Barracuda IM Firewall at Qual
Contact us: 0845 686 1977  |  email: info@qual.co.uk

Introducing the Barracuda IM Firewall,
the first and only all-in-one instant
messaging appliance available today

IM Firewall Overview
The Barracuda IM Firewall is the first product to provide everything an organization needs to control and manage internal and external instant messaging (IM) traffic.
It combines an integrated IM server and gateway solution that is powerful, easy to use, and affordable for businesses of all sizes. Installing in minutes, it can easily and completely identify and manage both internal and public IM traffic within your organization.

Using the Barracuda IM Firewall your organization can eliminate the security, virus, or compliance risks of instant messaging while harnessing the communications and productivity benefits for which
IM has become an indispensable asset.

Powerful Complete Solution
The Barracuda IM Firewall combines an internal IM server and client with management and security measures to form the most complete instant messaging solution available. The Barracuda IM Firewall provides:

Most instant messaging products provide either an IM server for secure internal instant messaging within your organization, or an IM gateway to identify, log, and report on existing IM traffic. The Barracuda IM Firewall is a secure IM server with a feature rich IM management solution in an appliance format. This two-tiered approach provides organizations a complete IM solution within minutes.

Easy to Use
The Barracuda IM Firewall is easy to set up and rollout to your users. Installing a unit inline takes minutes and, once connected, all public IM traffic is captured and logged to an internal database. With an intuitive user interface for maintenance and monitoring, the Barracuda IM Firewall is a virtually administration-free solution. When using the IM server, user deployment features such as an email rollout tool allow users to have the client installed and connected in minutes. System updates are delivered automatically by Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 security operations center that works to continuously to provide the most effective methods to identify and control public IM traffic and combat ever-changing virus variants. Energize Updates are distributed hourly so that you are always protected against the latest threats.

Affordable
Large and small organizations alike demand solutions that are affordable not just for today, but also for the future as they grow. The Barracuda IM Firewall enables organizations to grow without having to worry about increasing user license fees. With no per user license fees, the Barracuda IM Firewall is the most affordable secure IM server and management solution available.

The Barracuda Spam Firewall protects your email server
with twelve defense layers:

•   Network Denial of
    Service Protection
•   Rate Control
•   IP Reputation Analysis
•   Sender Authentication
•   Recipient Verification
•   Virus Scanning
•   Policy (User-specified rules)
•   Spam Fingerprint Check
•   Intent Analysis
•   Image Analysis
•   Bayesian Analysis
•   Rule-based Scoring

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