Sophos, the world leader in network-based anti-virus solutions,
today announced that Sophos Anti-Virus has been awarded Secure
Computing's "The Pick of 1999" and is included in the magazine's
Buyer's Bible.
Sophos Anti-Virus earned five stars for the highest possible
overall rating, as well as maximum marks for performance,
documentation, and technical support.
Secure Computing compiled a list of the select IT security
products that it had reviewed in 1999, determined the leaders, or
"Picks," in each security category, and included a review of each
Pick in the Buyer's Bible, published in its December issue.
The Buyer's Bible describes Sophos Anti-Virus as "one of the
stalwarts of the anti-virus solutions... Sophos Anti-Virus is a
stable and high performance product with good pedigree. It
supports, perhaps, the widest base of operating systems of any
anti-virus developer." The magazine went on to praise Sophos's
"first class" virus detection rates.
"We're delighted to receive this award and be included in Secure
Computing's Buyer's Bible for IT professionals," said Graham
Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus, "We
pride ourselves on excellence, both in our technology and in the
levels of support we provide to our customers, and this award
recognises Sophos's continuing success."
About Sophos
Sophos is one of the world's largest specialist developers of
anti-virus and encryption software. The products are sold and
supported through a global network of subsidiaries and partners in
more than 40 countries. Sophos Anti-Virus is widely used by large
corporations, banks and governments.
The product set is notable for its reliability, stability,
consistently high detection rates and fine engineering. The update
infrastructure and technical support are outstanding. Sophos Plc
was recently voted Britain's best medium-sized company.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.