NETWORKING—SECURITY—UPS—STORAGE
Crossbeam Systems helps
BT to strengthen its virtualised
security offering
T has deployed • Simplify cost and complexity of
B
Crossbeam System’s security – BT saved the expense
X-Series Next and burden of managing more
Generation security than 40 security devices and
platform to help supporting hardware by deploying
protect its internal network as well just three Crossbeam platforms
as deliver a new generation of to deliver a virtualised firewall.
‘in-the-cloud’ virtualised firewall BT is able to simplify security
security services to enterprise management and minimise the
customers. Ray Stanton, global physical footprint of its security
head of BT's business continuity, infrastructure, while improving
security and governance practice, performance through
commented: “BT views in-the- Crossbeam's high-throughput,
Crossbeam provides an
cloud security services as an carrier-class platform.
important addition to our delivery Virtualisation in
open and extensible
of Internet-based security Bob Davies, technical services carrier-class
security platform that
services. We believe virtualised manager of BT Operate, which environments
virtualises both network
infrastructure and
firewall services will increasingly provides network management Crossbeam provides an open and
security applications.
become a cornerstone of our operations and IT infrastructure extensible security platform that
customers' security strategies and for various customers, said: virtualises both network infrastructure
we are now better able to meet “Crossbeam has allowed us easily and security applications. This
that demand.” to facilitate delivery of virtualised enables customers to collapse “With Crossbeam's Next Generation
firewall services and avoid entire infrastructure segments security platform, BT is realising
Crossbeam's carrier-class security appliance sprawl. We slashed within a single platform and the promise of true in-the-cloud
platform is vendor agnostic. the hardware and licensing costs centralise management and security security services and is benefiting
BT can incorporate the security plus all the expenses related to policy control, while maintaining from the cost, management and
software and virtualise it to provide maintenance, support, power the carrier-class properties of the environmental advantages of
multi-application, in-the-cloud and space in our data centres that underlying infrastructure. This security virtualisation in carrier-
security services. would otherwise have resulted provides customers with unparalleled class environments.”
from a traditional deployment flexibility, scalability and built-in
Crossbeam's Next Generation model. Crossbeam has enabled redundancy to intelligently manage The X-Series platform is tested to
security platform is claimed to us to re-design and simplify our traffic as security and network wire-line rates of 40 Gbps with
deliver two key benefits: network, while improving security demands change, without ultra-low latency, enabling customers
for us and our customers.” sacrificing performance. to benefit from deploying multiple
• Meet growing customer demand best-of-breed security applications
for security services – BT can The hardware consolidation, “Carriers have been eager to take on a single chassis without
now create thousands of virtual power savings and space advantage of in-the-cloud security sacrificing performance. Carriers
instances of Check Point reduction benefits of Crossbeam's services, but have been held back use the X-Series to deliver a new
Software's VSX virtualised security platform align with BT's by the limitations of traditional generation of virtualised services
firewall on a single application sustainability goals. BT has taken hardware solutions that can't scale such as firewall, VPN and intrusion
processor blade within the a leadership stance in supporting or meet the stringent requirements prevention, while enterprises
Crossbeam X Series platform – green IT initiatives and has already of their high-performance deploy the X-Series for consolidation
providing ample scalability to cut its data centre power usage networks,” said Dave Woodcock, of security equipment and faster
meet customer demand and by 60-70 per cent, while lowering vice president, Europe and Latin response to the demands of the
drive new revenue streams. costs along the way. America at Crossbeam Systems. real-time enterprise. circlesolid
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