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28 Oct 2009

Sophos partners with UTM specialist to provide best-of-breed anti-virus to Endian customers

IT Security and data protection firm Sophos has today announced that it is partnering with Endian, a leading provider of open source network security solutions, to provide customers complete threat protection.

Endian, which specializes in unified threat management solutions for corporate environments, will integrate Sophos's anti-virus detection technology into its existing solutions in order to deliver an unmatched level of protection against data theft, viruses, spyware, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), spam and other internet threats.

"With SophosLabs analyzing over 40,000 suspicious files every day, safeguarding an organization against computer threats is vital," said Stéphan Roux, head of marketing for strategic alliances and OEM at Sophos. "Endian's proactive technologies sit seamlessly with Sophos's innovating proactive technologies, providing our joint customers with award-winning proactive threat protection."

"We chose Sophos's anti-virus technology on account of its high detection rates, ease of integration and its proven robustness in the OEM industry," said Raphael Vallazza, CEO of Endian. "Security is one of the biggest concerns to our customers. It is essential that Endian's Unified Threat Management solutions include the best available anti-virus solution."

"Endian's selection of Sophos Anti-Virus reinforces our level of leadership within the UTM industry," said Arthur Robinson, EMEA strategic account manager at Sophos. "The combination of our dependable malware protection and application control software with Endians's UTM solutions provides clients with all-in-one, easy-to-use security features to deliver maximum protection against internet threats.

About Endian

Endian is a leading provider of open source network security solutions. Thousands of networks worldwide are already secured by the Endian's Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions, that deliver secure communication and enable protection against malicious Internet threats like attacks, spam, phishing, viruses and data theft. More information is available at www.endian.com

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.