The additional protection of Cisco's ASA 5500 series managed firewalls for networks of all sizes is now offered to dedicated server customers by the global Web hosting leader, Hostway Corporation. Hostway, to celebrate the launch of this new product line, will take 10% off the monthly price for the life of the account and drop the setup fee on orders placed before June 30, 2008.

Hostway’s vice president, hosting services, John Martis, declared: "We're offering Cisco's ASA 5500 line of firewalls to protect our customers from the revenue loss and liabilities of server attacks because they provide superior resiliency and scalability for growing businesses." He adds: "Hostway's managed firewall solutions add a solid layer of protection by analyzing all incoming and outgoing traffic to detect and block security threats before they impact the business."

Hostway's managed services include maintenance, rule and policy setting, initial configuration, backup services and more for the Cisco ASA 5505, 5505 Security Plus and 5510 firewall models. Allowing for mobile virtual private network (VPN) clients, all solutions are completely customizable.

Hostway, with a worldwide network of data centers and more than 600,000 customers across the globe, is a global leader in providing businesses of all sizes secure, innovative hosting solutions. In addition to colocation services and a complete menu of add-on solutions, customers can choose from a full line of fully managed Advantage server plans, Truflex and Truflex-S dedicated servers.

Hostway Corporation provides colocation, Web hosting and ecommerce, domain name registration, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, Web design and online marketing services to more than 600,000 customers and over 2 million Web sites worldwide. It operates state-of-the-art data centers that reduce the complexity and cost of Web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. Hostway, founded in 1998, is one of the world’s largest Web hosting companies with a direct presence in 11 countries, 15 worldwide operation centers and more than 600 employees.