Telecom Lead India: WatchGuard Technologies, a global
provider of business security solutions, announced that it has achieved double
digit growth in Q1 FY12, as compared to growth a year earlier.
The company said that it has achieved five consecutive
quarters of double-digit growth, averaging 15 percent from the company’s core
UTM business and 39 percent year over year billings growth for its enterprise
class.
The billing growth includes next-generation multifunction
firewalls that cover the XTM 8 series, XTM 1050 and XTM 2050.
Hackers continue to push the security envelope, which
means businesses are constantly hardening their networks, applications and
data. Additionally, regulatory pressures around the globe continue to push
businesses to take stronger positions against data loss, all of which bodes
well for WatchGuard and our channel partners,” said Mohit Puri, Country
Manager, India & SAARC, WatchGuard Technologies.
The company claims that the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series
delivers 6.5Gbps firewall throughput, 2.3Gbps gateway AV throughput, 2.6Gbps
IPS throughput, and 1.4Gbps full UTM throughput.
On the other hand, the XTM 1050 and XTM 2050, are
respectively 10 and 20Gbps next-generation firewalls.
Both firewalls provide true line-speed security
inspection on all traffic and support multi-gigabit packet-filtering
throughput.
Furthermore, they provide Application Control and
drag-and-drop VPN connectivity
WatchGuard XTM Series solutions are available worldwide
from authorized WatchGuard channel partners.
WatchGuard promotes Scott Robertson to lead Asia-Pacific Market
Recently, WatchGuard Technologies promoted Scott
Robertson from country manager, Australia/New Zealand to vice president of Asia
Pacific Sales.
Robertson oversees WatchGuard’s Asia Pacific sales,
which includes general oversight of South Korea, Japan, South East Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, China and India.
