Untangle announces availability of WAN Balancer and WAN Failover

San Mateo, CA – June 4, 2009 – Untangle, Inc. today announced Untangle 6.2 is now available for download.  Highlights of this latest release are Untangle, Inc.’s new multiWAN services: WAN Balancer and WAN Failover. Also included in this release is Ad Blocker, for filtering out banner advertisements.

WAN Balancer

WAN Balancer allows companies to easily split traffic across up to six separateInternet connections. The
weightings, ensuring less contention and higher performance. Companies can also save money with WAN Balancer by eliminating an expensive T1 connection in favor of multiple and redundant Cable and DSL links.

WAN Failover

WAN Failover allows companies to prevent network downtime caused by their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The application detects if a company’s primary Internet link goes down and switches traffic to a backup connection automatically. When used with WAN Balancer, WAN Failover detects downtime and reroutes traffic to the remaining Internet links.

Ad-Blocker

Ad Blocker enables administrators to block web ads at the gateway by transparently removing them from web pages, improving page download times and reducing network traffic.

About Untangle

Untangle was founded with the vision of untangling the complexities of technology, initially targeting network security and control for small and medium size businesses. The company follows Open Source development practices to create better code and make it widely available.  Untangle, the world’s first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network, provides a free and better alternative to costly, inflexible proprietary appliances. Untangle’s applications are currently being used in thousands of businesses in a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, education, bio-science, and professional services. Untangle is located in San Mateo, California.