Crossbeam integrates security, data center protection
Modular platform designed to replace multiple point products.
 
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Crossbeam Systems this week is introducing a system designed to protect data centers by integrating a range of security services typically offered by multiple products.
The X40 Network Application Concentrator is a single chassis that can replace an assortment of security gear used to protect sites exposed to the Internet. These other devices include load-balancing switches, the firewall appliances they support and other security servers that scan for such threats as intrusion attempts and denial-of-service attacks.
By combining these functions in a single chassis, service providers can reduce the number of devices needed to support security services, making management simpler, Crossbeam President Steve Justus says.
In addition to protecting data centers from Internet attacks, the X40 can be used to support security services such as network-based firewalls. The X40 can also run firewall applications five times faster than firewall-specific processors, Justus claims.
The X40 is a 14-slot chassis that holds two, one-port Gigabit Ethernet I/O cards and two control-plane cards. The remaining 10 slots are reserved for application processing modules, where, for instance, firewall software would be supported. In its first release, X40 supports only Check Point Software VPN-1/Firewall-1, but it will support other applications from other vendors by year-end. These will include intrusion detection, distributed denial-of-service attack prevention and content filtering, Justus says.
The X40 is based on Linux, so any Linux-based application can be loaded on an Application Processing Module. Crossbeam plans to work with certain application vendors, such as Check Point, so the application is more tightly integrated with the X40 platform.
This will result in a broader range of applications, says Jeff Phillips, an analyst with TeleChoice. "They don't have to try to be the best in the world at everything," he says.
The entry price of the X40 is $64,000. It will be available in December.
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