Under the terms of the OEM agreement, H3C is marketing and selling eIQ’s ESA as SecCenter to a broad range of customers in mainland China and Hong Kong. ESA was selected over the competition because of its breadth of functionality, ease of use and broad device and systems support, which includes the management of 3Com switches, routers and security products.

“H3C has partnered with eIQnetworks because their SIM solution is unlike anything on the market,” said Mr. ShunLin Zhou, vice president & security production line team manager, H3C. “While other vendors offer point solutions, our eIQ-powered SecCenter appliance provides integrated functionality that combines log and flow data to meet our customers’ SIM requirements.”

SecCenter leverages ESA’s ability to provide essential real-time security intelligence that enables customers to proactively detect breaches, identity violations and eliminate false positives while meeting complex audit and compliance requirements. Delivered as an appliance, SecCenter also offers customers the value and simplicity of purchase, deployment and maintenance.

“We are pleased to be playing an integral role in the development of SecCenter as an appliance to help HC3 customers improve overall IT security,” said Vijay Basani, chief executive officer at eIQnetworks. “This new offering enables H3C to enhance its network security portfolio while allowing customers to easily build effective security best practices and meet evolving security challenges.”

The H3C partnership further extends eIQ’s penetration in Asia as part of the company’s aggressive global growth strategy.

About SecCenter
Based on eIQnetwork’s award-winning ESA solution, SecCenter combines the following functionality into a single solution to provide essential security intelligence that improves operations and meets evolving compliance requirements:

• Centralized Log Management: Automatically collects, aggregates, compresses, encrypts and archives log data from thousands of heterogeneous, multi-vendor network devices, servers and applications;
• Topology-Based Threat Visualization: Provides the ability to immediately gain visibility into the security posture of the network; 
• Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting: Correlates and monitors security event data across the enterprise in real time to proactively reduce false positives and  identify security breaches;
• Comprehensive Reporting: Delivers over 1,200 easy-to-read security and activity reports to provide insight into the state of the network; and
• Forensics Analysis: Provides the ability search volumes of archived and current log data to find root cause of security breaches and ensure compliance.

SecCenter is available immediately through a network of H3C distributors and resellers throughout mainland China and Hong Kong. For more detailed information, please visit www.h3c.com.

About H3C

H3C, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com, is a leading global supplier of IP networking products and solutions. H3C's offerings include routers, Ethernet switches, wireless LAN, security, Voice/Video over IP products, SOHO products and network management systems. Headquartered in Hong Kong, with principal operations in Hangzhou, China, H3C employs 4,800 people worldwide. H3C creates greater value for customers by supplying high quality, technologically advanced products. To maintain a level of innovation and technical excellence, the Company operates advanced R&D facilities in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shenzhen in China and Bangalore in India; invests more than 15 percent of revenues back into R&D every year and has about half of the workforce engaged in research and development.