Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
spyware and spam, has been positioned at number 27 in
BusinessWeek's European Hot Growth Companies list, which recognizes
Europe's high-growth, job-creating companies.
The list represents several business sectors - in the computer
security sector, Sophos is the highest ranking company.
The Europe 500 list was founded by BusinessWeek and Europe's
Entrepreneurs for Growth, a Brussels-based organisation that
represents more than 2,000 entrepreneurs.
In order to be considered for the annual Europe 500 list,
companies must have been founded before 2002, have a minimum of 50
employees and be based in one of the 25 European Union member
states, Iceland, Norway, or Switzerland.
Sophos employs around 1000 staff worldwide, and has offices
across Europe and the rest of the world.
For further information about the Europe 500 list please visit
the BusinessWeek website.
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.