SAN BRUNO, Calif. - May 19, 2008 - IronPort Systems, a leading provider of enterprise spam, virus and spyware protection, and now part of Cisco, announced today that it is the proud recipient of multiple "best-in-class," readers' choice, and performance ratings from key industry publications. IronPort products recognized in the past month include the company's C-Series and X-Security appliances and SenderBaseTM, the world's largest email and web traffic monitoring network.
"Since the company's inception our No. 1 goal has been to provide products that address the ever-changing security threats while giving our customers the highest-performing and most technically innovative products on the market," said Tom Gillis, vice president of marketing, IronPort. "We are honored to receive four such amazing honors and recognition from our leading industry publications and their readers."
The company received the prestigious SC Magazine Award for "best security appliance," Information Security Magazine's coveted Readers' Choice award, and inclusion in Network World's Top 20 Most Useful IT Security Sites for its SenderBase network. Additionally, IronPort's C100 product had the best false-positive performance of any product in a recent InfoWorld review of mail security appliances.
SC Magazine Readers' Trust Award
IronPort was named the SC Magazine 2008 Readers' Trust Award gold winner in the Email Security Solution category. SC Magazine readers representing information technology's most knowledgeable security professionals, selected the IronPort's C-Series and X-Series appliances from a competitive field. The SC Magazine Awards highlight the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. With more than 600 entries submitted in 30 categories, the 2008 SC Magazine Awards proved to be the most competitive in the program's 11-year history.
Information Security Magazine Reader's Choice Award
IronPort's superior ability to block spam, prevent phishing attacks and stop viruses caused its loyal fans and readers to honor it with the Readers' Choice Award in the email security appliance category. The more than 1,600 readers that voted agreed that IronPort's ease of use and seamless integration with other messaging systems warranted ranking the company's products among the top. Information Security and SearchSecurity.com readers voted on more than 360 products in security from hardware and software categories. The participants were judged on the operating capacity within voter environments, including criteria such as ease of use, value, vendor support and others.
Network World's Top Useful IT Security Sites
IronPort's SenderBase was recognized by the NetworkWorld team for its wealth of security information, security alerts, in-depth reports, monthly security bulletin, technical guides and reports from Cisco® IntelliShield.
InfoWorld's Review of Mail Security Appliances
In a recent review of mail security appliances by InfoWorld, the IronPort C100 had the best false-positive performance with no critical false positives. Additionally, InfoWorld said that the C100 combined excellent features, easy setup and high accuracy. The review was published on April 9, 2008.
About IronPort Systems
IronPort Systems, headquartered in San Bruno, California, is a business unit of Cisco Systems, Inc. IronPort is the leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort appliances utilize SenderBase®, the world's largest email and Web threat detection network and database. IronPort products are innovative and easy to use, providing breakthrough performance and playing a mission-critical role in a company's network infrastructure. To learn more about IronPort products and services, please visit: http://www.ironport.com/.
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