Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Selects Radware's Application Switching Solution for End-to-End Application Continuity
October 21 2004 - 7:17AM
PR Newswire (US)
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Selects Radware's Application
Switching Solution for End-to-End Application Continuity Leading
Car Rental Company Chooses Radware and Netbriar to Ensure Optimized
Uptime at High Throughputs MAHWAH, N.J., Oct. 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) the leading
provider of Intelligent Application Switching (IAS) solutions
ensuring the availability, performance and security of networked
applications across the enterprise announced that Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) has deployed a new Application
Switching solution to ensure users continuous access to the
thrifty.com and dollar.com Web sites. New promotions and vacation
periods draw increased traffic to the Dollar and Thrifty Web sites.
Without a balanced network, this could result in poor performance
and slow response times for customers. Utilizing Radware's
Application Switching devices, Thrifty was able to ensure optimized
operation and availability of the thrifty.com site. "When it was
time to bring dollar.com in-house, we knew we could depend on a
Radware solution to deliver the robust network performance and
reliability to support the mission-critical applications we are
using today as well as those we will use in the future. With the
assistance Netbriar provided, the transition went extremely well,"
said Bobby Thompson, Manager of Infrastructure at Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group. Thrifty Car Rental has relied upon security and
availability specialist Netbriar and Radware since 2002. Netbriar
implemented a high performance Application Switch III solution
consisting of multiple Radware WSD, LinkProof and FireProof devices
located at critical points across the Dollar Thrifty Automotive
Group infrastructure. This end-to-end solution was deployed across
multiple application server farms to ensure permanent availability
and scalability of resources for Internet customers. "The combined
solution of WSD, FireProof and LinkProof Family provides end-to-end
availability on Thrifty servers, security tools and ISP links,"
said Jarred Shaw, Managing Partner of Netbriar. "As a company that
focuses solely on security and availability, Netbriar felt the
Radware solution was the best fit to ensure Thrifty application
continuity." Radware WSD eliminates network bottlenecks, failures
and downtime from enterprise servers while continuously protecting
resources from security violations -- delivering fault tolerant
operation of all IP applications including web services and online
databases. FireProof activates firewalls, VPNs and IDSs,
eliminating bottlenecks from security devices for high performance
security tool activation. LinkProof ensures non-stop link
availability, load balancing and end-to-end link optimization for
reliable and high performing enterprise multi-homing. "The Radware
Application Switch III, deployed by our channel partner Netbriar,
handles Thrifty's high throughput requirements while eliminating
vulnerabilities across their IT infrastructures," said Bob Simpson,
VP Sales at Radware. "Our solution delivers the processing capacity
and economical service scaling for Thifty's demanding network
environment." About Radware Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) is the Global
Leader in Intelligent Application Switching, enabling the full
availability, maximum performance and complete security of all
mission critical networked applications while dramatically cutting
operating and scaling costs. Radware's integrated Application
Security, Application Infrastructure and End-to-End Connectivity
solutions are deployed by over 2,500 enterprises and carriers
worldwide. Radware offers the broadest product line in the industry
meeting application needs at every critical point across the
network including Web and Application Servers, Firewalls, VPNs, ISP
links, Anti-Virus Gateways and Cache. Learn more on how Radware
Intelligent Application Switching Solutions can enable the
security, performance and availability of mission critical
applications at http://www.radware.com/ . About Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is a Fortune
1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the
mission, Value Every Time, the company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car
and Thrifty Car Rental, serve value- conscious travelers in
approximately 70 countries. Dollar and Thrifty have approximately
800 corporate and franchised locations in the United States and
Canada, and they have operations at most major airports. The
company's more than 7,000 employees are located mainly in North
America, but global service capabilities exist through an ever
expanding franchise network. For additional information, visit
dtag.com. About Netbriar Netbriar is a small, service-oriented
security and availability company. We focus on expertise, not sheer
numbers, and have shared expertise in securing nearly every
discipline of information technology management. This press release
may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from these forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, general business conditions in the
Application Switching industry, changes in demand for Application
Switching products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders
and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware's
Form 20-F. Editorial Contacts: Jon Rabinowitz, Radware Ltd.;
+1-201-512-9771 ext 233 or Investor Relations: Dennis S. Dobson;
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