AEP Networks highly commended by SC Magazine

AEP Networks’ CloudProtect receives a Highly Commended award in the Best Secure Virtualisation Solution category

SOMERSETAEP Networks, the provider of trusted security, has received a ‘Highly Commended’ award for CloudProtect in the Best Secure Virtualisation Solution category at the SC Magazine Europe Awards. The award recognises AEP Networks’ CloudProtect product - the first ever security as a service for cloud providers. Delivering a highly secure policy based application, network and client access in the cloud, CloudProtect enables service providers to scale security on demand as their customers need it. , N.J. (April 20th, 2011)

Offered on a pay-as-you-go basis, CloudProtect allows managed service providers to align security with their cloud service models by scaling application security up to hundreds of thousands of users on demand, as and when requested by their customers. Service providers can offer new services immediately, such as secure remote access to key applications, thanks to the elimination of upfront CAPEX and licensing costs. Importantly, they can make a profit from these services from month one.

“We’re extremely proud to have been highly commended by SC Magazine for CloudProtect and its really rewarding to see our achievements being recognised,” said Mark Darvill, Director at AEP Networks. “We’ve invested many man hours in the development of CloudProtect to ensure that we can offer one of the best secure virtualisation solutions in the market today.”

The SC Awards Europe are widely recognised as the most coveted and prestigious awards for the European information security industry.

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About AEP Networks
AEP Networks provides trusted security everywhere and secures data and voice communication regardless of device, environment or location. Delivering proven security architectures to more than 5,000 organisations all over the world including governments, enterprises and carriers, AEP Networks counts international governments, ICANN, VeriSign, Optus, Shell, Barclays, MasterCard and New York Metropolitan Transport Authority amongst its 1,000 blue chip customers.

AEP Networks develops the highest grade security technologies tested and accredited to industry security standards, including CoCo, FIPS 140-2 Level 4 and CAPS. Its extensive portfolio of products and solutions protect the integrity of very sensitive data and are extremely reliable, survivable and resilient.

Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, AEP Networks has key hub offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. For more information, visit www.aepnetworks.com.

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