Barracuda Spam Firewall Receives Well-Connected Awards Honor
Network Computing Names Barracuda Spam Firewall ''Best Spam Prevention Solution''
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004--Barracuda Networks, the leading provider of enterprise-class spam firewall solutions, today announced that the Barracuda Spam Firewall 300 has been awarded "Best Spam Prevention Solution" in the 10th Annual Network Computing 2004 Well-Connected Awards Competition. This was the first year that spam solutions have been considered as a separate awards sub-category by the publication.
"The Well-Connected Awards are well respected in the high-tech and networking industries, and we are especially honored to receive the first Well-Connected Award presented to a spam solutions vendor," said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. "We recognize that the spam solutions market is crowded, so to receive this honor by such an esteemed publication demonstrates that we are the price and performance leader."
Held annually by CMP Media LLC's Network Computing, the leading magazine for IT and networking professionals, the Well-Connected Awards recognize outstanding technology products and services and represent the very best products and services the technology industry has to offer in networking. Finalists and winners are chosen by the publication's technology editors, based on products that have been tested and evaluated in their real-world labs. The awards are only for products that have been through analysis and testing by Network Computing in the previous year from May 2003 to May 2004. The Well-Connected Award results will be listed in the May 13 issue of the magazine.
"The Well-Connected Awards are the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world product testing and evaluation. We view all products, technologies and services from the same perspective as our readers -- our peers -- do," said Fritz Nelson, vice president and group publisher of Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group. "This is an important distinction from any other award program -- the products selected in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because they have been tested over an enterprise by our editors themselves. They are truly innovative solutions that work."
About the Barracuda Spam Firewall Family
The Barracuda Spam Firewall is available in four models and supports from 1,000 to 25,000 active users with no per user licensing fees. The Barracuda Spam Firewall can be installed in front of the email server in typically less than five minutes and is automatically updated hourly to block new forms of spam and viruses. Its architecture leverages open source spam and virus solutions in conjunction with ten defense layers: denial of service and security protection, IP block list, rate control, virus check with archive decompression, proprietary virus check, user specified rules, spam fingerprint check, intention analysis, spam rule-based scoring, and Bayesian analysis. This architecture minimizes the processing of each email, which yields the performance required to process millions of messages per day. Unlike software solutions, the Barracuda Spam Firewall reduces the load placed on the email server by off-loading both spam and virus filtering. Barracuda Networks also offers the Energize Update subscription service to automatically update the Barracuda Spam Firewall with the latest spam rules and virus definitions.
About Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks is a privately held company with headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The company was founded on the premise that spam is growing at an exponential rate and poses a tremendous threat to every company's productivity, and the optimal answer is a dedicated plug and play hardware solution. Barracuda Networks provides an enterprise-class spam filter and virus protection solution that has the ease-of-use and affordability that businesses demand. More information is available at www.barracudanetworks.com.
About Network Computing
For IT, by IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.
Contacts
Barracuda Networks
Kylie Heintz, 408-342-5440
kheintz@barracudanetworks.com
Michael Perone, 408-342-5421
mperone@barracudanetworks.com
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