Cisco Systems Expands Agreement With Websense; First Product: Websense Enterprise, Cisco Cache Engine Edition - Company Business and Marketing

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, May 15, 2000

Cisco Systems has renewed and expanded its licensing agreement with Websense Inc., giving Cisco customers enhanced abilities to manage employee use of the Internet in the workplace.

As a result of the agreement, Websense Monday released Websense Enterprise 4.1, Cisco Cache Engine Edition, which provides enhanced interoperability between Cisco's network caching scalability and performance solutions, and Websense's Internet monitoring, filtering and reporting application. Cisco and Websense first worked together in August 1998 for the Cisco PIX Firewall platform.

"The expansion of this relationship with Websense will provide businesses with a range of Cisco solutions to manage employees' use of the Internet at work," said John Yen, Product Manager at Cisco Systems.

To improve performance, redundancy and scalability throughout their networks, administrators are increasingly turning to caching and content management solutions. The Cisco Cache Engine 500 Series, in conjunction with the Websense Enterprise 4.1, achieves this goal, letting administrators leverage Cisco's high-performance caching solutions while increasing productivity and saving bandwidth with Websense's employee Internet management application.

"Websense Enterprise, Cisco Cache Engine Edition, provides corporate IT administrators with a powerful new tool to manage employee Internet use, while improving access and reducing costs," said John B. Carrington, CEO of Websense.

Cisco Cache Engine 500 series solutions enable ISPs and enterprises to accelerate content delivery, optimize WAN bandwidth usage and control access to content. They can be deployed in a variety of environments, ranging from service provider PoPs to enterprise Internet gateways and branch offices.

Websense Inc. (Nasdaq:WBSN) is a leading provider of employee Internet management (EIM) solutions that help companies productively use the Internet. Websense Enterprise software enables businesses to conveniently and easily monitor, report and manage how their employees use the Internet. Founded in 1994, the company currently serves more than 7,500 organizations, including more than 200 Fortune 500 companies. Every day, more than 4 million employees worldwide use Websense products. For more information, call 800/723-1166 or visit www.websense.com.