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By working with our global channel partners, WatchGuard is accelerating the marketfor unified threat management security appliances, and is expanding the adoption ofUTM as a cost-effective, highly secure means of securing mission critical networkresources and data, said Eric Aarrestad, Vice President of Marketing at WatchGuardTechnologies. This milestone marks an inflection point of multi-threat securityappliances as businesses move beyond protecting against spam, viruses and intrusionprevention to more holistic, extensible network security.
This is indeed a big day for all of us. Going forward, WatchGuard will see moreaction in India as well and we are finalising putting in place a large number ofIndia centric initiatives that have been unheard of in the UTM industry", Says Mr.Sunil Sapra, Country Manager - India and SAARC, WatchGuard Technologies.
Secure Network Solutions India Private Limited, a leading value added distributor inIndia exemplifies the growing opportunity for channel partners in providingintegrated security. Recognizing the ever increasing need for sophisticated threatmanagement solutions, SNS India excels in providing its customers with acomprehensive array of UTM solutions that encompass all kinds of network securitysolutions.
"Today, more and more organizations are looking at a single product that keeps theirnetwork secure from multiple threats. WatchGuard's UTM appliances are categoryleaders and have found wide acceptance , says Mr. NK Mehta, CEO, Secure NetworkSolutions. Our association with WatchGuard goes back a long way (2001) and we havethe largest installations of WatchGuard in India (more than 500 + installations).WatchGuard service and support and has never let its customers down, so we have avery satisfied customer base."
Recent industry analyst reports confirm WatchGuard s view of accelerated UTM growthamong industry segments. WatchGuard attributes the increasing acceptance of UTM inthe enterprise and SME markets to an increased focus on return on investment, lowertotal cost of ownership, investment protection and other related factors, such asease of management, high-performance, and greater network visibility and granularcontrol.
Relentless Drumbeat of New UTM and VPN Introductions Skyrockets WatchGuardIn late 2007, WatchGuard took the leading price/performance position in the industrywith its UTM appliances. This was confirmed by an independent review and test ofraw speed versus cost of appliance, in which WatchGuard squarely came out as thehighest performing cost/megabyte throughput UTM device, and was likewise proclaimedas having the best firewall price/performance punch.
Building on its price/performance lead, WatchGuard soon unveiled its most robust andcapable appliance upgrade with WatchGuard Fireware 10 and Edge 10. With these freesoftware upgrades, WatchGuard customers gained enhanced business security, greaternetwork visibility and unprecedented network management capabilities, furthervaulting WatchGuard ahead in providing the best in class, multi-threat securitysolutions.
By the beginning of 2008, WatchGuard had received numerous awards and industryaccolades for its pioneering work. This included the coveted Frost & Sullivan, 2008 North American Network Security Technology of the Year Award for thecompany s SSL VPN technology. This award-winning SSL VPN technology is nowavailable in all WatchGuard UTM appliances, as well as the new WatchGuard SSL VPN500 and 1000 enterprise SSL VPN appliances.
WatchGuard Application Proxy Firewall Technology Foundation for 500,000 UnitsInstalledKey to eclipsing the 500,000 install base milestone is the WatchGuard applicationproxy firewall technology. All WatchGuard UTM appliances use WatchGuard sapplication proxy firewall technology, which is fundamentally more secure thancompetitive offerings that rely on packet filtering alone. Packet filtering onlyinspects the bottom three-to-four layers of the OSI communication model (physical,datalink, network and transport), leaving several layers, including layer-7, theapplication layer, vulnerable to exploitation.
By enforcing deep packet inspection in concert with its application proxy firewalltechnology, WatchGuard UTM appliances can inspect all seven layers of the OSI model,thus providing unmatched, holistic and extensible network security.
About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. Since 1996, WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leaderof network security solutions, providing mission-critical security to hundreds ofthousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard Firebox X family of wired andwireless unified threat management appliances and WatchGuard SSL VPN remote accesssolutions provide extensible network security, unparalleled network visibility,management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard isheadquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, AsiaPacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit http://www.watchguard.com/.# # #WatchGuard, Firebox, and LiveSecurity are registered trademarks of WatchGuardTechnologies, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
