Barracuda Networks, Inc. has announced the availability of Barracuda NG Firewall F280. The new Barracuda NG Firewall F280 model brings next generation firewall capabilities and full gigabit Ethernet throughput to branch office and remote locations.
“The new Barracuda NG Firewall F280 model provides the powerful next-generation firewall capabilities of our Barracuda NG Firewall, and has been designed to run at branch offices,” said Klaus Gheri, VP Network Security, Barracuda. “In combination with the Barracuda Control Centre, administrators can centrally manage the devices – setting policies once and running them everywhere, making it a great solution for distributed organisations requiring next-generation firewall capabilities at smaller locations.”
The Barracuda NG Firewall F280 provides branch offices with powerful next-generation firewall functionality, including:
· Security - All features of the latest Barracuda NG Firewall version 5.4.2 release including application detection, SSL interception, IPS and malware protection
· Flexibility - Direct, fast and secure access to Internet and private or public cloud resources
· Availability - 99.99 percent availability of all business-critical resources
· Connectivity - Integrated application aware WAN virtualisation
· Mobility - Integrated wireless for mobile devices
· Control - Central management using Barracuda Control Centre
The Barracuda NG Firewall is an enterprise-grade network firewall that combines comprehensive, next-generation firewall capabilities - based on application visibility and user-identity awareness - with optimal efficiency and throughput. The Barracuda NG Firewall offers massive scalability, easy and efficient management across dispersed networks, low resource consumption and high performance for business-critical applications. Coordinated WAN optimisation, centralised management and cloud-hosted content filtering and reporting are just a few of the key features. The Barracuda NG Firewall is available as a hardware and virtual appliance.