Netbox Blue
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Network security |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Key people |
Chairman: John Fison CTO: Bernd Jerzyna |
| Products | 6S Technology, Next Generation Firewall, Secure Web Gateway and Proxy, Unified Threat Management, Endpoint Management, URL Web Filtering, Load Balancing and Link Failover, Identity Management, Internet Acceleration. |
Number of employees | 40 (2012) |
| Website | http://cyberhound.com |
Netbox Blue Pty Ltd, now Cyberhound Pty Ltd as of November 2015, is an Australian-owned provider of internet and email security, filtering and management solutions. The company currently has a staff of 40 and has clients in more than 20 countries around the world. Netbox Blue was founded in Brisbane by John Oxnam, Justin Cooke and Trent Davis in 1999. It is privately held company with its head office in Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia, and branch offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and London.
Netbox Blue provides products for internet compliance, management and security. Their products include applications that report inappropriate communications in social media, using pattern matching technology.
Staff
Chairman
John Fison - co-founder of Keltec (IT company)- became chairman of Netbox Blue in 2006 and is a director and major shareholder of the company. Fison won several awards in the UK for growth and was an Ernst and Young "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" winner in 2001[1] . He was subsequently selected as a judge for this program in the UK and more recently in Australia. Fison is one of the first UK Chartered Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Chief Technology Officer
Trent Davis is the founder of Netbox Blue and is now the chief architect and head of development. In 2005 Davis was a winner of the Ernst & Young “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award[2] and was recognized as one of FHM's Most Influential Australians under the age of 30. In 2005 Trent Davis was interviewed by the ABC.[3]
In January 2016, Bloomberg acquired some IP and assets of Netbox Blue for Bloomberg Vault to monitor social media. Trent Davis now works for Bloomberg.[4]
Since 2016, Bernd Jerzyna is now CTO.
Solutions
Social Media Management
Netbox Blue's SafeChat helps schools, businesses, government and not-for-profit organisations embrace social media. The award-winning technology helps to identify the victims of cyberbullying. A recent Netbox Blue news item provides further information on cyberbullying in schools. SafeChat provides a means of ensuring applications like Facebook, Windows Messenger and Twitter can be used positively, flexibly and securely. SafeChat can be deployed on all Netbox models and provides protection wherever laptops are connected to the internet via the BIC agent. Communications can be blocked, appended, reported or be sent for authorisation before posting.
Solutions for Schools
In 2008 Netbox Blue launched an internet and email filtering appliance specifically for the education sector.[5] The solution offers cyberbullying protection, patented category web filtering, spam filtering, virus protection, internet quota management and a firewall. The product is used by schools across Australia and the world.[6]
Strategic Alliances
IBM
In late 2006, Netbox Blue formed an alliance with the IT corporation IBM, and subsequently became one of the first IBM Express Advantage Partners in Australasia.[7]
Canon ITS Japan
In April 2008 Global IT vendor Canon IT Solutions (ITS) Japan signed a multimillion-dollar master distribution agreement with Netbox Blue.[8] Netbox Blue agreed to provide its SpamChecker appliance - as it is known in Japan - to Canon ITS Japan’s customers for email filtering and content control. The drop-in appliance was the result of nine months of co-development between Netbox Blue and Canon Japan and is specifically designed for the SME market in Japan.
ESET
Netbox Blue further expanded its security offerings with a strategic partnership with anti-virus software provider ESET.[9] The partnership offered customers ESET NOD32 Antivirus as an option in Netbox Blue’s line of UTM and virtualised security products. As a result of the union, small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) also have access to Netbox Blue’s integrated security and management suite and full line of localised security appliances through ESET’s network of partners.
EdgeWave USA
In June 2012, Netbox Blue has announced a licensing agreement with EdgeWave, Inc. The deal enables EdgeWave to provide its customers with Netbox Blue’s award winning social media management technology, SafeChat®. (more)
See also
References
- ↑ "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists & Winners 2001" (PDF). Ernst & Young. 2001.
- ↑ "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists & Winners 2005". Ernst & Young Australia. 2005.
- ↑ "ABC Radio interview with Trent Davis". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2005.
- ↑ "Bloomberg acquires Netbox Blue to enhance its behavioral analytics and social media surveillance platform". Bloomberg L.P. 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "CRN news article - Netbox Blue secures emails for education sector". CRN. 14 October 2008.
- ↑ "Sydney Morning Herald article - New software fends off cyberbullies". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 2009.
- ↑ "Computerworld news article - Netbox Blue becomes IBM Express Advantage Partner". Computerworld. 20 July 2007.
- ↑ "CRN news article - Canon Japan signs on as distributor for Aussie security vendor". CRN. 14 April 2008.
- ↑ "CRN news article - Netbox Blue amps up UTM products with antivirus software". CRN. 19 May 2008.