Birrana Engineering, leader in the design, manufacture and servicing of mining transport equipment has made dramatic changes to the efficiency of its Virtual Private Network since installing a NetBox in each of its locations. The company had been relying on an antiquated and unsupported VPN solution, but the suite of features offered in the NetBox has given the company unprecedented control over its network. The combination of traffic shaping (Quality of Service), web filtering, pre-delivery spam filtering and improved bandwidth, all provided on an IBM hardware platform, help to ensure Birrana retains its position as an indispensable partner to the Australian mining industry.

Australian internet and email security and management solutions provider NetBox Blue has opened an office in Taipei as the company continues its strong performance in Asia.

The office will be headed by Regional Partner Manager for Asia Ben Yu, who joins the company from the Queensland Trade and Investment Office in Taipei.

With less than two weeks to go before the Beijing Olympics, businesses are urgently seeking a way to protect their networks from an anticipated deluge of media streaming, according to internet and email management provider NetBox Blue.

"Businesses have good reason to be concerned," says NetBox Blue Chairman John Fison.

"I think it's almost inevitable that when Grant Hackett dives into the pool for the final of the 1500 metres, thousands of Australians will be streaming the event on their computer. The consequences for a business network are massive."

NetBox Blue Partners with ESET to Unify Best of Breed Security Solutions for SMBs

NetBox® Blue, Australia's leading internet and email security and management provider and ESET®, the leader in proactive threat protection have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to offer ESET's award-winning NOD32 Antivirus as an option in NetBox Blue's full line of Unified Threat Management (UTM) and virtualized security solutions. As a result of the union, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) will have access to NetBox Blue's integrated security and management suite and full line of localized security solutions through ESET's vast network of worldwide partners.

The two companies will be sharing at stand at CeBIT Australia this week (stand U40) to build on the success of their ongoing partnership. The union has already resulted in NetBox Blue securing a multi-million dollar Master Distribution Agreement with Canon ITS Japan.

 

NetBox Blue is supplying Canon with up to 500 email filtering appliances a month. The SpamCheckerTM appliance, as it is known in Japan, is a simple to use email filtering and content control solution. The drop in appliance is the result of nine months of co-development between NetBox Blue and Canon ITS Japan and is specifically designed to suit the SME market in Japan.

International IT industry heavyweight, Canon ITS Japan has signed a multi-million dollar Master Distribution Agreement with Australian internet and email security and management provider NetBox Blue.

NetBox Blue will be supplying Canon with up to 500 email filtering appliances a month, in a deal that represents a major milestone in the company’s international expansion plans.

NetBox Blue recently announced the release of PipePlus™, which provides the ability to increase internet bandwidth inexpensively and easily and also to provide protection against an internet link failure, through seamless failover to alternate links.

NetBox Blue offers the ability to access high speed internet links at an affordable price. In addition, the technology provides resilience for businesses that rely more and more on the internet by offering automatic failover from one internet provider to another, without any user intervention.

Surf Life Saving Queensland is well equipped to keep people safe on the beaches but when the organization found itself drowning in spam it chose NetBox Blue for help. The organisation coordinates the work of 59 clubs and close to 30,000 volunteers across the State, disseminating vital information, leading fundraising efforts and organizing sporting events. But the effectiveness of the whole organisation was threatened when spam started to swamp the network. Although a spam filter in place, spam was still getting through the filter. For every six genuine emails, the organisation was getting four spam emails.

“It was having an impact on people’s time, on server utilisation and band width usage,” Surf Life Saving Queensland Information Systems Administrator Brendan Kelly says. “It was affecting the entire organisation in a whole range of areas.”

Once the NetBox solution was deployed on an IBM server, the situation changed in a matter of days. The NetBox, with its unique pre-delivery filtering system blocks virtually all spam before it even reaches the network gateway. The IBM server ensures excellent performance and reliability along with the peace of mind that comes with IBM on-site support. It all means that staff at Surf Life Saving Queensland can concentrate on what they do best - keeping Queensland’s beaches safe.

NetBox Blue will be cementing its position in the Asian market with a presence at Computex, the upcoming Taipei International Technology Show. The Brisbane-based internet and email security and management provider is to be supported by the Queensland Government at the premier trade show, later this year.

The event which runs from June 3-7 is the world's second largest IT show, covering 69,183 square metres of space. Computex Taipei is expected to host 4,000 booths and attract 35,000 international buyers.

Sydney based software developer Leopard Labs have won a Consensus Software Award (CSA) for their mozone product, which provides protection and control for mobile devices.

The Consensus Awards, which reward excellence in Australian and New Zealand software design, were announced in Sydney on Tuesday 6th May by Opposition Leader Dr Brendan Nelson.

Surging levels of spam world-wide have made pre-delivery filtering vital to businesses according to email and internet security and management providers NetBox Blue, with the company’s unique solution able to block 95% of all spam at the SMTP level.