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Parallels Payment Network Expands E-commerce Solution for Hosters with PCI compliant Services from Chase Paymentech and Pinnacle Cart

July 17, 2012

Risk-free deployment for Web hosters enables the resale of secure, easy-to-deploy ecommerce solutions tailored to meet the needs of small and medium busineses

RENTON, WA – July 17, 2012 – Parallels, a global leader in cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization, today announced that the company has expanded the Parallels Payment Network to include industry-leading PCI-compliant e-commerce solutions from Chase Paymentech and Pinnacle Cart. These new services – both without any start-up costs - makes the Parallels Payment Network the smart choice for hosters who want to offer ecommerce solutions to meet the growing demand of their small and medium business (SMB) customers with e-commerce websites.

Chase Paymentech, Parallels’ trusted source for market-trusted PCI-compliant payment processing, is a leading provider ofpayment processing and merchant acquiring. The company’s proprietary platforms enable integrated solutions for all payment types for businesses, including credit, debit, prepaid stored value and electronic check processing; as well as digital, alternative and mobile payment options. Setting up a Chase Paymentech Merchant Account, along with a compatible PA-DSS certified shopping cart such as Pinnacle Cart, is an important step towards becoming a PCI-compliant merchant. As the official payment processing provider for the Parallels Payment Network, Chase Paymentech is offering Parallels Plesk Panel partners the opportunity to obtain a merchant account with no sign up costs or monthly minimum fees.

“We are pleased to be part of the Parallels Payment Network, providing innovative solutions to securely process Card-Not-Present (CNP) payments with ease and efficiency,” said Greg Schaub, executive vice president of Chase Paymentech. “We can assist any hoster, and e-commerce site owners can process payments with a fully PCI-compliant processor.”

Chase Paymentech has uniquely combined proven payment technology with a long legacy of merchant advocacy that creates quantifiable value for companies large and small. In 2011, Chase Paymentech processed more than 24 billion transactions with a value of more than $553 billion, including an estimated half of all global Internet transactions. In addition to the ability to authorize transactions in more than 130 currencies, the company provides business analytics and information services, fraud detection and data security solutions. More information can be found at www.chasepaymentech.com.

Also joining the Parallels Payment Network is Pinnacle Cart, known as an e-commerce enablement pioneer with cutting edge marketing features, an easy to use interface, and with the highest level of security, PA DSS certification. Pinnacle Cart is now offered for free to Parallels Plesk partners who have the Parallels Partner Storefront enabled.

“For large resellers and channel partners, e-commerce shopping carts have been a limited to a selection of open source products without dedicated support, security and other features that help small businesses grow,” said Mike Auger, president and CEO of Pinnacle Cart. “It makes perfect sense to partner with Parallels, who has industry leadership with hosting companies and other channel partners. This is really just the tip of the iceberg for service-related offerings we will be able to bundle together to provide turn-key e-commerce solutions to the small business owner. By offering our e-commerce software for free in the Parallels Payment Network, Pinnacle Cart can easily be bundled with additional small business services, giving channel partners a product they can actively market to their customer base.”

“Enabling our hosting and Web design partners to offer a secure, low risk, no cost e-commerce solution to their SMBs customers will help lower customer turnover and raise revenues over time,” said John Zanni, vice president of Service Provider Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. “Chase Paymentech and Pinnacle Cart are two trusted brands that offer world class service and support SMBs need to securely expand their online presence and their business.”

Parallels Payment Network: Low Fees, Greater Flexibility, and Secure Convenience
Parallels Web hosting partners and their end-user website owners can save hundreds or thousands of dollars by eliminating their start-up costs and lowering their processing fees with the Parallels Payment Network, now even more powerful with the addition of Chase Paymentech and Pinnacle Cart. Because the systems are designed specifically for Card-Not-Present (CNP), secure, online transactions, hosters and e-commerce site owners don’t require a credit card reading machine.

In addition, hosters and their customers can also obtain all of the additional e-commerce services they need via the Parallels Payment Network with the following world-class partners:

• SSL Certificates from enom or OpenSRS - SSL Certificates ensure e-commerce websites have secure, encrypted connections. As a major provider to the hosting industry, Parallels has negotiated special rates for SSL Certificates from OpenSRS and enom, and passes this volume pricing along to our service provider partners and their website customers through the Parallels Domain Name Network.
• PCI Manager from TrustWave TrustKeeper – which helps merchants complete the components required for compliance certification, which includes a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and Network Vulnerability Scanning if applicable. The TrustKeeper Agent, TrustWave’s powerful compliance monitoring tool, also helps ensure compliance is maintained over time. These optional PCI compliance validation services help merchants of all sizes achieve and maintain PCI compliance.

How To Buy
Parallels Plesk Panel Partners interested in offering this secure, risk free ecommerce solution should visitwww.parallels.com/products/plesk/value-added-services-hosters for more information on the Parallels Payment Network; hosters interested in becoming a Parallels Plesk Panel partner should visit www.parallels.com/products/hosting-cloud-enablement/.

About Parallels
Parallels is a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

For information on Parallels Plesk Panel 11, visit www.parallels.com/plesk. For information on Parallels, visitwww.parallels.com/spp, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ParallelsCloud and Like Us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/ParallelsCloud.

Former Silicon Valley Engineer Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets

Former Silicon Valley Engineer Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets 
Suibin Zhang Downloaded, Copied Trade Secrets from Marvell Semiconductor Inc.’s Secure Database

U.S. Attorney’s OfficeMay 09, 2012

Northern District of California(415) 436-7200

SAN JOSE, CA—A federal judge convicted a former Silicon Valley engineer of five counts of theft of trade secrets, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.

Suibin Zhang was found guilty Monday of three counts of theft and copying of trade secrets for downloading the trade secrets from a secure database, one count of duplication of trade secrets for loading those trade secrets onto a laptop provided by his new employer, and one count of possession of stolen trade secrets. The defendant was acquitted of three counts of computer fraud and one count of unauthorized transmission of a trade secret. The guilty verdict followed a more than two-week bench trial before United States District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte, which began October 24, 2011 and concluded November 9, 2011.

“The protection of intellectual property rights is of vital importance to the economic security of our region,” United States Attorney Melinda Haag said. “The investigation and prosecution of thefts of trade secrets remain a significant priority for this office.”

Evidence at trial showed that Zhang, 43, of Belmont, California, was employed as a project engineer at Netgear Inc., of San Jose, and had access to the secure database of Marvell Semiconductor Inc. by virtue of his position at Netgear. The evidence further showed that on March 8, 2005, Zhang had accepted a position at Marvell’s chief competitor, Broadcom Corporation, and that, beginning on March 9, 2005, and continuing to March 18, 2005, Zhang used his Netgear account to download and steal trade secret information found in dozens of documents, data sheets, hardware specifications, design guides, functional specifications, application notes, board designs, and other confidential and proprietary items from Marvell. The defendant then loaded the Marvell trade secrets onto a laptop issued by his new employer, Broadcom, on April 27, 2005 and was in possession of those stolen trade secrets on June 24, 2005 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at his home and at Broadcom.

The sentencing of Zhang is scheduled for 9 a.m. on August 27, 2012 before Judge Whyte in San Jose. The maximum statutory penalty for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1832 is 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, plus restitution if the court deems appropriate. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553. Zhang has been released by the court on $500,000 bond.

Matt Parrella and Dave Callaway are the Assistant U.S. Attorneys who prosecuted the case with the assistance of Legal Tech Nina Burney-Williams. The conviction is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Both Marvell Semiconductor Inc. and Netgear Inc. cooperated fully with the FBI in the investigation.

JUNIPER NETWORKS ENABLES SECURE ENTERPRISE NETWORK ACCESS FROM ANY DEVICE WITHOUT BURDENING IT MANAGERS

JUNIPER NETWORKS ENABLES SECURE ENTERPRISE NETWORK ACCESS FROM ANY DEVICE WITHOUT BURDENING IT MANAGERS

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 2, 2012) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, announced additions to its Simply Connectedportfolio available today that simplify and secure mobile device access to enterprise networks. With new unified policy enforcement that is simplified and automated, IT managers can now set and automatically enforce consistent security and access policies across every wired, wireless and mobile connection from company-issued, personal and guest devices. This new approach ultimately reduces the burden on IT managers who struggle with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) administration and security enforcement access policies.

As the influx of personal devices accessing corporate networks, clouds and applications continues to disrupt enterprise environments, IT managers are faced with new security challenges that bring emerging, complex threats from mobile devices and new end-user applications.

Unlike solutions built for traditional networks with static policies and inconsistent enforcement, Juniper's unified policy enforcement provides IT managers with granular control over user access to enterprise networks based on who they are, where they are, what applications they are using, and from what device.

News Highlights

• New products and features in the Simply Connected Portfolio provide a holistic approach to security, unified policy and mobile access and include:
  • Juniper Networks® SRX550 Services Gateway: combines security, routing and switching in a single, consolidated and high-performance form for medium to large branch deployments.
  • SRX110 Services Gateway: a consolidated, cost-effective networking and security platform for enterprise and commercial small branch environments.
  • WLA322 and WLA321 Series Wireless LAN Access Points: are two new full-featured enterprise class access points at entry-level price points for low-to-medium density environments.
  • Junos® Pulse Access Control Service/UAC and Junos Pulse Secure Access Service/SSL VPN deliver enhanced endpoint device integrity checks, assessment and security provisioning for Mac OS, iOS and Android devices. The Junos Pulse solution coordinates policy enforcement throughout the network, enabling IT to identify, on-board, secure and manage all personal, corporate-issued and guest devices and meet organization security and access policy requirements.
  • Updates to AppSecure in the latest Junos software release across the entire SRX Series product family now enable enforcement of application security and control based on the user versus device, allowing for consistent enforcement regardless of location or device not possible with other IP-based enforcement solutions.

Supporting Quotes"As a global leader in video collaboration, the network is a critical part of all that we do. Juniper's Simply Connected portfolio is easy to deploy and manage with limited IT staff. As we continue to build out our mobile infrastructure, we are confident that our network can deliver the performance we need while simplifying and securing access for our employees, and their personal and corporate-issued mobile devices."
- Dan Case, IT director, Polycom

"With Juniper's Simply Connected portfolio we can not only deliver a complete enterprise portfolio of security, switching, routing and WLAN, but benefit from tight integration of these products enabling a seamless and secure solution for our customers."
- Rodney Turner, CEO, Layer3 Communications

"As businesses seek to secure data from a mobile and distributed workforce, unified policy enforcement and granular control over user access to their networks will be key to protecting data."
- Christine Liebert, senior analyst, Security Services, IDC

"IT managers are trying to cope with the influx of mobile devices into the workplace. Juniper's holistic approach advances security, simplifies the user experience and expands device support. With these enhancements to our Simply Connected portfolio, Juniper sets a new standard for comprehensive policy enforcement delivering an end-to-end solution that integrates switching, routing and wireless to provide secure access for the entire enterprise."
- Alex Gray, senior vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks

Additional Resources:

• Juniper Networks Simply Connected Portfolio
• Juniper on Twitter
• Juniper on Facebook

About Juniper NetworksJuniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net).

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F5 Secures and Optimizes Application and Network Services for the Interop 2012 Las Vegas Network Operations Center

Interop attendees can visit F5’s booth to learn about the dynamic data center, cloud, application delivery, security, and view a demo with Microsoft focused on agile cloud deployments

SEATTLE, May 02, 2012

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that the company will provide IT services, including IPv4–IPv6 translation, firewall, SSL VPN, and web optimization technologies, for the Network Operations Center (NOC) at the Interop conference, taking place May 6–10 in Las Vegas. F5’s EVP of Product Development and CTO, Karl Triebes, will also participate in a panel discussion at the event. In addition, the company will showcase its market leading ADN solutions, as well as cloud and virtualization solutions with Microsoft, in F5’s booth #2137.

“F5 Networks is once again supporting the Interop NOC with technologies that help attendees get the most out of their time at the conference,” said Triebes. “With a full slate of activities at the show, we look forward to highlighting F5’s innovative solutions and demonstrating how companies can implement a dynamic data center approach that takes advantage of cloud and virtualization technologies to address evolving application, user access, and security demands.”

F5 will participate in a number of conference events, including:

• Panel Discussion with F5 CTO, Karl Triebes

  Triebes will participate in a panel discussion entitled, “Is This the End of Physical Appliances?” on Tuesday, May 8 at 2:30 p.m. PT in Lagoon J. The discussion will focus on the growing use of virtual devices in the data center, and how this affects the fate of physical appliances. As a panelist, Triebes will offer F5’s viewpoint to help attendees better understand the ways that physical, virtual, and hybrid ADN architectures can support specific initiatives, and how to evaluate deployment options.

• F5 and Microsoft Cloud Reference Architecture Demonstration

  F5 and Microsoft have created a virtualized network architecture to enable more agile cloud deployments, which will be demonstrated at F5’s booth. The demonstration will show the ease of managing application workloads across traditional network and data center boundaries using the F5^® BIG-IP^® Local Traffic Manager™ and Windows Server 2012 Beta Hyper-V Network Virtualization. Specifically, the solution will demonstrate how to move an on-premise virtual machine (VM) to a shared infrastructure hosted data center without changing the IP address of the application VM.
  “Windows Server 2012 is a cloud-optimized OS that addresses the need for successful cloud architectures to include integration among compute, storage, and networking resources,” said Sandeep Singhal, General Manager, Windows Networking, Microsoft. “Innovations such as Hyper-V Network Virtualization allow multiple virtual networks—potentially with overlapping IP addresses—to be deployed on the same physical network. When customers use Windows Server 2012’s cloud-optimized functionality with solutions such as F5’s BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, they have a powerful way to deal with network-related challenges and accelerate the adoption of cloud-based architectures.”

• Activities at F5’s Booth and Meeting Room

  Throughout Interop, F5 will showcase the company’s market leading ADN solutions at booth #2137 in the main exhibition hall. Visitors will learn how to overcome IT challenges using the F5 BIG-IP system to optimize their infrastructures, enhance application performance for mobile users, and efficiently leverage cloud resource models, among other topics. Visitors can play the “Big Claw Challenge” for a chance to win prizes, including an iPad 3, Xbox 360 with Kinect, gift cards, and much more. Additionally, F5 will host an IT Professionals Reception in Reef D on Tuesday, May 8 at 5:00 p.m. PT. F5 will also participate in the Interop Booth Crawl on Wednesday, May 9 at 3:30 p.m. PT.

• Classroom-style Presentation: F5 in the Interop NOC

  On Wednesday, May 9 at 11:15 a.m. PT, F5 will offer a class detailing how F5 solutions help power the Interop NOC. Entitled “Data Center Application and Service Delivery,” the class will be held in the InteropNet Classroom in booth #450.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5^® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technology. For a complete listing of F5 community sites, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.

F5, BIG-IP, and Local Traffic Manager are trademarks or service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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CA Technologies Security Products to Help Secure Swift Exchange Commerce Ecosystem

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CA Technologies Security Products to Help Secure Swift Exchange Commerce Ecosystem

CA SiteMinder and CA SiteMinder Federation to Support Breakthrough Loyalty Payment Platfor

NEW YORK and ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 1, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that Swift Exchange, an innovator in global commerce, has selected CA SiteMinder® and CA SiteMinder® Federation to help secure and simplify access to its loyalty program commerce system, also called Swift Exchange.

The CA Technologies security products will provide Web access management for the forthcoming Swift Exchange, an innovative commerce ecosystem designed to provide unprecedented liquidity, transparency and usability of reward points and miles, making them as easy to spend as cash.

“Designing Swift Exchange with security in mind from the ground up is a strategic priority,” said Don Codling, Chief Information Security Officer at Swift Exchange. “The integration of state-of-the-art security controls from CA Technologies underscores the depth of our commitment to protecting our environment in an era of unprecedented security breaches.”

The sensitive information associated with loyalty programs and the need to balance security and convenience for its customers – whether reward providers, merchants or consumers – drove Swift Exchange to select best-in-class security solutions, such as CA SiteMinder and CA SiteMinder Federation from CA Technologies, for its loyalty payment platform. 

“It’s hard to find an organization today that isn’t transacting business online or using a cloud application for its operations,” said Mike Denning, general manager, Security business, CA Technologies. “As Swift Exchange sets out to introduce a breakthrough commerce ecosystem for the loyalty program market, it clearly understands that controlling and securing access to Web applications is essential and needs to be addressed up front in the development stage, instead of being the last stop on the assembly line.”

With CA SiteMinder and CA SiteMinder Federation, Swift Exchange has a strategic balance of security and business enablement which makes the exchange convenient and easy-to-use for customers.

Features of the CA Technologies Web access management solution include:

• Web single sign-on: reduces the challenge of multiple user logins to provide seamless access across diverse Web applications.
• Flexible authentication: supports multiple authentication methods to match authentication strength to application sensitivity.
• Policy-based authorization: allows or denies access at the file, page or object level based on user attributes, roles, groups, location, time, or data sensitivity.
• Scalability, reliability, availability: helps meet the most demanding enterprise requirements through dynamic load balancing, caching, clustering, replication and more.

“An industry transforming commerce ecosystem calls for world-class partners,” said Matt Epstein, Director, Technology Applications at Swift Exchange. “This is particularly the case where security and access management is concerned, as we set out to bring unprecedented power and ease-of-use to the task of managing the 18 programs to which the typical loyalty member belongs.”

About Swift Exchange

As a pioneer in global commerce, SWIFT EXCHANGE has developed a first-of-its kind electronic commerce ecosystem utilizing its patent-protected technology that blends points and miles from different reward programs to make them as easy to spend as cash. SWIFT EXCHANGE’s first deployment includes a multi-tender payment mechanism that easily embeds into e-commerce sites and at point-of-sale. Reward providers have a way to expand the utility of their rewards currency for customers and merchants have a way to accept rewards currencies for payment. Founded by CEO Richard Postrel, SWIFT EXCHANGE is owned and operated by Signature Systems LLC, a developer of advanced technologies driven by a growing portfolio of breakthrough, patent-protected intellectual capital. For more information, visitwww.swiftexchange.com or call (305) 865-7000.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.