
"We are pleased to be working with Palo Alto Networks to deliver on the vision of the software-defined data center," said Hatem Naguib, vice president, Networking and Security, VMware. Safe enablement of applications in the virtualized data center, combined with the ability to secure intra-host traffic, integration with migration technologies and orchestration and automation tools, all under one policy and management approach gives Palo Alto Networks customers a comprehensive and flexible solution to securing their virtualized data centers and private cloud infrastructures. PAN-OS 5.0 and the VM-Series enable IT to efficiently secure the infrastructure, both physical and virtual with a common policy and management approach. Furthermore, a new feature, dynamic objects, allows security policies to follow virtual machines even when live-migration technologies move those VMs between hosts.

PAN-OS 5.0 adds significant management capabilities to the virtualized data center solution, such as allowing enterprises to tie user and app-based policies to virtual machine or server deployments via cloud automation or orchestration tools. Using application-, user-, and content-based next-generation firewall technology, it offers intra-host safe enablement of data center applications regardless of port or protocol.

The new Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a key component in a comprehensive approach to network security in the virtualized data center. Next-Generation Security in the Virtualized Data Center and Cloud "With this release, we enable next-generation firewalls to help organizations with securing traditional and private cloud infrastructures from a growing array of threats, including unique, modern malware." "Enterprises are struggling with major changes in the infrastructures they must secure, and what they must protect those infrastructures from," said Lee Klarich, vice president of product management, Palo Alto Networks. The launch of the M-100 appliance – a dedicated high-performance management applianceĪll of these newly unveiled products are supported by the release of PAN-OS 5.0, which also introduces 60 new features focusing on solving unique network security problems in cloud environments, scaling and simplifying network security management in large enterprise environments, enhanced IPv6 capabilities and increased control for managing the growing amount of SSL traffic in the enterprise.


The launch of the PA-3000 Series – a new, midrange next-generation firewall hardware platform The launch of the WildFire modern malware prevention subscription which sets the bar for the market which until now has only been focused on detection The launch of the VM-Series – a virtualized next-generation firewall platform that brings next-generation network security into the virtualized data center environment
