection of a possible DDoS attack, netDeFlect produces a fine-grained attack signature which is applied in the form of an access control list (ACL) to the Layer 3 switches. This is then used to block all traffic originating from the source of the DDoS attack (regardless of whether the addresses are spoofed) before it reaches any critical network infrastructure.
The immediacy offered by netDeFlect has helped to dramatically reduce the average resolution time for a network attack to just five minutes. Perhaps more importantly, by adding this proactive layer of defense the web hosting company has been able to improve service and ensure a greater ability to maintain service levels for its customers, regardless of network anomalies.
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Esphion is there to detect anomalous
behavior in your unique network environment - we don't care whether
it is an attack that has a name and a signature or not - if it
is determined to have the potential to disrupt your network we
will provide you a solution to block it before it does. Think
of us as a highly intelligent virtual network and security engineer
watching network links 24x7x365.
Mark Edwards, CEO, Esphion |
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