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ANNOUNCEMENTS


NEW PRODUCTS, NEW SERVICES, AND CRITICAL ALERTS ANNOUNCEMENTS



NOV
10th


SONICWALL RETURNS TO INDEPENDANCE


DELL SELLS SONICWALL TO INDEPENDENT INVESTORS

After only 4 years of ownership, Dell sells SonicWall to independent investors,
making SonicWall an independent company again.



In 2012, Dell acquired SonicWall to add to their profolio of security products,
but in late 2016 chose to sell their software division (which SonicWall was
considered a part of, along with Quest Software) to support their acquisition of
EMC Corporation, a large enterprise storage vendor.



As of this writing, SonicWall is already moving forward with the separation,
with a new logo and a newly announced partner program, due later this year,
called the SonicWall SecureFirst Partner Program.



After all the disappointment from partners after the Dell acquisition, with Dell
making promises not to compete with partners or make changes to the partner
programs (all of which happened), partners are looking forward to working
directly with SonicWall again.

More information:

SonicWALL Website



SEP
1st


WESTERN NETWORKS BECOMES ALTARO PARTNER


THE BEST-IN-BREED BACKUP SOLUTION IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM WESTERN NETWORKS

Western Networks partners with Altaro to provide best-in-breed backup solutions
for both stand-alone VMs and servers (Altaro BackupFS) and virtual VMware
vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructures (Altaro VMBackup).



After extensive research of various backup solutions, Altaro came out on top
with the features our customers need, along with the simplicity of deployment
and day-to-day management - all at an amazing price compared to the competition.



Altaro BackupFS is an application that backs up files on a stand-alone server,
whether virtual of physical. Backups use infinite deltas, allowing for
continuously rolling over backups that keep only the changed parts of the files
during each backup, drastically reducing the amount of storage required for the
backups. This allows for either smaller backup storage targets, or backups that
go back farther in time. Altaro's reverse delta technology provides for easy
access to the most recent backup with a simple drag and drop from the backup
drive (older backups are accessed via the Altaro interface so that the required
version of the file can be assembled from the deltas on demand).



Altaro VMBackup protects an entire virtual infrastructor from the hypervisor
side, whether VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V, ensuring complete backups of
the entire virtual machine. The backups take advantage of infinite delta
technology, which backs up only the changes since the last backup, increasing
backup storage efficiency and backup performance. Restores can be an entire
virtual machine, or individual files. Altaro VMBackup is Microsoft Exchange and
Microsoft SQL Server aware, ensuring clean backups of the databases and
truncation of the database logs. With Exchange restores, whole databases or
individual mailbox items can be restored.



On top of all of the above, Altaro's support has been outstanding, resulting in
quick and competent answers, which really helps Western Networks maintain a high
level of support to their clients, should a problem arise that needs Altaro's
technicians involved.



Going forward, Altaro's solutions will be Western Networks' go to answer for
backup.

More information:

Altaro Website
VMware Website
Microsoft Website



APR
7th


SONICWALL VIRTUAL APPLIANCES


SONICWALL OFFERS EMAIL SECURITY AND VIEWPOINT / GMS VIRTUAL APPLIANCES

In addition to hardware appliances and Windows software installations, SonicWALL
now offers virtual appliances for both Email Security and ViewPoint / GMS that
can easily be used in VMWare ESX and ESXi environments. This allows SonicWALL
and administrators to take advantage of greater performance, better utilization
of the server hardware, lower power requirements, reduced physical server space,
and hardware fail-over and / or fault tolerance offered by the VMWare's ESX and
ESXi hypervisors.



In addition, for those who would previously have deployed software versions of
these products, there is no longer any need to purchase a Windows license for
the SonicWALL product to run on top of - the virtual appliance is entirely
self-contained, running on top of SonicWALL's hardened SonicLinux OS. An added
side benefit is that the virtual appliances use far fewer server resources than
the Windows based product, further enhancing the benefit of the virtual
appliances.



SonicWALL's Email Security virtual appliance can be deployed as a stand-alone
virtual machine on a single physical server (along side other virtual machines
on the same physical server), or as an Email Security cluster in split-config
mode on a single physical server or distributed across multiple physical servers
for redundancy and load balancing.



With VMWare's ESXi hypervisor being offered for free by VMWare, there is no real
excuse not to use the SonicWALL virtual appliances, especially for small
businesses that often have servers that have plenty of extra horsepower to
handle their existing server's role as well as the SonicWALL virtual appliance
role at the same time (VMWare ESXi running two virtual machines; one the office
Windows Server, the other SonicWALL's Email Security or ViewPoint - or all three
- all on one physical server). That saves space, power, administrative burden,
and most of all - money.

More information:

SonicWALL Email Security Virtual Appliance Website
SonicWALL ViewPoint / GMS Virtual Appliance Website


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LATEST SECURITY ALERTS


Jun
23rd


SPYWARE VENDOR WORKS WITH ISPS TO INFECT IOS AND ANDROID USERS

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that RCS Labs, an Italian
spyware vendor, has received help from some Internet service providers (ISPs) to
infect Android and iOS users in Italy and Kazakhstan with commercial
surveillance tools. [...]

Jun
23rd


MICROSOFT AIMS TO MAKE EDGE THE GO-TO BROWSER FOR GAMING

Microsoft wants to make Edge the go-to browser for gaming, with new features
unveiled today, including a new gaming portal and the public release of its
Clarity boost upscaling feature when using Xbox Cloud Gaming. [...]

Jun
23rd


LITHUANIA WARNS OF RISE IN DDOS ATTACKS AGAINST GOVERNMENT SITES

The National Cyber Security Center (NKSC) of Lithuania has issued a public
warning about a steep increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
directed against public authorities in the country. [...]

Jun
23rd


MALICIOUS WINDOWS 'LNK' ATTACKS MADE EASY WITH NEW QUANTUM BUILDER

Malware researchers have noticed a new tool that helps cybercriminals build
malicious .LNK files to deliver payloads for the initial stages of an attack.
[...]

Jun
23rd


AUTOMOTIVE HOSE MAKER NICHIRIN HIT BY RANSOMWARE ATTACK

Nichirin-Flex U.S.A, a subsidiary of the Japanese car and motorcycle hose maker
Nichirin, has been hit by a ransomware attack causing the company to take the
network offline. [...]

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LATEST COMPANY NEWS


JUL
11th


WESTERN NETWORKS SUPPORTS ANIMALS IN NEED WITH LAPS

Western Networks is proud to sponsor the photo booth at the upcoming LAPS
(Langley Animal Protection Society) 10th Annual Furry Tail Endings Gala, An
Enchanted Ball on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Coast Hotel & Convention
Centre in Langley. It will be a formal-dress evening of dining, dancing, and
entertainment, with a silent and live auction. Proceeds go to helping protect
and promote the physical, emotional, and psychological well being of companion
animals in Langley. This will be a great event for a great cause!

More information and tickets are available through LAPS by phone or in person.
Purchase information is here.

The results of the LAPS Dream Vacation Lottery will be announced at the Gala, as
well. Tickets for the LAPS $5000 Dream Vacation Lottery are available in
advance. Purchase information is here.

Come out and support our furry friends while having a "ball" doing it! We'll see
you there!

FEB
3rd


WESTERN NETWORKS OFFERS IN-HOUSE HOSTING AND SPAM PROTECTION

Seeing a need for better web, e-mail, and FTP hosting solutions, as well as
superior spam-filtering solutions, Western Networks has begun offering in-house
answers.

Using a group of servers to offer redundant, fail-safe hosting, Western Networks
servers are high performance machines that provide reliable hosting for customer
websites and e-mail. Scalability has been achieved through server
virtualization, with quick and monitored fail-over in the event of an
unresponsive server.

In addition, Western Networks has begun offering spam-filtering solutions via
SonicWALL's outstanding Email Security appliance products. SonicWALL's Email
Security products offer the best spam and virus protection available, and
Western Networks is proud to be able to offer that protection to it's clients at
a low cost.

Between the two new service offerings, Western Networks is able to offer an
end-to-end e-mail and hosting solution that provides maximum security, excellent
spam and virus filtering, and complete control over e-mail flow and hosting for
easy diagnostics of any issues that may present themselves.

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Service Portal
 
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