Great Bay Software's Beacon System Nominated for Best Software Solution Award at CMP's XChange Tech Xcellence Conference
Contacts:
Bob Durkee
Great Bay Software
603.866.1134
bdurkee@greatbaysoftware.com
Greenland, NH -- November 6, 2006 -- Great Bay Software today announced that their Beacon Endpoint Profiling system has been nominated for the XChange Xcellence Award for Best Software Solution at the 2006 Tech Innovators conference. The conference, held in Huntington Beach, CA on October 22 – 24, brings together the latest cutting-edge technology solutions along with the most sophisticated products and live displays in the industry. Over 130 Solution Providers, representing diverse technologies, attended the event. The XChange Xcellence Awards measure overall business and technology integrator perceptions of vendor products and services. XChange attendees evaluate and score each vendor’s presentation, message and presence during the conference.
Enabling NAC and Network-Based Authentication
Great Bay’s Beacon system introduces the concept of Endpoint Profiling as a mechanism to facilitate the deployment of NAC and network-based authentication by discovering and managing the location and type of all LAN attached endpoints. The Beacon system not only streamlines the deployment of NAC, it also provides a system to facilitate several administrative tasks in the NAC-enabled network including adds, moves, and changes, location of non-compliant devices, discovery of unmanaged endpoints, and quick location of endpoints in situations such as helpdesk calls, security events, policy violations, and asset tracking.
As Enterprise companies begin to investigate the deployment of NAC and network-based authentication solutions, they are quickly presented with a significant challenge, the identification of each endpoint system. Through the use of Endpoint Profiling, Great Bay Software’s Beacon system identifies all network attached endpoints, including those that are not capable of authenticating, by type and location, providing the network administrator with the information necessary to deploy and manage the authenticated network.
About XChange Tech Innovators
CMP Media's XChange Conference Group produces premier channel events where opportunities are provided for vendors, distributors and solution providers to meet. The XChange Tech Innovators event offers solution providers training, education and networking opportunities through keynotes, lectures, debates and discussions--all revolving around critical channel issues and trends. The conference provides attendees with an opportunity to meet with leading vendors to share insights into the future of the market.
About Great Bay Software:
Great Bay Software is a software development firm focused on facilitating network-based authentication and secure network access. The company’s endpoint profiling technology provides enterprise customers with the products, services and solutions required to enable the Network Admission Control and Trusted Endpoint Solutions being introduced by many of the top security manufacturers in the world. For more information on the Beacon System from Great Bay Software, visit www.greatbaysoftware.com or call 800-503-1715.
