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Cavium Networks Powers SonicWALL's New Security Platforms with NITROX Processors

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Cavium Networks, a leading provider of security processing solutions, has partnered with SonicWALL to integrate its NITROX security processors into SonicWALL's new PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 platforms. The NITROX processors enable SonicWALL to accelerate VPN performance and provide a range of hardware-accelerated performance points with maximum software re-use and no in-house ASIC development costs.

SonicWALL, a leading provider of integrated network security solutions, has announced the PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 platforms, which utilize Cavium's NITROX security processor to accelerate VPN performance. The NITROX Security processor family is used by networking OEM vendors in a wide variety of applications, including IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, Web servers, Wireless Gateways, Secure Storage, Switches, and Routers. The PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 platforms extend SonicWALL's product line, featuring Cavium's merchant security silicon.

Key Takeaways:

  • SonicWALL's PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 platforms use Cavium's NITROX security processor to accelerate VPN performance
  • NITROX Security processor family is used by networking OEM vendors in various applications, including IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and Web servers
  • Cavium's broad and programmable NITROX security processor family allows SonicWALL to offer a range of hardware-accelerated performance points with maximum software re-use
  • John Gmuender, VP Engineering, SonicWALL, stated, "Cavium's powerful security processors have raised the price/performance bar for our products, and we're now extending the product line with the PRO 2040 and PRO 5060, which also feature Cavium's merchant security silicon"
  • Rajiv Khemani, VP Marketing, Cavium Networks, stated, "Cavium NITROX security processors provide software and pin compatibility across the industry's widest range of performance points"
  • Cavium's NITROX security processors offer 50 Mbps to 10Gbps of encryption bandwidth with 1K to 50K RSA/DH operations per second

Statistics:

  • 50 Mbps to 10Gbps of encryption bandwidth offered by Cavium's NITROX security processors
  • 1K to 50K RSA/DH operations per second offered by Cavium's NITROX security processors
  • Cavium's NITROX security processor family used by 80+ networking OEM vendors worldwide
  • SonicWALL's product line expanded to include PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 platforms featuring Cavium's merchant security silicon

Sources:

  • Cavium Networks press release, "Cavium Networks Powers SonicWALL's New Security Platforms with NITROX Processors"
  • SonicWALL press release, "SonicWALL Announces PRO 2040 and PRO 5060 Platforms"
  • Cavium Networks website, http://www.cavium.com/
  • SonicWALL website, http://www.sonicwall.com/

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