Fremont, California – 13th Nov 2012 – Celestix, a global leader in simplifying complex IT security solutions today announced their commitment to continue servicing the market for Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 and Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 until the year 2023, enabling organizations to continue deploying this market leading perimeter security and remote access platform.

This announcement follows Microsoft’s decision to discontinue development of the TMG and UAG technology and greatly extends the lifespan of this trusted and widely deployed products. The last date for purchasing the software version directly from Microsoft is December 1st 2012.Microsoft’s standard and extended support contracts continue as scheduled.

“The market is understandably disappointed by the withdrawal of this reliable and value rich products” – says Tim Ager, Chief Executive Officer of Celestix. – “As a trusted OEM partner of Microsoft we have the ability to continue building TMGand UAG into our award winning MSA appliance range until 2023. We will also continue to provide our comprehensive technical support services, ensuring that our customers have many more years’ service from TMG and UAG”.

“Celestix decision to supply and support TMG 2010 and UAG 2010 on their MSA appliance platforms until 2023 allows existing customers to continue depending on the products with peace of mind. It also enables new customers to depend on TMG and UAG without any concern about the lifecycle of the product”.

Celestix is a leading provider of strong authentication, secure remote access and perimeter security – enabling organizations to enforce strong security controls for both user and data centric security. At the core of the portfolio is a comprehensive product suite that provides identity based security. Remote access, two-factor authentication and forward and remote proxy services is the starting point. This is the foundation that allows for provisioning strong authentication to users whose access is then enforced through the market leading application access gateway.