The Appliance Advantage
...Security appliances are popular because they offer substantial advantages in performance, convenience, and choice to customers, resellers, and product vendors. IDC would expect that those vendors who have already gone the appliance route will have a material advantage over competitors who are not pursuing an appliance strategy.
-"Why Security Appliances", IDC, October 2003
...Security appliances are popular because they offer substantial advantages in performance, convenience, and choice to customers, resellers, and product vendors. IDC would expect that those vendors who have already gone the appliance route will have a material advantage over competitors who are not pursuing an appliance strategy.
-"Why Security Appliances", IDC, October 2003
Patriot’s Security Appliance Manufacturing enables software developers and solution providers to deploy their security software on a reliable, branded and customized hardware platform. We’ve helped hundreds of leading security software providers outsource the entire security appliance manufacturing process to deliver quality security appliances worldwide and transition from a software to an appliance model. By choosing Patriot, customers can penetrate the hardware market with minimal investment, and through our strategic partnerships, gain direct access to leading technology.
- Unparalleled customer support --exceptionally responsive and offering complete manufacturing life cycle services including installation, training and maintenance
- Rigid configuration controls and documentation
- Advanced warranty service option--allows for next day product replacement
- Rapid deployment--customer shipment requests often processed within 24 hours
- Component road map expertise
- RoHS-- European environmental compliance monitoring
- Operating system expertise in Linux, Microsoft and BSD
- OEM branding and packaging
- Software loading
- Multi-supplier integration
- Inventory management
- Export services
- Hardware and software design support
Our product development services span the entire security appliance manufacturing lifecycle including:
- Discovery—specification development based on application requirements and intended usage model
- Design—branding, documentation, labeling and packaging; driver development; OS hardening and configuration; security application expertise with end customers
- Assembly—system and component integration; system manufacturing and testing; software licensing
- Deployment—export set-up and management; hardware and software procurement; distribution and fulfillment
- Support—configuration management and revision control; life-cycle management; extended service and support programs
- Low cost-of-entry to an appliance model
- Quick time-to-market
- Design flexibility
- Hands-off inventory management and fulfillment
- Quality products and services
- Increased brand recognition
