SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, and the African distributor for TippingPoint Technologies, today announced that the latter's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System was recognised as the 'Network Protection Product of the Year' by IDG, an internationally-recognised publisher with more than 300 publications in 85 countries, at the 2004 IDG Network Awards presented by Techworld.com.
The prestigious IDG awards recognise the very best in the industry and reward companies for innovative and effective use of networking technology. Over 150 nominations were received for this year's Network Awards. Awards were determined by a comprehensive panel of 18 judges comprised of representatives from businesses, consulting firms, universities, Techworld and other publications.
Finalists competing for the Network Protection award included CheckPoint's Interspect and Brightmail. Winners were announced in London at the IDG and Techworld gala event last month where over 700 senior guests attended from various industries.
According to Techworld Publisher Guy Eaton: "We were extremely pleased with this year's award recipients, which incorporated an unsurpassed level of quality and innovation into their solutions. The breakthrough technology at the core of TippingPoint's product dramatically improves the efficiency of network security."
"We are honoured to accept this highly-esteemed award, and are pleased that our UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System was recognised, once again, as the leading solution for network security," said Kip McClanahan, TippingPoint's chief executive officer. "This award further validates Intrusion Prevention as the next evolutionary step in network security and demonstrates that TippingPoint's UnityOne IPS is substantially and immediately improving security and network performance for our customers."
TippingPoint's award-winning UnityOne has consistently ranked as the leading Intrusion Prevention System with The NSS Lab's Gold Award, eWEEK's Analyst Choice Award, SANS Trusted Tool, Common Criteria certification, and eWEEK's Excellence Award in Enterprise Resource Protection.
TippingPoint's UnityOne provides Application Protection, Performance Protection and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit speeds through total packet flow inspection. Application Protection capabilities provide fast, accurate, reliable protection from internal and external cyber attacks. Through its Infrastructure Protection capabilities, UnityOne protects VOIP infrastructure, routers, switches, DNS and other critical infrastructure from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies. UnityOne Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, thereby aligning network resources and business-critical application performance.
For further information, please contact Dean Brazier at telephone +27 11 257 8600; fax +27 11 257 8699; e-mail deanb@sd.co.za
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A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, ComputerWorld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, MacWorld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries.
TippingPoint Technologies
TippingPoint Technologies, based in Austin, Texas, is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth protection and attach eradication for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. Its innovative approach offers customers an effective network-based security solution with unrivalled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion detection software, and network asset management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based BorderWare, US-based RSA Security and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.sd.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.