Stonesoft Positioned in the Network Intrusion Prevention System Magic Quadrant
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Helsinki, Finland - 15 December 2010- Stonesoft, an innovative provider of
integrated network security and business continuity solutions, today announced
that Gartner, Inc. has positioned it in the Niche Players quadrant in the
Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Magic Quadrant based on evaluation of
its StoneGate IPS. Gartner evaluates vendors based on their ability to execute
and the completeness of their vision.
"We are pleased to be recognized in Gartner's Network IPS Magic Quadrant," said
Ari Vänttinen, vice president of marketing at Stonesoft. "We believe it echoes
what we hear from our customers - that our commitment to research and
development, as well as customer service, has delivered a powerful IPS solution
that meets the highest security demands and removes the complexity of managing
the network security."
StoneGate IPS appliances are available for both physical and virtual
environments and protect vulnerable applications and operating systems from the
most sophisticated threats without impacting network speeds and performance.
StoneGate IPS appliances include built-in high availability technologies,
transparent (layer-2) firewall capabilities, and SSL inspection for both client-
and server-side protection. In addition, the StoneGate IPS is one of the few
production-ready IPS available to receive the distinguished ICSA Labs' Network
IPS certification.
The family of StoneGate IPS appliances are also the only anti-evasion ready
devices on the market today. Because the StoneGate IPS device is centrally
managed and built upon a software-based architecture, the device can be easily
and quickly updated to protect against advanced evasion techniques (AETs). AETs
are a new category of network evasion techniques that allow payloads to be
delivered across the network without being detected by traditional IPS
solutions. While there is not a current solution available to protect against
the infinite possibilities of AETs, Stonesoft research in the area has enabled
it to quickly update its IPS technology against all known threats as they are
discovered.
Gartner evaluates vendors annually based on the following evaluation criteria:
ability to execute, which includes product or service, overall viability, sales
execution/pricing, market responsiveness and track record, market execution and
customer experience and operations; and completeness of vision, comprising of
market understanding and strategy, sales strategy, offering strategy, business
model, vertical, industry and geographic strategy and innovation.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with
permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at
and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain
vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic
Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors
placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a
research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner
disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research,
including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
*Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System
Appliances" by Greg Young and John Pescatore, December 6, 2010.
For more details, please contact:
Ari Vänttinen, Vice President of Marketing
Stonesoft Corporation
Tel. +358 9 4767 11
Email: ari.vanttinen(AT)stonesoft.com
About Stonesoft
Stonesoft Corporation (NASDAQ OMX: SFT1V) is an innovative provider of
integrated network security solutions to secure the information flow of
distributed organizations. Stonesoft customers include enterprises with growing
business needs requiring advanced network security and always-on business
connectivity.
StoneGate(TM) Secure Connectivity Solution unifies firewall, VPN, IPS and SSL
VPN blending network security, end-to-end availability and award-winning load
balancing into a unified and centrally managed system. The key benefits of the
StoneGate solution include low TCO, excellent price-performance ratio and high
ROI. The StoneGate Virtual Security Solutions protect the network and ensure
business continuity in both virtual and physical network environments.
StoneGate Management Center provides unified management for StoneGate Firewall
with VPN, IPS and SSL VPN. StoneGate Firewall and IPS work together to provide
intelligent defense all over the enterprise network while StoneGate SSL VPN
provides enhanced security for mobile and remote use.
Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation is a global company with corporate
headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information, visit www.stonesoft.com, www.antievasion.com and the
corporate blog http://stoneblog.stonesoft.com.
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