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Barracuda and Aerohive announced today the availability of products which automate communication of wireless security policies between devices to reduce costs and improve efficiencies for customers. The mobile landscape is dramatically evolving, with trends such as BYOD and the "Internet of Things" (IoT) affecting every kind of organization, often without them even being aware of the infiltration. This mobility explosion is also causing organizations to rethink their underpinning infrastructure and security approach. By using Barracuda and Aerohive products together, customers can enable more advanced wireless access and security with greater user visibility in BYOD environments.

Barracuda has extended its Load Balancer product family with the new Barracuda Load Balancer FDC model T740. Built on Intel architecture and featuring improved packet processing performance by up to ten times, Barracuda Load Balancer FDC delivers high 40 Gbps throughput at an industry disruptive price. Designed for virtualized data centers, Barracuda Load Balancer FDC provides scalability and high availability for websites and cloud services. It monitors the health of servers and evenly distributes server loads - all while maintaining session persistence and a seamless user experience in the event that one or more servers become overburdened or unresponsive.

Barracuda has added networking and application security capabilities to complement enhancements made to Azure. Customers using Barracuda NG Firewall and Barracuda Web Application Firewall can now benefit from extended security capabilities and Azure Resource Manager Templates for faster, easier and security-enhanced Azure deployments. The Barracuda solutions provide flexibility for customers with both hourly Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) and Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) subscription options available. Barracuda is demonstrating its Azure security solutions this week in booth 580 during Microsoft Ignite, May 4-8, at McCormick Place South Hall in Chicago.

Barracuda has released the latest version in its NG Firewall product line, which includes a number of new features and updates designed to simplify setup, administration and management. Barracuda NG Firewall now includes self-service configuration for remote end users using MacOS, Windows and iOS to configure their VPN connection in a few clicks. The latest version also allows administrators to activate SafeSearch and YouTube for Schools enforcement in the firewall rules settings. With the new version, Barracuda released the new Barracuda NG Firewall Remote iOS application, designed for system administrators needing simple access to NG control centers from iOS devices. Barracuda will demonstrate the latest version of Barracuda NG Firewall this week at RSA Conference 2015, April 20 - 24, at Moscone Center, San Francisco in booth 3441 in the North Hall.

Barracuda has updated its video surveillance line with CudaEye Local+ video surveillance service plan. CudaEye Local+ provides customers with an HD IP video surveillance camera using built-in DVR functionality that is cloud-managed and 128-bit encrypted. With CudaEye Local+, customers now have the option to locally store surveillance video data to the camera located on the premises. Barracuda is demonstrating the new camera functionality for the CudaEye Local+ service plan this week in booth 22000 at ISC West 2015, April 15-17, at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas.

Barracuda's Partner Program provides channel partners with a number of rich program offerings, benefits and services to help Barracuda channel partners enhance their businesses.

“Barracuda continues to raise the bar on innovation with the new Barracuda Beer Keg Manager,” said Bob Smith at ABC IT Services. “The company’s taken 11 years of its technology innovation for IT – from securing access, to enforcing policies, to mobile device management, to archiving and logging – and created something truly unique. The Barracuda Beer Keg Manager is a game-changer for IT Admins everywhere.”

Barracuda has updated its MDM solution, a free cloud-based mobile device and application management service. Barracuda MDM is part of the company's Total Threat Protection initiative, and now includes support for Android operating systems. With this announcement Barracuda is offering customers more choices to manage various mobility initiatives across a wide range of industries.

Additionally Barracuda is a member of the Access tier of the vCloud Air ISV program and is listed on the VMware Solution Exchange.

Barracuda has rebranded its popular eSignature product SignNow to CudaSign, extending the Barracuda brand as a trusted IT partner into the eSignature market. As part of the rebrand, Barracuda is offering CudaSign at a low price of $1/user/month, a disruptive move that minimizes the cost burden for companies looking to leverage eSignatures, making it easier for organizations to move away from cumbersome processes using printers, scanners, and faxes. CudaSign is part of Barracuda's Data Protection Plus strategic initiative, aimed at helping customers access, retain and share critical data from anywhere and any device.