Medina cites Certeon aCelera’s price/performance and ANX Managed Network Services as compelling factors in selection over competition   04.27.2010 – BURLINGTON, Mass. – Certeon, the leading provider of virtual appliance solutions for WAN optimization and application acceleration, and ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that Medina Consultants has selected Certeon’s aCelera software-based virtual appliance and ANX Managed Network Services to significantly improve remote file access over the wide area network (WAN). Medina is an awar...

So the tech headlines state “Google rolls out encrypted Web search option”; and with a simple move to https for all web searching, a company is sending shockwaves through URL filtering engines all over the world.   Not that most filtering mechanisms don’t offer SSL capable filtering, but it is a more sophisticated deployment; and one where most setups would need hardware acceleration to keep up.   According to Google, image and video searches will not be offered through the initial encrypted solution, but this will just be a matter of time.   This is a nice slick tie in the Google suite of products, from em...

Thinking about incorporating broadband into your company’s wide area network? You should. Most enterprises are over-using multiprotocol lable switching (MPLS) (and therefore overpaying for connectivity). I mean, if you are running applications such as voice or video which require quality of service (QOS), then fine. But in my experience, many firms which have MPLS everywhere don’t actually need it everywhere. And if you don’t need it everywhere, then why pay the premium. Instead, take a look at broadband. It’s always much cheaper than MPLS and may be an especially good fit for branch or small office locations which can tolerate lower service level agreements (SLA) (although cable is extremely re...

In our last blog, we talked about the benefits of incorporating broadband (BB) into the corporate WAN. Now, let’s talk about how you realize those benefits. Really, it’s all in the support. Unlike those more expensive private, leased-line options, BB is not 99.99999% reliable. Come on, there is no such thing as a free lunch, right? Being that much cheaper (for so much more bandwidth), there had to be a catch. And the catch is that BB flaps and dips. You know this from your Internet connection at home. The key to making BB reliable enough for deployment in a demanding corporate environment is having the tools and support to start remediating performance loss immedi...

Over the past decade, a number of standards, laws and regulations have emerged that require organizations to provide strong security and privacy guarantees. The end result is high expectations when it comes to cyber security awareness and training, both of employees and customers. Take a look at this Anti-Phishing game. For those unfamiliar with the term, a phishing attack occurs when bait is used to “catch” financial information and passwords. This game brings awareness to the scam, while providing key warning signs of phishing scams. When a user falls for a simulated attack and clicks on the URL, PhishGuru takes advantage of the “teachable moment&...

ANX and ENX Interconnect Networks to Support Worldwide eCommerce Interconnection of leading industry networks creates a joint user base of over 1,600 companies FRANKFURT, PARIS, SOUTHFIELD (Mich.) – July 21, 2010 - ANX, a leading provider of networking and managed security services, and ENX Association, the governing body of the communications network of the European automotive industry, today announced the interconnection of their networks, creating a global standard for secure business-to-business (B2B) data communications. The official agreement, which certifies ANX as an ENX Service Provider, was signed on July 8 in Berlin after a successful two mo...

So, you’ve made the decision to incorporate broadband into your corporate WAN, deploying Internet as a Transport (IAAT) at branch office locations distributed across the country. Great. Now what? Unfortunately, it’s not quite as simple as dialing the Internet Service Provider (ISP) you use at headquarters (HQ). The problem is that, generally, there is no single ISP covering all of your locations nationwide. Instead, in the US, we have a patchwork of telecomm providers and Multiple System Operators (MSOs) broken-down by region and transport type. Want cable in Minneapolis? Well, that’s Comcast. DSL in Dallas? Call AT&T. Now, let’s say you make the her...

Farmers who grow cows not just love their job but they must enjoy it! Otherwise I can’t really explain why they’ll wake up every morning at 4:00AM to Milk their cows. There is something special about growing cows and there is so much to know too. For example, if you want to get the most out of your cow you need to take good care of it, you need to keep it clean, you want to keep a comfortable temperature for it, you need to take care of it when it is sick, you need to know its favorite food etc. etc.   When I look at those farmers I am always amazed by how much they know and do. I am not a farmer, I understand nothin...

3 years ago a good friend of mine from Atlanta and his family drove back home. When they reached their subdivision they noticed their cul-de-sac was blocked by fire tracks, to their horror they saw that their house was in flames. The fire investigator concluded that the fire was caused by a power surge resulting from lighting that struck the house.  The house was burned completely with everything that was inside, luckily there was nobody home.   The next morning while walking through the remains of his house my friend found very few things that were not consumed by the fire. One of them was his wedding photo album. You can ...

Looking for a simple explanation of cloud computing? Try watching this video.  

Unless you were living in a cave, far from any civilization, chances are you heard about The Cloud. The next big thing! The ultimate solution for all IT business illnesses. Of course, I am exaggerating but cloud initiatives are backed by major players like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, EMC and others.   Cloud means many things to many people: if you take the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) approach the cloud is a hosting solution that will eliminate the need for companies to maintain their own hardware, for others it is a utility service that will allow businesses to consume unlimited computing resources right when they need them ...

At my 2½ year old son's pre-school, every Friday during morning recess their teacher grabs a guitar and plays a song that goes like this ....“Bless you our God and thank you for the …..”, then the teacher will point at one of the kids. The chosen kid will say what he is thankful for and then the teacher sings about what the kid selected and so on…   It's truly amazing to see how a 2½ year old kid is really thankful for the one little thing that is so important to them: Spiderman, flowers, my dog, my mommy….man I really miss my childhood!  

I am regular member of the ANX blog squad, as such I am on the hook every other week to turn in my post. If that’s not enough the other ANX bloggers are pretty damn smart and creative, so there is a high standard to meet in order to stay in the game hence my creativity should stay on high alert all the time. Earlier this week I turned in my blog post and to my horror it was censored by our Chief Blog Inquisitor (that to say my Director of Marketing). I thought it was a great post (and so did he) but it was rated one notch above PG-13 hence could not be publishe...

If you give a CFO a cloud,   He’s going to ask for ROI analysis,   When you give him the ROI analysis,   He’ll probably ask you for an executive summary,   When he’s finished, he’ll ask for a meeting with the head of IT...

Join us this Friday, February 26th at 2pm eastern for our latest webinar - Disaster Recovery in the Cloud.    ANX is partnering with GoGrid to deliver a flexible and cost effective disaster recovery program in the cloud.  Learn how this solution can be quickly implemented giving you affordable peace of mind.   Click here to enroll in the webinar.

The case for outsourcing     Crisis is the mother of innovation. The history of mankind is full with new ideas that were born during or after a major crisis. On a national level, you can see countries like Germany and Japan, that despite bloody history and major national crisis, emerged to become economic super powers and created much technological advancement. On the other hand, countries like Switzerland, that was always neutral and peaceful, a are mainly famous for technological achievements like the cucko o clock…   T...

"Affordable business continuity" ranks up there with "governmental efficiency" on the list of oxymorons.  Or does it?  Business continuity is being transformed by the cloud.   The combination of multitenancy, affordable bandwidth, and secure access technologies is changing how companies architect disaster recovery.  The elastic nature of cloud computing enables companies to replicate in-house infrastructure and applications in the cloud in a matter of hours.  Moreover, cloud infrastructure providers like GoGrid feature variable pricing based on usage.  By moving more of the cost from fixed to variable, standby configurations like business continuity have become much more affordable.  

60 Minutes ran a highly informative story on cyber terrorism yesterday (11/8/09). If you ever wondered how severe cyber threats are to national security, be sure to watch.  

Have you seen the story by 60 Minutes on cyber threats?  I highly recommend you watch it:  The Story In a Nutshell Cyber terrorism has crossed over from the realm of potential into the realm of likely.  The story provides examples of how power grids, financial networks, government agencies and even defense systems are already being compromised. State sponsored cyber attacks are proving to be the new battle field.     Here's My Take:

According to their blog, the UK based initiative “Get Safe Online.org is a free public service from HM Government, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and partners from the private sector. We help individuals and micro-businesses use the internet safely.” Their website has a beginners guide, some down to earth videos, and great advice for small businesses.  Check out their video on

There's been much coverage and discussion of recently disclosed SSL vulnerabilities. ANXeBusiness is jumping into the discussion with the help of a special guest blogger, Steve Dispensa.  Marsh Ray, who is on Steve's development team, is credited with discovering this vulnerability.   Steve is currently the CTO of PhoneFactor and is one of the founding partners and original developers of our cloud-based remote access product, PositivePRO.  The idea behind PositivePRO ...

Political momentum is building for a nationalized approach to data breach notification.  I think it's just a question of "when" this will become the law of the land.   Here's a quick summary of the laws under consideration:   The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved two bills that would require organizations with data breaches to report them to potential victims.   The first bill is called the

ANX PositivePro Customers Protected from Recently Discovered SSL Vulnerability  SSL authentication gap allows a man-in-the-middle attack, affecting the majority of SSL-protected servers SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Nov. 24, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that customers of the company’s cloud-based remote access product, ANX PositivePRO, are protected from the recent Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) vulnerability discovered by researchers at PhoneFactor, a leading global provider of two-factor security services. ...

Maybe not as much a security threat as a privacy threat, but a recent article posted by Business Insider outlines a serious Privacy Flaw in their new application.   When you sign up to use Google Buzz, you are automatically set up with followers and people to follow, according to a spokesperson from Google. In all actuality, this is a great usability feature - until you get to the accessbility to your...

The broadly reported disclosure today that nearly 2,500 companies have been victimized by carefully planned botnet attacks should come as no surprise if you're following this type of threat (http://bit.ly/dj7U2v).  The ZeuS spyware is widely available to hackers and can escape detection by many standard antivirus programs.   What is surprising is the number of companies that haven't adopted a more comprehensive and multi-layered approach to information security.  Too many companies believe that desktop antivirus programs alone are sufficient to protect against the growing scope of threats.  They aren't.  The same can be said about basic firewall protection.&nb...

Targeted attacks are one of the hot topics at RSA this week.  A targeted threat is a class of malware destined for one specific organization or industry.  The primary objective is to capture sensitive user information.  The January attack on Google gmail, termed Operation Aurora, is the most recent highly visible targeted attack.   During the show, I caught up with Richi Jennings who is an independent technology and security consultant and we discussed targeted attacks.  Check out the highlights from our conversation in the video blog below:    

ANX sent four delegates (including our CEO) to the RSA conference this year with learning in mind;  learning more about what our competition is up to, learning more about potential business partners, and learning more about emerging trends in security.  Here are some of my takeaways from the conference:   Attendance According to Tom Heiser (of RSA) attendance was up 20% this year.  After a disappointing 2009 this is refreshing news and hopefully the sign of a recovering economy.   Themes Cloud Security:  The Cloud Se...

Got a Rand McNally Handy? Because that's what you are going to need if you want to adjust your privacy settings! You may or may not have read my rant on Google Buzz, but as a webmaster for a security company - I take security and privacy issues reasonably seriously. For that very reason, I am about to vent a bit about Facebook. Now, anyone who knows me, knows my detest for Google and Facebook - yet I still use them. Some might call me a conformist. Some might even call me a hypocrite. I do not like to think of myself this way, I just use it as a method of staying connected to friends and family; on the other hand - as a webmaster, it would be sil...

So I came into work this morning and shortly after I had settled in at my desk, my coworker starts calling for me in a panicked voice. I went to his desk, and apparently a friend of his had alerted him to some of his personal information on a website. Not just any personal information either. Information about his neighbourhood, people in his house, income, age, birthday, interests, you name it. Of course, being me, I went and looked myself up. What I found just about made my heart skip a beat. The website in question, www.spokeo.com, spiders social networking sites, blogs, and any other repository of public information and aggregates it. This is just plain scary people! Spokeo is a search engine ...

Identity theft is a sore subject to those it has happened to. For most of us, we either fear it; or we think it will not happen to us. This is an all too true recount of a local business owner who discovered that her company website had been hacked. A day by day timeline based on a blog authored by Linda W. Fitzgerald is included here, told as the events materialized. Days One & Two: I used to think that the phrase "cold sweat" was just an expression. But I was wrong, as I discovered yesterday when I sat at my desk, reading an email that a media buyer had forwarded to me. It was supposedly from someone who wanted to purchase advertising on her company's website.The cold sweat started when I ...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Announces the Availability of OfficeScreen Complete New bundled solution combines managed firewall, site-to-site VPN, URL filtering, remote access capabilities and additional productivity tools SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Sept 2, 2009) — ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced the availability of OfficeScreen Complete, a fully managed security solution providing comprehensive protection from web-based threats, advanced remote access capabilities, and productivity enhancement tools.   Built upon two powerful security technologies — ANX OfficeScr...

Don’t Forget to Add Common Sense to Your PCI Compliance Efforts Harriett Beecher Stowe once wrote that “Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”     Most of us take a common sense approach to everyday life.  For example, before leaving for work in the morning, we unplug the iron and lock the front door.  That reduces the chance of burning down the house or having someone steal your stuff.   You don’t need a reminder…it’s just common sense.   So why is it so different with information secu...

These days when teams get together to discuss risk scenarios, the focus tends to be on facilities (ie What if disaster strikes?) and suppliers (ie What if we cannot get the materials we need to produce our product or service?).  Epidemics or pandemics rarely enter the thought process.  The recent outbreak of H1N1, commonly known as the swine flu, is forcing business managers to consider risks to their primary resource – their employees.    SMBs are especially susceptible to the negative economic impacts of a flu pandemic.  Considering that many are fighting to stay afloat as it is, H1N1 combined with the recession, has the potential to create a perfect storm.   So...

One of my favorite summertime activities is camping with my family.  Campfires, hiking, outdoor cooking and just unplugging from the daily grind.  We camp in a 30' RV which really blurs the line between camping and staying at a hotel.  The RV has air conditioning, shower/bathroom, and a full kitchen.  It's far from roughing it!   Operating an RV is actually pretty easy but there are some mandatory requirements.  Last weekend I finished my annual ritual of preparing the RV for winter storage.  It's a bit of a hassle.  You need to drain the fresh water s...

As the holiday season unfolds, I'd like to thank our customers for their loyalty in 2009.   ANX employees take great pride in satisfying our customers.   Here's a brief holiday message from the employees of ANX to our valued customers:   Happy Holidays!    

I'm looking forward to the RSA conference next week in San Francisco.  I'll be joined by our CEO, Rich Stanbaugh, Chief Security Officer, Dennis Piche and Cloud Development Director, Yaron Levi.   I'll be doing a daily blog from the RSA show to highlight some key observations and learnings.  I'd also welcome the opportunity to meet any friends or followers of ANX while at the show.  Just drop me an email note at mooreg@anx.com to arrange a time.    

Still not convinced that data theft is a huge risk for retail merchants?  Watch this video for some real life case studies of how a small business is effected by cyber theft.        

While at RSA earlier this year, I had an interesting discussion with Sean Martin of imsmartin consulting.  He was speaking to managed security providers and corporate IT leaders about security outsourcing. We discussed which security tasks are better suited for outsourcing and how companies should select a managed security provider.  Sean furthered his thoughts on this topic while attending Interop last week.   Sean just published some well reasoned thoughts on security outsourcing in an article for SC Magazine called "Outsourced Managed Security:  What should you outsource?". It's recomme...

ANXeBusiness Urges Companies to Prepare for Surge in Remote Access Requests as Workers Stay Home to Avoid Swine Flu. Health Crisis, Terrorism, Severe Weather Require Comprehensive Business Continuity Solution for Secure Remote Access to Business-Critical Data and Applications SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (May 1, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today warned corporate IT departments to prepare for a dramatic increase in remote access requests as employees opt to work from home during the Swine Flu outbreak. The company offers its PositivePRO hosted managed service for secure remote access as a fast and easy way for IT departme...

ANXeBusiness Advises Employee Education and Preparation for Business Continuity with Secure Remote Access to Help Contain the Spread of H1N1 Organizations should look to develop flexible policies to allow workers to telecommute to help protect employee health SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Sept 30, 2009) — ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today issued advice for IT organizations on the importance of disaster plan readiness, proper employee education and preparation for organizations to maintain business continuity during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. To maintain critical work flow during these times an...

What does “IT remote access” mean to you?  IT remote access has evolved immensely throughout the years.    15 years ago: IT remote access was for the occasional work from home sales guy, or executives that needed to dial into a corporate bank of modems.  This required patience as documents, presentations and e-mails slowly loaded.   Today: IT remote access has exponentially grown as the flow of timely information has become a critical business advantage.  Employees, vendors, customers, consultants and others all require access to company information in many places and situations. &nbs...

As I watched reports of the east coast getting hammered by the blizzard, I wondered how many employees wouldn't make it to work.  Events like this remind me how beneficial our PositivePRO Cloud-based remote access really is.    It's widely accepted that remote access is still one of the best technologies to improve worker productivity.  Something to keep in mind when deploying remote access is that more and more individuals want to access company information from their own PC or laptop.   This is especially true of younger workers.  An increasing number of IT staffs recognize that supporting remote access from non-company issued devices is a requirement.  However, allowing such a...

Employees are really feeling the pinch these days. Cutbacks due to the recession mean that remaining workers are being asked to do more with less. Couple that with general feelings of unease over job security and you’ve got the recipe for declining employee morale. Short of the company getting healthier as the economy improves, there isn’t a magic bullet to improve employee morale. Or is there?   A recent survey conducted by Cisco had some surprising results. Cisco was trying to learn how many businesses could enable all their employees to work remotely in the event of a natural disaster, pandemic or weather related cause. They discovered that 3 out of 4 organizations were not set up for sudden e...

An off topic post for me, but as a victim of the European airspace shutdown thanks to the Icelandic volcano whose name I cannot even pronounce, we felt that it was imperative that I discuss my experience with our readers.   By now, I am sure that you have heard of the volcano that erupted in Iceland. It sent a huge plume of ash and dust into the atmosphere where it happily floated over to Europe where I was attending a wedding with my family. Now, I am not here to give you a science lesson, but long story short - European airspace was closed and I was stranded.  

Do you have a remote access story to share?  Perhaps you’ve had to access your network from a strange place?  Or maybe  you have a story about a time when you’ve had a heck of a time accessing your network remotely?   ANX connects thousands of users to their company networks each day. Our Help Desk Team answers questions working from hotels, airports, commuter trains, the beach and even the opera! Whether you use ANX's award-winning remote access service or someone else's, we want to know where you are when remote work happens.   Have you neede...

Red Flag Rules…. Ready, Set, Comply Part 1: Interpretation   On June 1, 2010 the Federal Trade Commission will implemented compliance to the Red Flag Rules. While the official date has been  somewhat of a moving target, it looks like June 1st is the final. So the questions to ask is are you ready? As with most regulatory compliance statues they are heavy on ambiguity and light on practical substance. As such interpretation is left up the person responsible for first determining IF Red Flag applies to you and if so what to do about it. The good news is that Red Flag Rules are based on IT Governance which is based in part on ISO 27000:2005 stan...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Announces the Availability of Transnet 2.0 Transnet provides a single, seamless electronic transaction platform between an organization and its trading partners SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (January 5, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services and software, has announced the availability of Transnet 2.0™, an enhanced EDI platform for streamlined e-commerce transactions. With version 2.0, ANX has transitioned Transnet™ to a new, enhanced technical platform that provides users with improved capabilities beyond sending and receiving purchase orders. Built on a foundation of seamless information flow bet...

Superman to the Rescue...   The #1 train, going downtown, departed 42nd Street Station.  The train, which I was on, had just entered the darkness of the tunnel when a “first” happened for me.  The train stopped on a dime with no warning.  The people standing (luckily I had a seat) flew forward in a synchronized motion.  Those holding onto poles, straps, etc. were no longer able to maintain their grips, and any concept of maintaining personal space abated as people fell on the floor in a blob. From the window behind me, I saw a light racing toward us.  Another train passed within feet of the front car of our train, transitioning off a parallel track onto...

Place Your Bets I spent a few days recently in Las Vegas, primarily to attend an industry conference, but I also took a few moments to partake in one of Vegas’ main attractions.   Guaranteed Success -  Sign me up! I’m guessing many reading this blog have played roulette at some point, but for those who have not, it’s a fairly simple game.  Similar to other games of chance, one is able to place bets on colors (...

I am a weekend warrior (both in sports and other projects).  With ANX as the largest EDI vendor to the Automotive Aftermarket, I decided to embark on a project over my Thanksgiving holiday that would support both items.  This project would not only feed my inherent love of challenges, but it would also allow me to support the Automotive Aftermarket in a tangible manner by buying parts from numerous vendors.   Replacing the Full Suspension on a Four Wheel Drive Truck My project for the holiday was simple.&nb...

GXS & Inovis Announce Merger Yesterday, two of the largest VANs in the EDI industry announced plans to merge in 2010.  Both GXS and Inovis have long histories serving global EDI customers, and in some capacity their combination will likely affect most companies conducting B2B e-commerce.  GXS’ equity owner, Francisco Partners, will be the majority shareholder of the combined company, and GXS CEO Bob Segert will run the company. With GXS clearly positioned to be in control of the combined company, I spent some tim...

Companies rely on EDI to exchange some of your most critical and time-sensitive business documents such as purchase orders, material releases, invoices, and shipping notices. As supply chains grow in scope and complexity, EDI departments are finding it difficult to keep pace with growing technology and personnel requirements.  Many companies facing these technology and personnel constraints elect to outsource their EDI operations to an EDI Managed Services provider.           Please join us for this complimentary webinar to explore:   What are EDI Managed Services? The reasons why companies elect to utilize an EDI Managed ...

MEMA Announces Merger of ANXeBusiness and MISG RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. , January 2, 2007 The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) announces the merger of Management Information Systems Group Inc. (MISG), its commercial business-to-business data interchange subsidiary, with ANXeBusiness Inc., the owner and operator of the largest multi-provider data interchange network in the world. “This combination will provide our members with improved service, access to additional trading partners and new technology,” said Bob McKenna, president and CEO of MEMA. “ANX is a technology leader in business-to-business data interchange, and this merger will ben...

ANXeBusiness Acquires Virtual Services, Inc. SOUTHFIELD, M.I. , July 2, 2007 ANXeBusiness Corp., (ANXeBusiness) today announced it has acquired the assets of Virtual Services, Inc. (VSI) and will merge the two companies in order to provide an expanded suite of global data communications products and services to its customers in the automotive and aerospace industries. “We are very excited about the opportunity that the combination of ANX and VSI gives us to increase collaboration and integration between our customers and their design and manufacturing business partners,” Rich Stanbaugh, president and CEO of ANXeBusiness. “Integrating our two companies' products an...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Acquires VPN Division of Positive Networks, Inc. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (September 2, 2008) – ANXeBusiness Corp. has acquired the Virtual Private Network (VPN) division of Positive Networks, Inc. – including its flagship product, PositivePRO™ -- and will merge that business in a move designed to strengthen the ANX virtual private network (VPN) product line for customers in multiple vertical markets. Positive Networks is a leading provider of managed VPN and end-point security products and services, which are designed to provide remote office capabilities for end-users and IT departments and enable employees to connect to their company's local area network (LAN) and i...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (March 11, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that it has signed BullsEye Telecom, Inc. to its expanding Value-Added Resellers (VAR) program.  Headquartered in Oak Park, Michigan, BullsEye is an expert in servicing  both multi and single location customers with a wide-range of effective, customized communications solutions. BullsEye Telecom will be selling ANX’s secure remote access products, specifically ANX PositivePro, in conjunction with BullsEye’s voice and data products.  With support for hundreds of security applications, including Symantec, McAfee, Avira and Microsoft, PositivePRO is a complete man...

ANXeBusiness Corp. and TruArx Announces the Launch of OfficeScreen Complete with TruPCI New solution combines comprehensive protection from web-based threats, advanced remote access capabilities, productivity enhancements and PCI compliance tools SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (October 20, 2009) — ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, and TruArx, the leading provider of low cost, easy to implement IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions , today announced the availability of OfficeScreen Complete with TruPCI, a fully managed security and remote access solution designed to assist companies in becom...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Adds Wavecom Solutions to its Rapidly Expanding Partner Program Wavecom Solutions to offer ANX PositivePRO remote access and ANX OfficeScreen Complete managed securitry services SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (February 23, 2010) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that it has signed Wavecom Solutions, to its Network Service Provider  (NSP) program.  Based in Hawaii, Wavecom Solutions offers a broad portfolio of integrated communication services including managed services, cloud-based solutions, high-capacity carrier-grade services, loc...

ANX and ENX to Set Global Automotive Communication Standard Leading industry networks announce interconnection to support worldwide secure collaboration FRANKFURT, PARIS, SOUTHFIELD (Mich.) - April 26, 2010 - ANX, a leading provider of networking and managed security services, and ENX, the communications network of the European automotive industry, today announced interconnection of their networks in order to create a global standard for secure business-to-business (B2B) data communication. More than 1,500 companies and organizations, ranging from small and medium businesses to large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Awarded "Best of the Best Michigan Business" by Corp! Magazine SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (February 10, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced it has been awarded the "Best of the Best Michigan Business" by Corp! Magazine in the January/February issue. ANX has been headquartered in Michigan for more than 10 years, and was given this award based on reader selection of companies that met the award criteria. ANX provides a range of high-demand Managed Network Service, Transaction Delivery Service, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) products for customers in a variety of vertical markets. As one o...

ANXeBusiness is a Network Products Guide 2009 "Hot Companies" Award Winner ANXeBusiness selected for Company Expansion and Superior Managed VPN Technology SAN FRANCSICO, CA (March 31, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, was named a 2009 Hot Companies award winner by the editors of Network Products Guide at the 2009 Technosium Executive Alliance at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. ANXeBusiness was selected on the basis on the company's expansion in 2008 and the introduction of new technology solutions that help customers more effectively manage the information flow between their enterprise, employees, partners and customers.

ANXeBusiness Corp. Named to Software Magazine's 27th Annual Software 500 Software Magazine Ranks ANXeBusiness as one of the World's Largest Software Companies SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Sept 18, 2009) — ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that it has been ranked number 302 on the Software Magazine's Software 500 ranking of the world's largest software and service providers.   The Software 500 is a revenue-based ranking of the world's largest software and services suppliers targeting medium to large enterprises, their IT professionals, software developers ...

ANXeBusiness Named 2010 Hot Companies Finalists by Network Products Guide Winners Will Be Honored At Technosium 2010 Hot Companies and Technology Award Presentations and Dinner SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (January 18, 2010) – ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that it has been named a 2010 Hot Companies finalists by Network Products Guide.  Selected from a global industry analysis of information technology vendors which included established large companies, mid-size and new start-ups around the world,  ANXeBusiness has advanced to the finalists stage based on the "4Ps"...

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for business visionaries   SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (May 10, 2010) - ANX, a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that Rich Stanbaugh, president and CEO of ANX, has been named a Finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Regional Awards. Focusing on the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Region, the award honors the most outstanding entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement.

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The automotive industry, for all its knocks over the past few years, remains one of the most collaborative industries in the world.  Suppliers and manufacturers understand that teams that work collaboratively obtain greater resources, recognition and reward when facing competition for finite resources.    Those who closely follow developments in manufacturing collaboration had something to cheer about last week.  ANX announced that it had interconnected the ANX Network with the European Exchange Network (ENX).  This allows all ANX suppliers and OEMs in North America to connect to ENX suppliers and OEMs in Europe on a secure, private network.  ANX and ENX are allowing their user communities...

It is not often that I make myself heard on here, but I feel that I should address some issues that have been popping up over the last few weeks since our new site launched.   As many of you have noticed, ANXeBusiness launched a new web presence early November. The launch went pretty seamlessly, thanks in great part to our operations, product development and database teams. A few exceptions however have popped up, as with any launch. These have affected the following areas: blog, login, registration, Google Chrome and some streaming media. I will address the issues one by one.   Firstly, the main premise of our new site was to be rich in social media. We wanted to incorporate the best elements...

More changes are abound!   Security   I received a couple of comments over the weeks since the new site launched, primarily targeted at our web security practices. First and foremost, our management of user account information; with login process at a close second.   As a security company, we consider our website to serve as a representation of what we are, and the fact that anyone had to question these was really an eye opener. The first concern was ‘how do we manage our user account information?’ All user data is stored in a secure database within our datacenter. This data was initially collect...

Things may have seemed quiet around here lately, but things could not be further from the truth!   We have been working tirelessly on a whole new look and feel for anx.com. We feel that this new look will help us communicate our message and in general create a more pleasing experience for our users. I am not going to give away any of the surprises, but check back routinely for updates!   The site will be rich in content and Web 2.0 functionality. We are really happy with the product we have built thus far, and we hope that you will be too! We will announce an official launch date in the coming weeks.   In the meantime, join our facebook group and subscribe to our twitter f...

So it has been a little while since I talked about anything website related, so I figured I would take this chance to do so and fill you in on some changes that have happened around here - along with some things that are in the works! First and foremost, we have launched our new and improved Media section. To start with, this section will be supplying you with podcasts and webinars that are presented by ANX. It will be expanded in the future to accomodate related downloads (such as slides/powerpoints and the likes). There are also RSS feeds associated with these either as a combination, just webinars or just podcasts. We have also opened this media up to anyone. You are not required to create an ac...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Acquires S2S Communications Combined company further strengthens positions in the managed security and managed network services markets SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (February 5, 2010) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced the acquisition of enterprise broadband and managed network infrastructure services provider S2S Communications. Since both companies are privately-held, complete terms are not being disclosed. This is ANXeBusiness’ fifth acquisition in the past three years, and reinforces the company’s strong foundation in the managed se...

ANXeBusiness Corp. Acquires ETSec Combined Company to Address Managed Security-as-a-Service Solutions for Government, Healthcare, Medical Supply Chain and Commercial Customers SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (February 12, 2010) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a provider of networking and managed security services, today acquired ETSec, Inc. of Mt. Laurel, NJ, a provider of security solutions and managed security services to further bolster ANX’s powerful cloud-based security service offerings.   The ETSec acquisition marks ANXeBusiness’ sixth purchase since 2006 and further strengthens the ...

Addition of TruArx Expands Compliance Solutions Portfolio for ANX SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (August 26, 2010) - ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced the acquisition of TruArx Inc., a provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions.   This acquisition reflects ANX’s continued commitment to providing comprehensive managed security solutions.  The addition of TruArx is ANX’s third acquisition within the security space this year and the seventh in the past four years, further strengthening ANX’s position in the global, vertical, and horizontal security and compliance markets. Found...

ANXeBusiness Expands Executive Team with New CTO Abdallah F. Shanti to drive development and design of new managed services and technologies SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (February 18, 2010) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today announced that the company has expanded its executive team with the addition of Abdallah F. Shanti, as Chief Technology Officer.  Mr. Shanti brings more than 25 years of executive and technology m...