Sophos won Frost & Sullivan's EMEA Network Security Customer
Value Enhancement Award
IT security and control firm Sophos today announced that it has
been presented with the EMEA Network Security Customer Value
Enhancement Award by the global growth consulting company, Frost
& Sullivan.
Presented each year to a company that has best demonstrated the
ability to expand its customer base, the award recognizes
innovation in areas such as customer acquisition and service
strategies, and whether those strategies have met customers' needs
and requirements. Finalists are judged on a number of aspects, such
as their current position and ability to grow in a maturing market,
innovative product and price bundles, and any strategic move which
will additionally benefit the customer.
"In the last 18 months, Sophos has continued to add to its
product portfolio, integrating new technologies such as application
control and host intrusion prevention (HIPS) into core products,
and has developed first-rate web and email managed appliances. The
security solutions on offer, coupled with industry-leading research
labs and 24 hour support, make Sophos the clear leader," said Jose
Lopez, analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "The addition of network
access control (NAC) and mobile security have bolstered Sophos's
value proposition ahead of competitive vendors and with this award
Frost & Sullivan is recognizing Sophos as a heavyweight player
in the market."
"Integrating innovative technologies such as NAC and application control,
into our anti-virus and anti-spam best-of-breed solutions, has put
Sophos at the cutting edge of the market. The reason is simple:
companies want proactive and effective protection. Not only is
there a need to keep the bad stuff out, but also to monitor and
control what is being run inside the company - this is the security
and control issue that we are addressing," said Annie Gay, VP
EMEA, Sophos. "Our product and service offering is not only
attracting a wealth of new customers, but also high profile awards
like this one, which means we're on the right track. It is a great
honour for Sophos to receive the 2007 EMEA Network Security
Customer Value Enhancement Award."
The Frost & Sullivan award is just the latest in a long line of industry accolades that have
been awarded to Sophos over the last twenty years.
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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.