This robust Internet management solution enables organizations to align their bandwidth consumption with business relevant content, thereby optimizing network performance, enhancing employee productivity, and limiting legal liability. In addition, ISA Server 2000 users benefit from SuperScout’s new features including real-time category monitoring and detailed reporting, and ISA Server 2000 Enterprise users enjoy seamless integration with Windows 2000 Active Directory.
Microsoft ISA Server 2000 is specifically designed to eliminate the tradeoff between network security and fast Internet access. ISA Server integrates a multi-layer, enterprise firewall to provide world-class security and a high-performance scaleable web cache to accelerate network performance. SurfControl’s SuperScout offers the most advanced filtering technology, easing the challenge of managing Internet access in the workplace.
It’s risky to plug the Internet into a networked environment without the protection of a firewall such as ISA Server 2000, said Suzanne Nostrand, product manager for ISA Server at Microsoft Corp. SurfControl’s filtering solution further enhances the management of Internet traffic and helps companies protect their virtual boundaries from content they determine to be non-work-related.
By seamlessly integrating SuperScout’s Web site categorization with ISA Server 2000’s superior caching capabilities, SuperScout for Microsoft ISA Server 2000 ensures that allocated bandwidth is being accelerated for appropriate business content, and limited for casual, non-business-related content. SuperScout for Microsoft ISA Server 2000 runs on both the Standard Edition of ISA Server, a stand-alone server, and the ISA Server Enterprise Edition, designed for larger -scale deployments, supporting multilevel policy and multiple arrays.
The combination of SuperScout’s expert filtering technology with ISA Server 2000’s speed and security capabilities truly offers our customers the best of both worlds, said Kelly Haggerty, Vice President of Products, SurfControl. SurfControl will continue to deliver leading-edge technology solutions that address key issues arising from unmanaged Internet access in the corporate environment including reduced employee productivity and network bandwidth congestion.
SuperScout for MS ISA Server 2000 allows network managers to effectively monitor, manage and enforce their corporate Internet use policy. Features include:
The industry’s only Real-Time Category Monitor — for fast analysis and trouble shooting of network congestion. Gives quick insight to see which employees are surfing – and where they are going – by providing multi-level parameters and the ability to hyperlink to the sites being monitored
Detailed Reports — a time-saving feature that creates over 60 standard reports that can be customized to match a manager’s needs
Automated Scheduling — schedules database maintenance and automates report creation and delivery
Comprehensive Content List — with over 38 categories and 1.7 million sites.
Virtual Control Agent — classifies unknown sites into standard SuperScout categories for unmatched categorization service.
Seamless Integration with Windows 2000 Active Directory — allowing for easy user identification for the Enterprise Edition of ISA Server 2000.
