TIPPINGPOINT TECHNOLOGIES

TippingPoint Technologies provides network-based intrusion prevention systems and appliances. It is engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of these products. Its systems deliver application protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers, and academic institutions. TippingPoint Technologies provides solutions that protects applications and operating systems by analyzing network traffic and blockin... g application-targeting attacks, such as viruses, worms, Trojans, and denial-of-service attacks. It also provides solutions that protects network performance by analyzing and classifying network traffic, and rate shaping and limiting bandwidth utilization for applications, such as peer-to-peer file sharing, instant messaging, and other related activities. Its network-based intrusion prevention systems and appliances also provides the protection of the performance of routers, switches, email servers, file servers, and Web servers by eliminating the load on information technology assets associated with processing invalid and malicious traffic. TippingPoint Technologies was established in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas. It currently operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company.More