Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and
spam, was named "Company of the Year" at the 2003 Real Business/CBI
Growing Business Awards at the London Hilton on 4 December 2003.
Chosen because of its business performance, ambition, potential and
management quality, Sophos fought off strong competition from the
other four finalists to take the award.
Sophos was congratulated for increasing its turnover from £31.6
million in 2002 to £41 million in 2003 - a 30 per cent increase.
The judges described Sophos as "a global British success
story".
"We are delighted to have received this prestigious award, which
recognises the hard work done by all Sophos staff around the world
to provide customers with the highest levels of service," said Jan
Hruska, co-founder and joint CEO of Sophos. "Sophos has achieved
consistent growth over the last year, and for the third consecutive
year we have outperformed the anti-virus market as a whole."
Sophos is no stranger to the awards, having previously won the title of
Company of the Year in 2001.
About the Growing Business Awards
The Growing Business Awards, launched in 1999 by Real Business
Magazine in conjunction with the CBI, recognise and celebrate the
UK's entrepreneurial talent, as well as those companies which have
shown substantial growth year after year. More details of the
awards can be found at www.growingbusinessawards.co.uk.
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.