Vendors Selected for the "Cool Vendor Report" Are Innovative, Impactful and Intriguing
LONDON and SAN MATEO, Calif. - March 21, 2007 - ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service has been included as one of five technology vendors in the Gartner, Inc. "Cool Vendors in Infrastructure Protection, 2007" by Ray Wagner, John Girard, Peter Firstbrook, John Pescatore and Neil MacDonald, published on March 13, 2007.
The 'Cool Vendor' list is a regular report that Gartner issues to highlight technology that has caught the firm's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months. Gartner's Cool Vendors in infrastructure protection for 2007 offer innovative technologies designed to address real-world security needs.
"We are honored to be included in this prestigious list of technology vendors that are providing innovative solutions to security challenges," said Eldar Tuvey, CEO and co-founder, ScanSafe. "We believe this evaluation is recognition that not only validates ScanSafe's position as the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, but also validates the market need for our unique services. We are committed to building on our track record of industry firsts and simplifying Web and IM security for businesses."
ScanSafe's portfolio of award-winning security services includes Web Malware Scanning, Web Filtering and IM Control. The company's solutions deliver complete security and control over Web and IM traffic by scanning traffic in real-time and blocking malware and unwanted content before it reaches the corporate network.
As fully managed services, ScanSafe solutions require no hardware, upfront capital costs or maintenance and can be deployed in less than one hour. ScanSafe customers typically experience a 30-40 percent decrease in total cost of ownership resulting from increased productivity, reduced bandwidth utilization and by freeing IT staff from the burden of maintenance and remediation of malware-infected PCs.
In early 2007, ScanSafe added SearchAhead, the industry's first corporate safe search tool to its Web Filtering service. SearchAhead annotates search results for all users and provides guidance on acceptable or unacceptable websites that are based on the customer's Web filtering policy.
To sign up for a free 30-day ScanSafe Web Security Audit, please visit: http://www.scansafe.com/about_us/contact_us/risk_free_evaluation.
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
About ScanSafe
ScanSafe is the largest global provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, ensuring a safe and productive Internet environment for businesses. ScanSafe solutions keep viruses and spyware off corporate networks and allow businesses to control and secure the use of the Web and instant messaging. As a fully managed service, ScanSafe's solutions require no hardware, upfront capital costs or maintenance and provide unparalleled real-time threat protection. Powered by its proactive, multilayered Outbreak Intelligence TM threat detection technology, ScanSafe scans more than 6 billion Web requests and blocks 12 million threats each month for customers in over 30 countries.
Since pioneering the market for Web Security-as-a-Service, ScanSafe continues to deliver innovative Web security solutions, including the introduction of the world’s first early warning system which scans and classifies search engine results based on the presence of malware and unwanted content. In addition to being part of its corporate Web security service, the safe search technology is available to consumers as a free service at www.scandoo.com.
With offices in London and San Mateo, California, ScanSafe is privately owned and financed by Benchmark Capital and Scale Venture Partners. ScanSafe has achieved Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program and OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP). The company received the Info Security Global Product Excellence Award for Best Managed Security Service and was named one of Red Herring's Top 100 Technology companies. For more information, visit www.scansafe.com.
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