Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls

Gartner has published their 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls. We are excited to share that Gartner has positioned Palo Alto Networks in the Leaders quadrant.. Below are a few key points outlined in the report for your interest. I encourage you to download a full version of the report.

• According to Gartner, vendors in the leaders quadrant "lead the market in offering new safeguarding features, providing expert capability, rather than treating the firewall as a commodity, and having a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products."
• In 2010 and 2011, "Gartner saw market pressures accelerate the demand and available offerings for next-generation firewall (NGFW) platforms."
• According to Gartner, "Palo Alto Networks generated the most firewall inquiries among Gartner customers in 2010 and 2011 – almost more than all other firewall vendors combined – essentially dominating the enterprise conversation in NGFW."

Palo Alto Networks Delivers "Read-Only" Facebook

Gives enterprises more control over which employees can use Facebook, when, and for what purposes Companies can now implement "read-only" Facebook policies in the workplace with next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks™, the network security company. New, finer-grained control over who uses the popular social networking application and for what purposes means companies can enable Facebook for employees that need it for their jobs, while limiting its functionality for other workers who use it primarily for personal reasons.

This kind of granular control over the use of Facebook – by user, group, content or even time of day – is unique to Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall. As a result, IT security managers are better equipped to prevent leaks of corporate data, improve worker productivity, and reduce .....<read more>.

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