Virtual Appliance

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The virtual Identity and Access Management Appliance from PortWise combines the flexibility and scalability, found only in software solutions, with the benefits of a pre-configured, ready-built VMWare appliance.

As companies seek ways to simplify IT by leveraging existing storage, network and computer resources with virtualisation, they also discover the benefits of adopting virtualisation for IT-security solutions instead of deploying point product hardware appliances. Virtualisation delivers the same cost control and short roll out time when applied to IT-security as it does for other services, such as databases and application servers.

PortWise Virtual Appliance
The PortWise Virtual Appliance is a pre-packaged version of the PortWise Access Manager, a comprehensive software platform for enterprises looking to deploy a flexible, easy to manage, and cost effective solution to satisfy all their remote access and user authentication requirements. With the PortWise Virtual Appliance, enterprises are able to securely connect employees, business partners and customers to applications and services in the corporate data centre. The PortWise Virtual Appliance offers a rich and integrated security feature set, including:

 

  • SSL VPN
  • Strong user authentication
  • Single sign-on
  • End-point security
  • Policy based access control



 

Benefits

Reduced cost of ownership
With the PortWise Virtual Appliance, an enterprise can significantly reduce its cost of ownership for remote access and user authentication by utilising its virtualisation infrastructure.

Real-time system scaling
An organisation may seamlessly scale the PortWise Virtual Appliance as their load increases. Built-in clustering and HA options allow for easy and flexible recovery without service disruptions.

Consolidated and Integrated
PortWise Virtual Appliance provides a comprehensive set of identity and access management services, with built-in mechanisms for strong authentication that can be implemented within the organisation's existing virtualisation infrastructure.