Framingham, MA and Tokyo, Japan (May 16, 2007) – Insightix, the developer of stateful IT visibility and network access control solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Rikei Corporation for the distribution of its Insightix Discovery and Insightix NAC solutions in Japan.
Rikei has selected Insightix Discovery and Insightix NAC to include in its portfolio of IT solutions it distributes across all vertical markets. Insightix solutions allow IT professionals to achieve complete visibility of their entire IT infrastructure and control all the devices accessing and operating on their networks.
Insightix Discovery obtains a complete inventory of all network devices, including their location and associated properties, and provides an accurate topology map of the entire network. Insightix NAC ensures that only authorized and compliant devices are allowed to access and operate on the network. Both Insightix Discovery and Insightix NAC are completely agentless and utilize Insightix’s Stateful Network Detection technology, which generates and maintains in a real-time “state” of all devices connected to the network and their associated properties.
“The highly accurate results of Insightix’s solutions and their ability to visualize an entire network and control all the network components are a strong fit for the IT practices in Japan,” said Katsuei Aoyagi, President and CEO at Rikei Corporation. “Insightix Discovery and Insightix NAC compliment our existing portfolio of IT solutions and reinforce our commitment to providing our customers with the most advanced and reliable technology solutions available.”
“We are honored to have been selected by Rikei. Japan is an advanced market with unique IT requirements and is of strategic importance for Insightix to prove our value proposition,” commented Lior Tal, CEO at Insightix. “Our relationship with Rikei provides us with wide exposure and excellent access to the market for IT solutions in Japan.”
Insightix was also recently profiled by Red Herring magazine as one of the top fifteen security startup companies to watch.
About Insightix
Insightix develops stateful IT visibility and network access control solutions. Insightix's solutions are agentless, provide full network coverage and deliver an immediate return-on-investment for network security, IT operations and regulation compliance. Insightix solutions are simple to use and overcome the technical limitations of existing solutions.
Insightix customers include prominent companies in the banking, retail, media, transportation, manufacturing, education and additional industries. Insightix’s investors include Quest Software (NASDAQ:QSFT), several technology veterans and Blumberg Capital.
About Rikei Corporation
Rikei Corporation was founded in 1957 to provide best-of-breed IT solutions, systems integration, and services to the public and private sectors. Rikei Corporation is listed as 8226 on the #2 Tokyo Stock Exchange. Rikei Corporation is committed to introducing the world's most advanced technologies into the Japanese market. Flagship customers include Japan Defense Agency, KDDI, NEC, NTT-ME, and Sanyo Electric. Rikei partners include IBM and HP. Rikei Corporation has 200 employees, with 7 branches in Japan, as well as offices in the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. For more information visit www.rikei.co.jp.
Press Contacts
Insightix Ltd.
press@insightix.com
Masayuki Uchiyama
Rikei Corporation
+81.3.3345.2180
uchiyama@rikei.co.jp