Press Release
StoneGate NextGen Firewall Cuts Network Costs by 40 Percent for Brown McCarroll
Advanced security and high availability improve network reliability and productivity for large law firm
ATLANTA – April 20, 2010 – Stonesoft, a global provider of proven,
innovative network security solutions, announced today that its StoneGate NextGen Firewall has cut
network operation costs by nearly 40 percent for Brown McCarroll. A successful law firm based in
Austin, Texas, Brown McCarroll has also used Stonesoft’s advanced firewall, high availability and
network management capabilities to dramatically improve network uptime, which has led to
substantial increases in productivity – specifically through the use of inter-office
videoconferencing and VoIP communication.
With more than 230 employees in four offices, Brown McCarroll is a strong advocate of
utilizing technologies such as VoIP and videoconferencing to reduce operating costs and increase
productivity amongst its legal team. However, prior to Stonesoft, the firm’s firewall technology
was consistently unreliable making it nearly impossible to use these technologies without added
workaround and support costs.
Through Perket Technologies, a managed security service provider (MSSP) and a Stonesoft
partner Brown McCarroll replaced its firewall/VPN infrastructure with five StoneGate NextGen
Firewall devices – one cluster at its main office in Austin, and four other devices at the firm’s
smaller locations in Houston, Dallas and El Paso. Almost immediately, Brown McCarroll was able to
get rid of the external IP addresses and static network address translations assigned to each
phone.
The StoneGate NextGen Firewall integrates advanced firewall and IPS capabilities with its
patented high availability technologies for the highest level of perimeter protection. The solution
thoroughly inspects all aspects of Brown McCarroll’s network traffic, from basic Web browsing to
peer-to-peer applications and encrypted Web traffic in the SSL tunnel. With deep packet inspection
support of more than 60 protocols and 900 applications, the StoneGate NextGen Firewall offers the
sophisticated protection enterprises critically need – especially in the legal industry where
confidentiality, productivity and the need to connect disparate office locations and workers are
paramount.
In addition to the benefits of a network that is always up and running, Stonesoft has
delivered proactive intrusion prevention, alerts and visibility into malicious traffic on Brown
McCarroll’s network. The firm received immediate visibility and alerts on activity in their network
they were not aware of previously.
“The site-to-site connectivity issues we experienced before Stonesoft were wasting precious
resources – not just money, but the time of our firm’s partners and our IT staff. Today, we’re
finally able to conduct business in a way that saves money, increases productivity and improves
security. That’s something we were never able to achieve with our previous firewall vendor,” said
Howard Hyten, director of IT at Brown McCarroll.
For more information on Stonesoft, or to download a full case study on how the StoneGate
NextGen Firewall solved Brown McCarroll’s network performance challenges, please visit
http://www.stonesoft.com/en/products_and_solutions/case_studies/html/brown_mccarroll.html.
About Stonesoft
Stonesoft Corporation (NASDAQ OMX: SFT1V) delivers proven, innovative solutions that simplify network security management for even the most complex network environments. The StoneGate Platform unifies management of entire networks—including StoneGate and third-party devices—blending integrated threat management, end-to-end high availability and network optimization into a centrally controlled system. As a result, Stonesoft provides the highest levels of proactive control, always-on connectivity and compliance at the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) on the market today. Founded in 1990, the company is an established leader in network security innovation with corporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.stonesoft.com and http://stoneblog.stonesoft.com.Media Contact
Hannah Bowerhannah@bower-communications.com
404.371.3989
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
