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Purewire Named 'Cool Vendor' by Leading Industry Analyst Firm
Purewire Included in the 'Cool Vendors in Software-as-a-Service Security, 2009' Report
ATLANTA (March 20, 2009) - Purewire, Inc., a SaaS-based secure Web gateway vendor that protects business and social interactions on the Web, has been named a “Cool Vendor” in the March 2009 report1 titled “Cool Vendors in Software-as-a-Service Security, 2009” by Gartner, Inc. According to Gartner, “The demand for flexible, responsive, cost-effective security solutions is driving intense Gartner client interest in security-as-a-service offerings.”
“We are thrilled that Purewire has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor,” said Steve Raber, chairman and CEO of Purewire. “Web security SaaS makes sense for organizations that need to secure and control users who are accessing the Web and conducting business-critical activities from virtually anywhere and from any device. Purewire’s multi-tenant architecture delivers fast performance, flexible deployment options and a complete solution that goes beyond simple Web filtering.”
Purewire has received a landslide of industry and product recognition. In just the past six months, Purewire has been named a Gartner “Cool Vendor”; one of Network World’s Top 10 IT Security Companies to Watch; SC Magazine’s Finalist for Rookie Security Company of the Year (winners to be announced in April); Information Week’s Startup of the Week; eWEEK’s Top 10 Security Stories of 2008; DEMO 2009 DEMOgod; VentureBeat’s Top 5 Best of DEMO; eWEEK Lab’s Top 10 Best Products at DEMO; TechRadar’s Top 10 Best of DEMO Day 2; and the Technology Association of Georgia’s Top 10 Innovator and Top 40 Most Innovative Companies.
The Purewire Web Security Service is deployed as SaaS-based secure Web gateway. Purewire inspects outbound Web traffic for safety and compliance, and analyzes Web site response traffic for malicious programs and untrustworthy users. The Purewire Web Security Service provides high performance processing of Web traffic to protect users browsing the Web regardless of location or device, including laptops and mobile devices.
1Cool Vendors in Software-as-a-Service Security, 2009. R. Wagner, P. Firstbrook, A. Hallawell, J. Girard, J. Pescatore, K. Kavanagh, N. MacDonald. March 2009.
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 Purewire, Inc.
Purewire secures business and social interactions on the Web. Founded by veteran security industry entrepreneurs, the company offers Web security-as-a-service to increase ROI and lower the total cost of security for businesses. Purewire is the only vendor that addresses the complete Web security threat landscape, providing unique algorithms and scalable services to protect users from malicious people, places and things on the Web™. Purewire has received a number of industry accolades and was named a “Cool Vendor in Software-as-a-Service Security” in March 2009 by Gartner Inc. For more information, please visit www.purewire.com.
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