Leading UTM vendors simplify deployment of new
features and emphasise business needs
Sydney, 5 August 2013 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business
security solutions, today announced that it has been named a “Leader”
in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).*
According to the report, “The Leaders quadrant contains vendors at the
forefront of making and selling UTM products that are built for midsize
business requirements. The requirements necessary for leadership include a wide
range of models to cover midsize business use cases, support for multiple
features, and a management and reporting capability that’s designed for ease of
use.” This recognition follows a recent independent performance test from
Miercom that confirmed WatchGuard’s UTM offering (XTM 850) is nearly 3.5 times
faster than competitive solutions, when all standard UTM features are enabled.
“We’ve never been more excited about the market opportunity Unified Threat
Management presents to our customers, our company and our investors, and are
honored to again be positioned in the leaders quadrant,” said Dave R.
Taylor, vice president of corporate strategy at WatchGuard. “WatchGuard is
focused on delivering a best-of-breed experience to our customers. This report
recognises the emphasis we continually place on ensuring customer success.”
The report also notes that vendors in the leaders quadrant “also have a
good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products.
Common characteristics include reliability, consistent throughput, and a
product that’s intuitive to manage and administer.” Gartner notes that the
UTM industry continues to grow; fueled by refreshes of first-generation
technologies and SMB growth in emerging markets.
WatchGuard’s family of UTM security appliances offers best-of-breed security
tools combined with industry-leading performance. Additionally, with flexible
and centralised management tools and web UI, businesses of all sizes can
quickly and easily deploy WatchGuard appliances and monitor their networks.
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*Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management” by Greg
Young and Jeremy D’Hoinne, July 19, 2013
