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Endace Limited (the “Company” or “Endace”) (AIM : EDA), a world leader in the acceleration of network security and analysis applications, today announced the release of its new Ninjabox platform for beta trials. Endace has developed the Ninjabox to make the next generation of advanced network monitoring and security solutions accessible to a broader range of customers.
The Ninjabox platform combines four components; Endace’s data capture cards, its Application Software Accelerator coprocessor, a high-performance server, and Endace’s access and management software. These components are integrated to make the platform user-friendly, so less-technical users can now also increase the overall performance of their network software.
Network performance is enhanced for Ninjabox users by accessing the additional processing power, beyond standard products, of Endace’s advanced coprocessor technology. The data handling power of Endace’s coprocessor acts in a similar way to a network processor, in that it performs network specific tasks much faster than can be performed by standard software. This additional processing capability reduces common overload problems such as data bottlenecks.
Commenting on the Ninjabox launch, Endace CEO Selwyn Pellett said, “This is a significant advance for both Endace and the network security industry. By enabling customers to accelerate their security applications we are confident our Ninjabox will be adopted as the platform of choice by serious network security vendors and customers alike. The Ninjabox is expected to be an attractive product for independent software vendors, as they will now be able to take their software to market faster with significantly higher performance. The launch of the Ninjabox for beta trials with initial roll-out to customers in early 2006, strengthens our offering considerably and we look forward to it contributing to group revenues shortly.”
Notes to Editors:
The launch of the Ninjabox expands Endace’s specialist hardware and software offering which enables customers to capture 100% of their data on any monitored network link, while freeing the system’s central processing unit (CPU) to better analyze the data it receives. In particular, the Ninjabox builds upon Endace’s industry-leading network data capture cards and server platforms to create network application acceleration. This increase in data processing speed is enabled by pre-processing information, avoiding the need to analyze non-critical data by security or monitoring software applications.
With additional hardware offload functions regularly being added to Endace’s Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) coprocessor, in future the Company will offer Ninjabox customers optional functionality upgrades at modular pricing. A coprocessor development kit is also available for customers who want to develop their own coprocessor applications.
Ninjabox Exhibition:
Endace is demonstrating the Ninjabox platform this week at the InterOp conference in New York. The exhibition can be viewed from December 13-15 at:
Booth 139, InterOp New York 2005 Javits Convention Centre New York, New York
For further information, please contact:
Endace Limited Tel: 00 64 9 262 7260 Selwyn Pellett, Chief Executive Officer
Buchanan Communications Tel: 020 7466 5000 Lisa Baderoon, Tim Anderson, James Strong Mobile: 07721 413 496
About Endace:
Endace (www.endace.com) is a network security company with a market-leading technology. It is focused on the design and sale of specialised network interface devices and related computer systems for network security and measurement applications. The technology uses proprietary software, firmware and hardware, which has been developed over the last nine years. Endace’s global customers operate high speed, critical networks with exacting security requirements and include western government security agencies, international telecommunication companies, some of the world’s largest Internet service providers and major corporations. Founded in late 2001 in Hamilton, New Zealand, Endace has been profitable with positive operating cashflows since 2002.
