Enterasys Secure Networks Helps Hyundai Manage IT Challenges of Its Growing UK Business

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2005

ANDOVER, Mass. -- Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), today announced that Hyundai Cars in the UK has deployed Secure Networks(TM) solutions to provide a secure, scaleable, resilient infrastructure for its UK headquarters. The Korean automotive manufacturer also depends on Enterasys switches at its Tilbury car import center to support its inventory tracking and management system and provide a cost-effective and secure link to its head office.

Hyundai has been experiencing strong growth in its UK automotive business, and the increasing volume of cars imported, combined with the desire to provide a secure yet scalable infrastructure prompted the company to reassess its IT strategy. With the assistance of systems integrator Sigma Technology, the company redeployed Enterasys switches from its head office in High Wycombe to the import division in Tilbury and replaced them with Matrix E7 multi-layer switches on each floor of the headquarters building with four 1-Gigabit uplinks to an Enterasys core router. To provide strong user authentication and access control to the network for employees, customers and dealerships, Hyundai also uses Enterasys' NetSight(R) Policy Manager to provide additional information to its nationwide network of dealers and customers via its Web site while protecting the vital company and customer information on the network from the threat of unauthorized access.

"Our employees, dealerships and customers have a tremendous need to access information over the wide area network, via the Internet and from mobile devices," said Clive Wadham, technology manager at Hyundai. "It is vital that we protect our network and the information that traverses it from the potentially catastrophic impact of internal and external threats. The Enterasys infrastructure we have deployed positions us for the growth and flexibility our business demands and delivers increased protection against security threats from hackers, viruses and malware."

Michael Rivers, Enterasys executive vice president of worldwide sales and services, says this is another example of the significant business benefits enterprises can realize by deploying Secure Networks.

"Hyundai's Secure Networks migration is a great example of how businesses can future-proof their enterprise networks without needing to rip out and replace their current equipment," said Rivers. "We're delighted to have Hyundai, a company with such a strong track record for innovation in its own field, recognize the benefits of our Secure Networks technology."

The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage

Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest level of infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. This enables enterprises to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and protect against attacks. This unmatched security comes from the integrated policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its entire product line. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendor offerings that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure.

About Enterasys Networks

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