Power without Complexity

Netwidget brings the benefits of outstanding, high quality, Open Source software through its Appliances. The Appliances allow non-expert users to leverage the cost-effective advantages of Open Source software by providing default configurations and step-by-step guides and extensive help services to ensure a secure, fully function system with, in most cases, trivial configuration. Expert-users can drill-down to the appropriate level to fine-control the functionality. Netwidget Appliances have the following characteristics:

• Complete hardware and software package - single purchase, single point of support
• Customer Installable - Trivial to install and configure via the secure web interface
• Customer Control - Experienced customers can drill-down to provide fine control over features
• Unattended operation - no monitor, mouse or keyboard
• Powerful and quiet - Appliances use less power than a 40W light bulb
• Dual LAN interfaces for secure networking
• Optional RAID 1 (mirrored) disks
• Disks are externally hot-swapped in the event of a failure
• Optional System and Network archiving to optical media for long-term security
• Secure - All non-essential functions and interfaces are secured by default.
• Auto-update - Appliances will auto-update software to maintain security.
• License Free

Netwidget provides both specialized Appliances and Business Appliances.

Specialised Appliance range

Specialized Appliances offer single and combined functionality precisely tailored to fulfill a unique function. The model range consists of:

Iridium Widget	A range of DNS servers including General Purpose (master/slave with optional caching), Secure (DNSSEC) servers, Authoritative Only, Caching only and Forwarding servers. The range includes optional Routing/Firewall/DHCP functions.
Titanium Widget	A range of Firewall systems for secure perimeter defence ideal for cable/DSL systems. Systems provide DHCP or Static routing on the external network; NAT/PAT DHCP server and a caching DNS for the internal network. Pre-configured for most DSL/Cable Service suppliers.
Vanadium Widget	A range of secure email servers. Systems support SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and webmail access with TLS access. A full range of anti-SPAM and Anti-virus capabilities may be configured.

Business Appliances

Business Appliances provide all necessary software for a business in a single package. The range currently includes the following models:

Gold Widget	The Gold Widget Business Appliance includes a Firewall, DNS server, Web server and content management system (CMS), email and calendaring, network archiving to optical media, DHCP server, FTP and Secure FTP server, Cable/DSL interfaces, Windows Domain Controller, VPN services. Pre-configured for most DSL/Cable Service suppliers. Multi-lingual support.
Neon Widget	The Neon Widget Business Appliance provides the full capability of the Gold Widget together with UPS capabilities measured in days not hours as for a typical UPS.
Platinum Widget	The Platinum Widget Business Appliance provides the full capability of the Neon Widget with added PBX and/or VoIP/VoDSL capability. Optionally available with 4 or 8 analog lines.