Interop Selects Palo Alto Networks to Present at the Interop New York 2009
Conference Next Week
Palo Alto Networks Co-Founder and CTO Nir Zuk to Present "What's Wrong with
the WAN Firewall?" in the Conference's Networking Track
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks(TM), the leader
in next-generation firewalls, today announced that it has been selected to
present at Interop New York 2009, being held Nov.16 - 20 at the Javits
Convention Center in New York City. The company is also exhibiting at the
event, in booth number 722.
Nir Zuk, security industry expert and Palo Alto Networks co-founder and CTO,
will present "What's Wrong with the WAN Firewall?" in the Networking Track on
Nov. 20 at 10:15 am. Attendees will learn of the limitations of the
traditional WAN firewall and identify what functionality firewalls need to
implement to overcome these limitations.
"Interop prides itself on its ability to leverage industry expertise to
achieve its goal of educating attendees in a number of important networking
industry sectors, including network security," said Interop General Manager
Lenny Heymann. "As part of the conference's networking track, we are pleased
to have Nir Zuk of Palo Alto Networks participating in this year's event."
Palo Alto Networks will also be exhibiting at the event this year, and
demonstrating its latest next-generation firewall, in booth number 722.
Attendees will be able to obtain copies of the just-published Application
Usage and Risk Report - Fall 2009 Edition.
Mr. Zuk is considered an industry authority in network security throughout the
world. Prior to co-founding Palo Alto Networks, Mr. Zuk was CTO at NetScreen
Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004. Prior to
NetScreen, Mr. Zuk was co-founder and CTO at OneSecure, a pioneer in intrusion
prevention and detection appliances. Mr. Zuk was also a principal engineer at
Check Point Software Technologies and was one of the developers of stateful
inspection technology.
About Interop®
Interop® drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to
help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of
TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology
event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world
demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique Interop Net
program, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and
solutions the industry has to offer. For more information about these events,
visit http://www.interop.com .
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks(TM) is the leader in next-generation firewalls, enabling
unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and
content - by user, not just IP address - at up to 10Gbps with no performance
degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID(TM) technology, Palo Alto Networks
firewalls accurately identify and control applications - regardless of port,
protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption - and scan content to stop threats
and prevent data leakage. Enterprises can for the first time embrace Web 2.0
and maintain complete visibility and control, while significantly reducing
total cost of ownership through device consolidation. For more information,
please visit http://www.paloaltonetworks.com .
Palo Alto Networks, the Palo Alto Networks Logo and App-ID are trademarks of
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States. All other trademarks, trade
names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective
owners.
SOURCE Palo Alto Networks
Dan Spalding of Spalding Communications, LLC, +1-408-960-9297,
dan@spaldingcomm.com; or Steve Johansson of A&R Edelman, +1-650-762-2846,
sjohansson@ar-edelman.com, both for Palo Alto Networks
