Clavister Joins network intelligence alliance to drive INNOVATION and LEADERSHIP FOR next-Generation network solutions

Summary: Participation in industry organization will create opportunities to collaborate with other technology providers supporting the Network Economy and better serve customers with solutions based on Network Intelligence technology.

Swedish network security specialist Clavister today announced that it has become a member of the Network Intelligence Alliance (NI Alliance), an industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers. Participation in the NI Alliance will help Clavister AB to build and market innovative solutions for customers seeking to improve security solutions for Enterprise, Cloud providers and Telecom Operators.

In today’s Network Economy—a world that now depends and runs on networks—accurate visibility and precise tracking of data crossing networks have become crucial to the availability, performance and security of applications and services. The growing complexity of IP transactions, the explosion of mobile applications, and the mainstream adoption of cloud computing surpass the capabilities of conventional tools to improve how networks operate, expand services, and cope with cybersecurity. Just like Business Intelligence solutions emerged to unlock information hidden in the enterprise, Network Intelligence technology is an emerging category of technology to reveal the critical details of the data locked inside network traffic and transactions.

The NI Alliance serves two purposes: first, as a forum for collaboration among technology providers whose solutions secure data in transit, ensure efficient data delivery, monetize data transactions or track real-time information. Through the NI Alliance, members can better serve their customers.

The NI Alliance also seeks to educate the market and the public on the role and value of Network Intelligence in protecting sensitive information; delivering value-added services, applications and information; and ensuring better performance of network-dependent solutions.

Clavister includes Network Intelligence within all its products with the launch of Clavister Application Control.

“We are very excited to be part of the NI Alliance and we are looking forward to collaborate with other members,” said Roland Svensson, CEO of Clavister. “Network Intelligence is an important component in our product development and the ability to extract data from our systems is key to our customers”

Clavister Application Control provides an effective way to block or control unauthorized or misbehaving applications. This centrally managed service-based solution recognizes over 1,000 applications and network protocols, and more importantly, over 5,000 metadata tags associated with applications and network protocols. One of the strong points of Clavister Application Control is the ability to monitor application usage in the network. Some applications can disturb the network traffic by using too much resource or they can attract malicious traffic patterns or viruses.

“Clavister is a valuable addition to the NI Alliance and we welcome their participation,” said Erik Larsson, Chairman of the NI Alliance. “It’s companies like Clavister joining with other vendors who play leadership roles in their respective areas of expertise that will enable organizations to most effectively apply Network Intelligence to better manage, protect and profit from their data networks.”

Establishment of the NI Alliance was initiated by Qosmos, whose Network Intelligence technology components provide the crucial first step in understanding what’s passing through networks. Qosmos’ hardware and software components extract and interpret real-time traffic—translating a data stream’s 1s and 0s into their respective communications protocols, metadata and content for use by third-party applications.

Through the NI Alliance, Qosmos expands its collaborative approach to help vendors design and deliver advanced solutions with embedded Network Intelligence technology in less time and at lower cost. The NI Alliance provides a channel for dialogue and partnerships that Alliance Members otherwise may not have considered or pursued when addressing the needs of joint customers. Visibility within the vendor community through the NI Alliance affords companies opportunities to market more comprehensive solutions with greater ROI and faster time to value for customers.

About the NI Alliance
The NI Alliance is an industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers and to educate the market on the role and value of Network Intelligence technology. Members are vendors involved in the capture, processing, decoding, analysis, and leveraging of network data; suppliers of Network Intelligence technology components; software vendors; and information providers of solutions, such as cybersecurity, telecom service assurance, traffic optimization and more. Participation in the NI Alliance helps members to build and market innovative solutions to Communications Service Providers (CSPs) governments and enterprise customers seeking to improve performance, security and the monetization of network-dependent services and applications. For more information, please visit www.nialliance.org

About Clavister
Founded in 1997, Clavister is a leading mobile and network security provider. Our award winning solutions are based on design, simplicity, and extreme performance to ensure that cloud service providers, enterprises and telecoms operators are guaranteed the highest levels of protection against the threats of today and tomorrow. Our products are designed from the inside out Scandinavian design coupled with Swedish technology. We also hold a world record for the fastest firewall throughput.

Clavister Media Contact
Nikolas Georgii VP marketing Clavister Phone: +46 733 11 70 20 /
Email: nikolas.georgii@clavister.com

NI Alliance Media Contact
Debby Stefaniak, Full Circle Communications Phone: +1.215.712.2409 /
Email: dstefaniak@fullcirclecomm.com