September 9, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Web hosting provider Rackforce (rackforce.com), announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its line of managed security services with the FortiGate (fortigate.com) series of ASIC accelerated antivirus firewalls.
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“Our customers are looking to us for leadership in network threat reduction. We needed a product powerful enough to be placed at the network edge and flexible enough to keep pace with ever-changing Internet threats,” says Craig Skelton, network manager at RackForce. “The FortiGate platform closes the door to spam, viruses, and network attacks in real-time without affecting server or network performance. The FortiGate products can be deployed in a matter of minutes for any RackForce customer. Many of our customers see instant benefits.”
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RackForce’s managed security services now include firewall with intrusion detection, virus filtering or spam tagging. The services are available in any combination or as a full package. According to Rackforce, with the full package, the system can detect and eliminate the most damaging content-based threats originating from email and Web traffic.
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Rackforce recently unveiled a new dedicated server offering.
