To offer comprehensive protection for SMB and Enterprise, ZyXEL, an Internet solutions provider with a wide range of network security solutions to enable secure Internet connectivity and accessibility, has chosen the Cavium Networks (News - Alert) OCTEON Plus and OCTEON II processor technology across a broad range of ZyXEL's Integrated Service Gateway (ISG), and Next Generation Firewalls and UTM appliances (USG).

According to a press release, Zyxel's ZyWALL technology installed in these platforms protects more than 400,000 businesses worldwide. These appliances protects SMB and Enterprises with sophisticated firewall, VPN, anti-virus, content filtering, anti-spam, intrusion detection and prevention to secure the network from front line threats.

"We are very pleased to work with Cavium Networks in deploying our highly innovative next generation Unified Security Gateway (News - Alert) solutions," said Alpha Chen, VP of ZyXEL Enterprise Solution Business Unit. "Cavium's OCTEON processors have delivered the performance and features that we had required to bring a very exciting line of security products to the market. We are looking forward to expanding our usage with OCTEON II technology on a range of new networking product lines for the enterprise."

Cavium Networks is a provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home.

"ZyXEL is a provider of security products and we are delighted to be selected by them for their next generation platforms. Our relationship with ZyXEL will enable world-class products for the global SMB and enterprise markets rapidly and address the unique demands for Deep Packet Inspection," said Y.J. Kim, General Manager, Infrastructure Processor (News - Alert) Group at Cavium Networks.