Allstream Joins Arbor Networks Cloud SignalingSM Coalition to Stop DDoS Attacks

BURLINGTON, MA (PRWEB) December 11, 2012

Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, announced today that Canadian business communications provider Allstream has joined Arbors Cloud SignalingSM Coalition (CSC). Preventing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and mitigating the threats they pose requires collaboration among all stakeholders. The CSC is an innovative partnership between service providers, data center operators and enterprises with the mission to ensure the availability of their network infrastructure and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks.

Joining the CSC will enable Allstream to expand its services and offer customers more proactive ways to block harmful traffic without impeding legitimate traffic. Allstreams managed IP solutions and services help customers simplify IT operations to improve productivity, maximize network performance and manage costs. With these tools and services, IT professionals can address the increasingly complex challenges of massive data and storage demands, cybercrime, business continuity, mobile workers and cloud computing.

We are dedicated to helping IT professionals evolve with rapidly changing technological demands while maintaining network performance at maximum levels, said Jim DeMerlis, Vice President of Marketing at Allstream. As DDoS attacks become more complex, enhanced network security becomes imperative. Our involvement in Arbors Cloud Signaling Coalition is just another example of how Allstream is committed to our customers network security.

Allstream has just released an educational video series titled: DDoS Attacks Understanding the business impacts and methods for mitigating the risks. These videos explore the phenomenon of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – what they are, how they are evolving and who is behind them.

Mitigating DDoS threats should be part of any companys risk planning and business continuity strategy, said Arbor Networks President Colin Doherty. Allstream recognizes that being a part of the Coalition is the best way to keep their customers networks secure. Allstream is clearly taking a proactive approach to reducing the risk inherent in cyberattacks, which will allow its customers businesses to operate more productively and securely.

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Arbor Networks 450 customers include the vast majority of the world’s service providers and many of the largest enterprise networks in use today. According to a report from Infonetics Research titled, DDoS Prevention Appliance Market Outlook, Arbor Networks was cited as the top supplier of DDoS prevention solutions overall as well as in the carrier, enterprise and mobile market segments.

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Allstream Joins Arbor Networks Cloud SignalingSM Coalition to Stop DDoS Attacks