ipoque, provider of professional solutions for Internet traffic management and analysis, has signed a license agreement with phion Information Technologies, a company specializing in security and connectivity solutions. The cooperation comprises the integration of ipoque's layer-7 deep packet inspection technology in phion's netfence products. phion's customers will then be able to effectively control applications such as P2P, IM, VoIP and Skype, which consume a lot of network bandwidth and often cause security problems. Innsbruck/Leipzig, Germany (PRWeb) February 7, 2007 -- phion Information Technologies' netfence product family helps companies to secure their network communication. Special emphasis is put on high availability, maximum security and intelligent management. phion's solutions help to maintain an uninterrupted network communication even in case of system failures and guarantee that prioritized data traffic always reaches its recipient in a secure manner. ipoque now supports these solutions with its layer-7 deep packet inspection technology. This enables phion netfence products to control applications which circumvent the detection by legacy firewalls. Such applications are undesired in many networks and often pose security risks. Their effective control eliminates these risks and reduce network operation costs.

"We are very happy that phion decided to integrate our technology in their product line. This cooperation brings advantages for both companies, and this will ultimately provide an advantage to our customers," says Klaus Mochalski, ipoque's CEO.

Dr. Klaus Gheri, CTO of phion Information Technologies, adds: "We are certain that the ipoque technology will ideally complement phion's netfence products. This cooperation again demonstrates our philosophy to provide our customers with the best possible solutions for a given range of functionalities, that keeps growing along with the requirements of modern companies."

About phion Information Technologies
phion Information Technologies is one of the leading European providers of communication protection solutions. With its netfence product portfolio, phion offers solutions that meet the highest standards of availability, security and management. phion netfence provides a comprehensive answer to all security-related issues, ranging from guarding the perimeter, networking branch offices via reliable and highly available connections, to protecting against malicious content and securing internal networks. All phion products feature centralized management and a very favorable TCO.

About ipoque
ipoque has been founded in Leipzig, Germany, in the beginning of 2005. The company specializes in professional solutions for application- and user-aware traffic management and analysis. Its line of hardware traffic managers for Gigabit and Fast Ethernet allows an effective control of undesired network applications. These include file sharing in peer-to-peer networks (P2P), instant messaging (IM) and Voice over IP (VoIP) including the popular Skype. In addition to the bandwidth management, all network traffic can be captured and analyzed in real-time. ipoque offers its customers consultancy services and the development of individual traffic management and analysis solutions based on its standard products. ipoque's customers comprise enterprises of all sizes, public and educational institutions and Internet service providers. More information at www.ipoque.com.

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