At the beginning of the year 2009, with the shock of the financial tsunami, market analysis firms represented by IDC globally launched the technical standard of X-UTM which is sending a shockwave in the industry. Mr. Qinghua Yang, Chief Technologist of Hillstone Networks, disclosed to reporters that as the next-generation technology of UTM, X-UTM must first solve the performance problem of UTM. Besides, it should enforce fine-grained security control based on the development trend of security attack and prevention, achieving accurate identification and management of users and applications. With multi-core hardware and the multi-core parallel processing technology, Hillstone multi-core network security appliance offers enhanced performance and stability, and will gradually take over the large-size enterprises and high-end market. Generally speaking, X-UTM suppliers must have the capacity to continuously develop security technologies and security service. Whether suppliers who have launched X-UTM, such as Check Point, Hillstone Networks, and Fortinet, or those who decided to launch, should understand that the X-UTM technology needs to provide the most comprehensive security defense and security service system for the customers.
