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gateProtect Placed in Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management
March 2012 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
gateProtect has been recognized in the market for unified threat management (UTM) in the latest Magic Quadrant from Gartner. According to the research analysts, the global market in this area experienced strong growth of 19.5 per cent between 2010 and 2011. The German-based IT security provider believes it is well equipped to handle the challenges associated with this level of growth.
Gartner believes that midsized firms are the main market for UTM solutions and defines them as companies that have between 100 and 1000 employees. “This is a very broad segment and is best approached on a functional level,” explains Dr. Peter Smeets. “We recently presented Version 9.1 of our next-generation firewall at CeBIT 2012 with its integrated LAN accounting feature. This is likely to be of particular interest to companies in countries that do not yet have a high-performance internet infrastructure because it enables businesses, schools and public authorities to better manage bandwidth utilization by setting limits for internet usage time and data transfer volumes. Our next-generation UTM solutions are able to effectively block complex threats, even in times of cloud computing and mobility, and at prices appropriate to this target market.”
