NetScreen Achieves Leader Status in METAspectrum(SM) Evaluation of the Enterprise Firewall Market
December 04 2003 - 8:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
NetScreen Achieves Leader Status in METAspectrum(SM) Evaluation of
the Enterprise Firewall Market SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetScreen Technologies, Inc. today
announced that it has been ranked as a market leader in META
Group's recently released METAspectrum(SM) for enterprise
firewalls. META Group is a leading research and consulting firm
that focuses on information technology and business transformation
strategies. NetScreen was positioned in the leadership segment of
the METAspectrum analysis, and was specifically recognized for its
successful track record of anticipating and executing upon market
and technology inflection points, such as pioneering the movement
to purpose-built, hardware-based firewall solutions and adding
intrusion prevention functionality to its integrated firewall and
virtual private network (VPN) solutions, bolstering network- and
application-level attack protection. Additionally, NetScreen was
recognized for its firewall product's technology, including
superior performance and high availability capabilities. "We
developed METAspectrum to enable IT professionals to quickly
evaluate vendors based on their ability to deliver on the presence
and performance criteria that matter most in a given market," said
Mark Bouchard, senior research analyst for META Group.
"Application-layer awareness/control and intrusion prevention are
becoming the next big rallying cries for the enterprise firewall
market." "We are pleased by our leadership ranking in the
METAspectrum evaluation," said David Flynn, vice president of
marketing at NetScreen. "NetScreen's position underscores our keen
focus on delivering superior technology that provides our customers
highly effective security functionality to protect their networks
from a variety of application- and network-level threats and to
address evolving business requirements." The new METAspectrum
evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies providing
firewall products, which among other uses typically act as the
primary access control interface between the Internet and an
organization's hosted and internal computing resources. More About
METAspectrum METAspectrum(SM) evaluations from META Group provide
IT professionals with a view into critical market success factors
and vendor positioning. METAspectrum delivers comprehensive
evaluations of both technology markets and vendor product
offerings. There are multiple market evaluations planned for
release in 2003 and beyond. METAspectrum evaluations are updated
quarterly, biannually, or annually, depending on the
characteristics of individual markets. To view completed market
evaluations, or learn more about the METAspectrum methodology,
visit http://www.metagroup.com/metaspectrum. METAspectrum(SM)
market evaluations and results are the sole property of META Group,
Inc. and are Copyright (C) 2003 META Group, Inc. All rights
reserved. Permission to use the results requires prior written
approval from META Group, and should not be deemed an endorsement
of any company or product. About NetScreen Technologies NetScreen
Technologies, Inc., is a leading developer of network security and
access solutions for enterprises and carriers worldwide.
NetScreen's solutions offer customers multiple layers of network
and application-level protection in purpose-built appliances and
systems that optimize performance and reduce total operating costs.
NetScreen is located at 805 11th Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089. More
information on NetScreen's products can be found at
http://www.netscreen.com/ or by calling toll free at
1-800-638-8296. NOTE: NetScreen and the NetScreen logo are
trademarks of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking
statements about events and circumstances that have not yet
occurred. For example, words such as "will", "can", "allowing",
"believes", "continue" and "continuing", or other statements in the
future tense, are forward-looking statements. Actual outcomes and
results may differ materially from expectations in this press
release due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Such risks and
uncertainties include whether the market for security products will
grow as projected, if at all, whether demand for NetScreen products
will continue, whether new products, if and when introduced, will
be successful and whether products will perform as expected
DATASOURCE: NetScreen Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Jennifer
Jennings, +1-408-543-8243, or , or Heather C. Lowles,
+1-408-543-4136, or , both of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. Web
site: http://www.netscreen.com/
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