NetBox Blue
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NetBox Blue Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned provider of internet and email security, filtering and management appliances. The company currently has a staff of 20 and has over 54,000 clients in 18 countries around the world. NetBox Blue was founded in Brisbane
by Trent Davis and John Oxnam in 1999. It is currently a privately owned company with its head office in Spring Hill
, Queensland
, Australia, and branch offices in Sydney
, London
and Taipei
.
NetBox Blue focuses on supplying appliances to small and mid-sized organisations (5-2000 staff) and has customers in all sectors. Corporate customers include Telstra
, Qantas
, Westpac
, Woolworths
and National Australia Bank
.
The company sells its products through a global network of authorized Business Partners. These Business Partners offer complementary services and support.
The company’s most successful product is the Unified Threat Management
device, which runs on a hardened Linux kernel
, and can be deployed as an Xseries
rack-mounted server, a VMware
instance, or a small form-factor tower.
Features of the UTM NetBox include :
- became chairman of NetBox Blue in 2006 and is a director and major shareholder of the company. Fison won several awards in the UK for growth and entrepreneurship and was an Ernst and Young "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" winner in 2001
. He was subsequently selected as a judge for this program in the UK and more recently in Australia. Fison is one of the first UK Chartered Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
's Most Influential Australians under the age of 30. In 2005 Trent Davis was interviewed by the ABC
..
, and subsequently became one of the first IBM Express Advantage Partners in Australasia. The partnership enables NetBox Blue to offer customers world class hardware platforms with global, on-site support.
. The partnership offered customers ESET NOD32 Antivirus as an option in NetBox Blue’s line of UTM and virtualised security products. As a result of the union, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) also have access to NetBox Blue’s integrated security and management suite and full line of localised security appliances through ESET’s network of partners.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
by Trent Davis and John Oxnam in 1999. It is currently a privately owned company with its head office in Spring Hill
Spring Hill, Queensland
Spring Hill is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 2 km north of the central business district. Parts of Spring Hill can be considered to be extensions of the Brisbane CBD.-Schools:Spring Hill is serviced by a number of schools...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia, and branch offices in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
.
About
The NetBox Blue appliance provides organizations with the tools to protect their network from internal and external threats, control data leakage and ensure staff use the internet productively. The company’s offerings include Unified Threat Management appliances, email filtering appliances, soft appliances (for virtual environments) and OEM-ready devices.NetBox Blue focuses on supplying appliances to small and mid-sized organisations (5-2000 staff) and has customers in all sectors. Corporate customers include Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
, Qantas
Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...
, Westpac
Westpac
Westpac , is a multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand....
, Woolworths
Woolworths Limited
Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
and National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation...
.
The company sells its products through a global network of authorized Business Partners. These Business Partners offer complementary services and support.
The company’s most successful product is the Unified Threat Management
Unified threat management
Unified Threat Management is a comprehensive solution that has recently emerged in the network security industry and since 2004, has gained widespread currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations...
device, which runs on a hardened Linux kernel
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....
, and can be deployed as an Xseries
Xseries
Xseries or xSeries may refer to:* Nokia Xseries, a family of mobile phones.* IBM System x, previously eServer xSeries.* X-Series, a mobile broadband offering from 3.* X , a space combat and trading video game series....
rack-mounted server, a VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....
instance, or a small form-factor tower.
Features of the UTM NetBox include :
- Anti-spam
- Anti-virus software
- Stateful firewallFirewall (computing)A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....
- Detailed email & network reporting
- Secure Virtual Private NetworkVirtual private networkA virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network....
- Traffic shaping Quality of ServiceQuality of serviceThe quality of service refers to several related aspects of telephony and computer networks that allow the transport of traffic with special requirements...
QoS - category & URL filtering
- Quota enforcement
- Bandwidth Link aggregationLink aggregationLink aggregation or trunking or link bundling or Ethernet/network/NIC bonding or NIC teaming are computer networking umbrella terms to describe various methods of combining multiple network connections in parallel to increase throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain, and to provide...
Chairman – John Fison
John Fison - co-founder of Keltec with "no background in IT"- became chairman of NetBox Blue in 2006 and is a director and major shareholder of the company. Fison won several awards in the UK for growth and entrepreneurship and was an Ernst and Young "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" winner in 2001
. He was subsequently selected as a judge for this program in the UK and more recently in Australia. Fison is one of the first UK Chartered Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Australian Institute of Company Directors is Australia's leading membership body for directors in Australia and the leading Australian not-for-profit corporate governance organisation....
Chief Technical Officer – Trent Davis
Trent Davis is the founder of NetBox Blue and is now the chief architect and head of development. In 2005 Davis was a winner of the Ernst & Young “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award and was recognized as one of FHMFHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
's Most Influential Australians under the age of 30. In 2005 Trent Davis was interviewed by the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
..
IBM
In late 2006, NetBox Blue formed an alliance with IT giant IBMIBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, and subsequently became one of the first IBM Express Advantage Partners in Australasia. The partnership enables NetBox Blue to offer customers world class hardware platforms with global, on-site support.
Canon ITS Japan
In April 2008 Global IT vendor Canon IT Solutions (ITS) Japan signed a multi-million dollar master distribution agreement with NetBox Blue. NetBox Blue agreed to provide its SpamChecker appliance - as it is known in Japan - to Canon ITS Japan’s customers for email filtering and content control. The drop-in appliance was the result of nine months of co-development between NetBox Blue and Canon Japan and is specifically designed for the SME market in Japan.ESET
NetBox Blue further expanded its security offerings with a strategic partnership with anti-virus software provider ESETEset
ESET is an IT security company head-quartered in Bratislava, Slovakia that was founded in 1992 by the merger of two private companies. The company was awarded as the most successful Slovak company in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
. The partnership offered customers ESET NOD32 Antivirus as an option in NetBox Blue’s line of UTM and virtualised security products. As a result of the union, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) also have access to NetBox Blue’s integrated security and management suite and full line of localised security appliances through ESET’s network of partners.