[September 02, 2011] Kerio Releases Updated Unified Threat Management Firewall Appliance Tweet Sep 02, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Kerio Technologies, Inc. announced Kerio Control 7.2, the latest release of its Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall appliance that protects small and medium businesses from invasive and crippling corporate network threats. The Company said Kerio Control 7.2 brings simplicity to the task of configuring and fine-tuning quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management. According to a release, Kerio Control 7.2 includes QoS management integrated in a simple Web-based interface. Compared to competitive products, Kerio's approach to QoS is among the easiest to implement and maintain. Kerio Technologies said the updated version gives IT administrators the ability to reserve bandwidth for mission-critical business communications such as VoIP, Web conferencing and email. Administrators are in control; they can act as the network "traffic cop" to prioritize important data packets, while keeping lower-priority applications like streaming YouTube videos from slowing down network performance. This is true QoS the Kerio way, it is as simple as clicking a few boxes on the Web-based GUI to reserve, restrict and prioritize bandwidth, either for specific apps or, alternatively, for specific users. "Applying QoS rules for my users is straightforward and powerful with Kerio Control," said Brent Ruggles, IT Manager, Grafton County, NH. "I have power users who would be very upset if they had to wait when performing tasks like uploading files to remote servers. To meet their needs, I can create a traffic policy rule for their web activity and then create a QoS rule based on that traffic policy and reserve the throughput needed. The process is amazingly simple, but effective, and it saves me a ton of phone calls from my users." Kerio Technologies provides unified communications, collaboration and security solutions for small to medium-sized businesses and organizations worldwide. More Information: www.kerio.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]