TELEMATE.Net Awarded Check Point Software OPSEC Certification
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998 - Internet usage management
software seamlessly integrates with Check Point FireWall-1
TELEMATE Software, Inc., the leading provider of voice and
data network usage management software, announced today that
TELEMATE(R).Net(TM) 2.15, Internet usage management software,
has been OPSEC(TM) Certified (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise
Connectivity) by Check Point Software TELEMATE.Net operates with the Check Point FireWall-1 enterprise security solution via the Check Point Software LEA (Log Export API). The LEA interface facilitates reliable, automated communication between TELEMATE.Net and Check Point FireWall-1 logs. It also simplifies setup, improves log file security and ensures on-going TELEMATE.Net compatibility with all FireWall-1 operating platforms. TELEMATE.Net helps companies allocate the financial effect and manage the productivity impact of employees' Internet usage. TELEMATE.Net extracts log file data, adds utilization cost information where appropriate, links it to an organizational directory, and then provides meaningful management reports which empower users with the information necessary to confirm employee productivity, identify network misuse, prevent network abuse, improve network operations efficiency, control and allocate network costs, and augment network security. More than 60 stored report templates with extensive filtering, automated scheduling, print, HTML, and E-mail outputs, and an optional custom report writer, deliver timely, focused information to help manage a range of issues from employee productivity and acceptable usage policies to bandwidth consumption. "This upgrade
involved a complete rewrite of TELEMATE.Net," began Kent
Jones, TELEMATE's Executive Director of Product Marketing.
"We increased the robustness and scalability of the product
by moving from a flat file database to Microsoft SQL Server.
We brought the interface up to a contemporary, intuitive,
multi-paneled design. We also embedded and enhanced Crystal
Reports Professional and developed dozens of new graphical
trend reports which drill down to specific activity details
for individual users and Web sites. These reports profile
strategic network trends over months of activity and also
provide department managers with the focused information they
need to effectively manage Internet use, costs and employee Today's announcement demonstrates TELEMATE's continued commitment to Check Point Software's OPSEC Alliance. OPSEC delivers the industry's first enterprise-wide security framework through which customers can easily, seamlessly, and selectively integrate a full spectrum of security applications, defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide security policy. "We are pleased
that the latest version of TELEMATE.Net has successfully completed
the testing process to achieve the OPSEC Certified status,"
said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business
development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "TELEMATE.Net
complements FireWall-1 by providing users with additional
capabilities to analyze firewall traffic and facilitate network
traffic accounting and billing." ### 1998 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecuRemote, FireWall-First!, OPSEC, INSPECT, VPN-1, UAP, FloodGate-1 and IQ Engine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Meta IP and Meta DNS are trademarks of MetaInfo, Inc. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. NOTE TO EDITORS: TELEMATE is a registered trademark and TELEMATE.Net is a trademark of TELEMATE Software, Inc. All other tradenames and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |