Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration
(ISA) Server 2004 can implement a firewall, VPN,
proxy and Web-cache server to help secure your
IT resources. Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 is a combined
advanced stateful packet and application-layer
inspection firewall server, easy-to-implement
virtual private network (VPN) server and Web
proxy and cache server solution for your IT
infrastructure This combination of servers
is only available through ISA Server, allowing
you to maximize existing IT investments by
improving network security and performance, all
in one package. ISA Server 2004 is available
in two versions, ISA Server Standard Edition and
ISA Server Enterprise Edition and is available
in two forms:
- Hardware. You can acquire ISA Server 2004
Standard or Enterprise Editions on stand-alone
hardware that comes shipped on a server with a
hardened version of Microsoft Windows Server
2003 and a preconfigured version of ISA Server
2004. Deploy in under 15 minutes.
- Software. You can also acquire ISA Server
2004 Standard or Enterprise Edition as a
software system ready for deployment onto your
existing servers. Deploy, maintain, optimize, or
even develop code on top of ISA Server to
maximize the benefit.
With these options, you can mix-and-match to
find the solution that works best for your
company. As an example, you could buy and ship a
hardware version of ISA Server to your branch
offices and deploy the software version of ISA
Server on multiple servers in your
headquarters—it's up to you. |