Radware

Infobox_Company | company_name = Radware | company_| company_type = Public (nasdaq|RDWR) | foundation = 1997 | industry = Technology
revenue = $88.6 million USD
num_employees = 500+
location = Tel Aviv, Israel | key_people = CEO: Roy Zisapel
products = Application Delivery and Network Security | homepage = [http://www.radware.com/ www.radware.com] |

Radware (nasdaq|RDWR), develops, manufactures and sells application delivery and network security solutions to provide business-critical applications with availability, performance and security targeted to both to the enterprise and carrier markets.

Products

Radware's APSolute^TM suite of application delivery and security products include:

* AppDirector™: An Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that accelerates and secures applications, and provides availability, redundancy, security of servers.

* AppXcel™: Works in tandem with AppDirector and DefensePro to provide multi-gigabit speed transactions, HTTP compression and SSL acceleration providing end-to-end performance of web- and SSL-based applications for all end-users types such as desktops, PDAs and smart-phones.

* AppXML: Designed specifically to help companies deploy web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), it improves the speed of XML document processing and secure XML-based communications by offloading tasks to dedicated hardware.

* VirtualDirector: An application delivery optimization solution for the virtualized data center providing real time dynamic allocation of data center resources based on business events, ensuring positive user experience and improving response time.

* SIP Director: A SIP Application Delivery Controller (ADC) for VoIP/SIP value-added application vendors, Equipment Manufacturers and System Integrators, this VoIP/SIP ADC solution delivers the intelligence needed to address the VoIP/SIP service delivery requirements of carriers and operators deploying VoIP services.

* DefensePro™: A real-time Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) that maintains business continuity by protecting the IP infrastructure against existing and emerging network-based threats that can’t be detected by traditional IPS’ such as: computer worms, computer viruses, malicious intrusions, Denial-of-service attacks, application misuse threats, SSL attacks and VoIP service misuse.

* LinkProof®: Provides uninterrupted access to data centers, remote locations, web sites and the Internet and ensures continuity when disaster strikes for mission-critical applications residing in the data center.

* LinkProof Branch: A remote application access solution for branch offices that provides optimized application delivery across the WAN.

* Content Inspection Director® (CID): Allows carriers to deliver value-added services such as anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering and dynamically provision new content.

* SecureFlow™: Enables customized security operations across any security device, optimizing performance by selectively forwarding relevant traffic to the appropriate security elements.

* Inflight™: A network-based monitoring solution that delivers actionable, real-time business events on any back-end analytic system. It captures raw, identity-based data from online channels, converts that content into meaningful information and feeds the resulting event streams into horizontal analytics engines.

* Insite: A management and monitoring tool for the APSolute™ suite of products which permits the set-up, configuration and management of all Radware products from one central console.

* Insite ManagePro™: An enterprise-grade, security management solution that acts as a single point of access for IT management and operations staff to centrally manage and monitor the real-time status and performance of their application delivery infrastructure.

* Application Performance Monitoring (APM): Allows users to analyze real-time traffic and pinpoint network performance degradation, isolate problems to an application, to a location in the network and to a specific server or server farm.

Sales Model/Markets

The company markets and sells its products worldwide through an indirect sales channel that includes distributors and resellers located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Its customers cover all major industry segments including financial services, insurance, e-Commerce, manufacturing, retail, government, healthcare, education, transportation, services and carriers.

For the enterprise, Radware offers solutions for the data center, WAN optimization, application networking and security.
For the carrier (wireline, mobile and ISPs) Radware’s solutions optimize carriers’ IP service operations giving them the visibility and control needed to effectively manage all IP services across the carrier core.

Core Technology

The core technologies that make up Radware’s offering include:

* Global Load Balancing
* Application Acceleration
* MultiWAN Switching
* Remote Office Access
* Network Intrusion Prevention
* Application Performance Monitoring
* SIP Load Balancing
* Web Transaction Monitoring
* Security Traffic Flow Management
* Managed Service Delivery
* Web Application Firewalling
* XML Acceleration/Security

Product Functionality

* SSL Acceleration
* Application Acceleration
* Intelligent Compression
* Caching
* Application Optimization
* Advanced Routing
* Local traffic Management
* Global traffic Management
* Bandwidth Management
* Link/Internet Service Provider (ISP) Load balancing
* Multihoming
* Multilayer Intrusion Prevention
* DoS Protection
* Application Security
* VoIP Security
* Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) traffic management
* Deep Packet Inspection
* Real-time Intelligence

Data Center Solutions

Radware’s architectural approach to business-smart networking addresses the full range of availability, performance and security challenges associated with several key data center trends including:

* Consolidation
* Business Continuity
* Compliance
* SOA
* Virtualization
* Mobility

Partners

Radware partners with leading industry application and technology providers like SAP AG, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, Avaya, VMWare, HP, Oracle Corporation, Riverbed, BEA and many more :

Corporate History

Radware was co-founded by Yehuda Zisapel and Zohar Zisapel in 1997. Roy Zisapel is the current President, CEO and Director of Radware. In 1999 the company went public and was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and is a member of the Rad Group of companies.

External links

* [http://www.voipplanet.com/solutions/article.php/3725231 SIP Director: Radware Launches SIP-Aware ADC,] By Jeff Goldman, voipplanet.com, February 1, 2008

* [http://www.echannelline.com/canada/story.cfm?item=DLY021208-3 OnDemand Switch: Radware unveils OnDemand Switch] By Paul Weinberg, February 12, 2008

* [http://voip-phone-systems.tmcnet.com/topics/voip-phone-systems/articles/32291-radware-apps-protect-vs-ssl-attacks-voip-misuse.htm DefensePro: Radware Apps to Protect Vs. SSL Attacks, VoIP Misuse] By Jai C.S.,TMCnet, June 25, 2008

* [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/accel/2008/092208netop1.html VirtualDirector: Radware Looks to Optimize Virtual Environments] By Ann Bednarz, Network World, September 23, 2008

References

* [http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/factsheet.xhtml?ID=61374&cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=OVR&cm_pla=CO4&cm_ite=radware Radware Factsheet] - by Hoovers.com
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/radware-ltd Radware on Answers.com]
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=RDWR Radware on Yahoo Finance]