Providing Education and Small Business with the Easiest Way to Filter Web Traffic at the Lowest Cost
Untangle, Inc., a provider of Internet management applications, today announced enhancements to its suite of best-of-breed products that make it dramatically easier and more affordable for education and small to midsized businesses to manage and customize Web filtering policies. With its new release, Untangle 7.1, organizations can now strike the right balance of acceptable Internet usage policy and online safety.
For small to midsized businesses and education, the proliferation of Web 2.0 technologies, such as social networking, is raising concern over Internet usage both in terms of harmful content consumption and productivity. At the same time, organizations are struggling to manage the diverse Internet needs of its constituents while simultaneously ensuring protection against emerging online threats. For example, within elementary schools, limiting access to social networking sites like Facebook, and controlling how children inter-communicate, such as through instant messenger, ensures a learning-centric environment. Equally, in high schools, allowing access to the Internet for learning while blocking undesirable Web sites that compromise Web usage policies is critical. The enhancements in Untangle 7.1, which include a Web Policy Manager application and an eSoft Web filter application, address this need.
- The enhanced Web Policy Manager:
- Facilitates management and automates multiple Internet usage policies across organizations
- Automates sessions within Policy Manager, enabling organizations to "time-out" certain policy changes, for example, allowing IM or Facebook access only during lunch hours
- The enhanced eSoft Web Filter:
- Enforces Safe Search, which removes inappropriate or harmful listings from search term results, while allowing administrators to set organization permission levels depending on policies in place
- Enables temporary or permanent password, allowing for overriding of blocked sites, such as by a teacher in a classroom setting
Supporting Quote:
- "Most small to midsized businesses or education institutes require
robust Web filtering capabilities but have limited time or resources.
We have made it easy, more affordable and more effective for
organizations to manage their Internet connections, while enforcing
protective and flexible Internet policies. Untangle's software-based
approach also provides a superior defense to evolving Internet threats
as it avoids obsolesce typically associated with hardware."
- Bob Walters, CEO, Untangle
Availability and Pricing
- Untangle 7.1 is available to download now at http://www.untangle.com/download
- The entry-level suite is available for free http://www.untangle.com/Open-Source-Package
- Premium package offerings are available via low-cost subscription
plans to meet individual small business or education needs, at
http://www.untangle.com/Solutions/Package-Comparison-Matrix
Supporting Resources:
- The Untangle software suite also includes spam/virus blocker, Web content control, a remote access portal, a VPN, an intrusion prevention system (IPS), an attack shield, an ad blocker and more. To view product details visit http://www.untangle.com/Product-Overview
- To view all Untangle small business offerings visit http://www.untangle.com/Solutions
- To find out how Untangle customers are benefiting from Untangle visit http://www.untangle.com/Case-Studies
About Untangle
Untangle, a network software company, provides a new breed of multi-function firewall and Internet management applications that are optimized for the unique needs of smaller organizations. With a free multi-function firewall at its core and a suite of Internet management applications, Untangle's superior solutions are available at the Industry's lowest cost, and are easy-to-deploy and manage. Untangle's proven network software solutions are installed across 20,000 organizations, protecting more than one million people and their computers. The company's innovative open source approach takes the cost out of Internet management and with its try-before-you-buy approach organizations can now take control of their network within minutes and at no risk. Untangle is located in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit http://www.untangle.com/ or call (866) 233-2296.
Contacts:
Blanc & Otus PR for Untangle
Neil Torres, 415-856-5140
ntorres@blancandotus.com