24 Dec 2004
Sophos PureMessage receives high marks in META Group's email hygiene vendor comparison
Sophos, a global leader in policy-based network security
software for viruses and spam, announced that Sophos PureMessage
received high marks and is listed among the leading solution
providers in META Group's recently published "E-Mail Hygiene Vendor
Comparison" report. Sophos PureMessage scored high among leading
competitors on several of Meta Group's 12 criteria categories used
to evaluate and compare vendors.
The report, authored by Matt Cain, takes an in-depth look at the
email security market by evaluating 12 email hygiene vendors by 12
specific criteria across certain core competencies including:
- Product functionality, which includes spam blocking, virus
blocking, MTA/anomaly, secure mail, content filtering and end-user
controls. Sophos is among the highest for virus blocking along with
Trend Micro
- Platform Specifics, which includes management, reporting and
price. Sophos is among the highest for end user controls along with
Symantec
"It is essential that enterprises establish a comprehensive
approach to email hygiene in order to protect the overall health of
corporate communications," said Steve Munford,
president of Sophos Inc. "With ever-increasing threats, users must
upgrade their mail hygiene capabilities. This thorough evaluation
of mail hygiene vendors from a trusted third party will help
companies to determine their maximum email protection and
functionality needs by matching individual supplier competencies
against specific business needs."
According to the report, META Group expects that the vendor
landscape will drastically reduce from the 60 plus vendors in the
market today down to 10 primary suppliers by 2007. However, buyers
cannot afford to wait for market consolidation. Mail hygiene issues
loom large today and demand immediate resolution.
About Sophos
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.