Stonesoft accelerates its research and development
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Helsinki, Finland -1 December 2009 - Stonesoft, an innovativeprovider of integrated network security and business continuitysolutions, establishes a new research and development unit in Cracow,Poland in January 2010. The unit will employ seven (7) persons in thebeginning.In addition, all Stonesoft's R&D units will implement a new agilesoftware development framework, Scrum. Scrum accelerates the productdevelopment cycle and divides large software development projectsinto smaller manageable tasks yielding faster, more accurate results.With these actions Stonesoft accelerates its research and developmentto meet the newest needs of its customers.The new research and development unit will be located in Cracow,Poland, an area known for its high technological competence. Thereare eight technical universities in the area, which produce ca 8 000graduates annually. In addition to the universities, there areseveral business incubators and high technology business operationsin the Cracow area. Foreign companies operating in Poland receivefunds from the European Union.Stonesoft's products protect large and critical network environmentsthat demand advanced network security. Large network environments areunder constant pressure to change, because companies strive forimproved efficiency and at the same time need to adapt tofast-changing competitive situations. This sets special demands fornetwork security and the systems that manage it. Many traditionalnetwork security companies and products cannot adapt to these changesfast enough. Stonesoft has always differentiated itself from itscompetitors through its flexibility and ability to quickly meet theevolving demands of its customers. Establishing the new research anddevelopment unit will help Stonesoft to extend its lead in this area."Stonesoft is known for its innovativeness, and we want to strengthenour research and development competence to meet our customer'sincreasingly complex and challenging needs even better than before",says Ilkka Hiidenheimo, the founder and CEO of Stonesoft.About Stonesoft CorporationStonesoft Corporation (NASDAQ OMX: SFT1V) is an innovative providerof integrated network security solutions to secure the informationflow of distributed organizations. Stonesoft customers includeenterprises with growing business needs requiring advanced networksecurity and always-on business connectivity.StoneGate(TM) Secure Connectivity Solution unifies firewall, VPN, IPSand SSL VPN blending network security, end-to-end availability andaward-winning load balancing into a unified and centrally managedsystem. The key benefits of the StoneGate solution include low TCO,excellent price-performance ratio and high ROI. The StoneGate VirtualSecurity Solutions protect the network and ensure business continuityin both virtual and physical network environments.StoneGate Management Center provides unified management for StoneGateFirewall with VPN, IPS and SSL VPN. StoneGate Firewall and IPS worktogether to provide intelligent defense all over the enterprisenetwork while StoneGate SSL VPN provides enhanced security for mobileand remote use.Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation is a global company withcorporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquartersin Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.stonesoft.comand the corporate blog http://stoneblog.stonesoft.com.For more details, please contact:Klaus MajewskiVP, MarketingStonesoft CorporationTel. +358 9 476 711E-mail: klaus.majewski(at)stonesoft.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 01.12.2009 - 10:06 Uhr
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