WatchGuard Announces Unified Threat Management Solution for Windows Azure Cloud Platform

WatchGuard Technologies has announced its first Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution for Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform. As organizations worldwide continue to pour vast amounts of sensitive data, applications and services into the cloud, secure data access becomes paramount. Now these companies can ensure secure cloud access while leveraging WatchGuard's comprehensive and multi-layered defense across network, email, web and content security.

All WatchGuard XTM security appliances now offer full support for VPN access to the Windows Azure Virtual Network service, allowing organizations to quickly and easily create secure VPN tunnels linking on-premise networks and cloud environments. And combined with its existing Microsoft Hyper-V support (Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, and Hyper-V Server 2012), WatchGuard delivers unified threat management for the hybrid cloud, ensuring secure and seamless data access across public cloud, private network and virtualized IT environments.