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Visit Palo Alto Networks at booth # 539 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.  We have several educational and fun activities planned at our booth.
  • Stop by every hour on the hour to listen to one of the following presentations:
    • “Revolutionizing Network Security with Next-Generation Firewall” by Nir Zuk, Founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks
    • “Enterprise 2.0: Block or Not. Is that the Question?” by Chris King, Director of Product Marketing for Palo Alto Networks
  • Spend some time watching our one-on-one demo with a technical representative
  • Ready to have some fun?  Participate in the “PAN Apps Tournament” and vote for one of 12 apps that you think will be chosen as the most blocked Enterprise 2.0 app by the RSA Conference attendees for your chance to win 1 of 3 Apple iPads!

Not registered for the RSA Conference?  Register for an expo only pass for free compliments of Palo Alto Networks.  Just visit the RSA registration website and use promo code: EC10PLN.


Palo Alto Networks continues to demonstrate momentum in the network security marketplace with its next-generation firewalls, winning leading Fortune 1000 customers like DTE Energy, IDT, and Qualcomm, as well as other innovative organizations like Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Texas A&M at Galveston and raising the total number of enterprise customers to 1,000. 

Read the press release and learn what our newest customers have to say about Palo Alto Networks.

DTE Energy
IDT
Qualcomm
BIDMC
TAMAG


The controlling element for every Palo Alto Networks Next-generation firewall is PAN-OS, a modular operating system that combines three unique identification technologies (App-IDTM, User-ID, Content-ID) with traditional firewall, management and networking features to restore visibility and control at the firewall, where it belongs.  This week we announced the arrival of PAN-OS 3.1.  Enhancements to PAN-OS 3.1 software further advance Palo Alto Networks' technology lead with even more visibility and control. 

Click here to learn what’s new in this release of PAN-OS 3.1.


Enterprise 2.0 applications such as Facebook, SharePoint, Twitter and Skype are flooding corporate and government networks.  These applications can deliver significant business value in the form of new revenue streams, increased employee productivity, faster time to market, reduced support costs, and more efficient supply chains.  But there are significant risks lurking.  The same applications can serve as conduits for data leakage, identity theft, malware, and other threats.

To help you understand this issue and have a little fun at the same time, we created a game called “Block or Not” (based on the very popular website of a similar name).  Take a few minutes to visit the game and vote today.
Read our solution notes to learn more on enabling secure use of Facebook, SharePoint or Twitter.


Standalone IPS products will soon be gone, as IPS functionality becomes integrated as a standard feature of Next-Generation Firewalls.  Click here to learn why your next IPS purchase should be a Next-Generation Firewall.

Gartner agrees with this shift in the market and recently published a research note that addresses the current state and future requirements for enterprise firewalls. Download a free copy of this report and read their recommendations before making your next firewall purchase.


Frustrated with a lack of integration with his end of life intrusion prevention system, the Information Security Director at Farm Credit Financial Partners began a search for a new solution. His choice of Palo Alto Networks offered the added benefit of a next generation firewall, as well as significant cost savings in people, software, maintenance and hardware. This on-demand webcast provides an in-depth discussion of Farm Credit’s research and evaluation of their new intrusion prevention system.  Watch now.


A sophomore student from Harriton High is claiming that the school invaded his home and his privacy by remotely snapping his image with the camera on his school-provided laptop.  Can this happen to you? 

The use of camera-equipped laptops and computers is on the rise.  With the widespread use of webcams, users can become victims of spying by hackers who can use remote camera-activation programs to turn on webcams.  Furthermore, a stealth program that exploits some vulnerability in the computer can also be installed just as easily but cause a lot more problems for the end users as their private information, such as credit card numbers, gets exposed.  All of this can be prevented with the use of a firewall system. Read the full article to learn more.

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No problem. We have three very simple, very effective ways to learn more about us.

  1. If you’re in a hurry, and just want to understand why our next generation firewalls are the most innovative security solutions in the industry, then check out our 3-minute flash video.  Just click here and turn up your volume!
  2. If you want to go beyond the introduction and learn more about specific features and functions – and see a live demo of the firewall – then join us for one of our weekly 30-minute webinars. The demonstration is followed by a Q&A session to answer any specific questions you have. To join us at your convenience, please register here.
  3. Not available to join the weekly live webinar? We have an on-demand product overview that highlights the application visibility and policy control elements of our product.


Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005 with a mission to create a family of next generation firewalls that allow IT organizations to regain visibility and control of Internet applications and traffic on their network. The firewalls were designed to meet five important requirements:

  • Visibility into all applications, regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic – or even SSL encryption
  • Identification of application users by name – not just by IP address
  • Granular control of application access, by user or groups of users
  • Real-time threat prevention, content control, and URL filtering
  • In-line throughput up to 10gbps, with no performance degradation

To address these requirements, Palo Alto Networks firewalls combine innovative new identification technologies, such as App-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID, all leveraging an underlying Single-Pass Parallel Processing Architecture (SP3), which ensures maximum throughput with minimum latency. In the past year, Palo Alto Networks has won several awards, including:

For more information, visit us at www.paloaltonetworks.com.





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