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Barrier1™ Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Intelligent Threat Management
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 5 August 2008 —
The Barrier Group announced today that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley communications publication and a world-leading publication on technologies and solutions, has named Barrier1 a winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech industry’s leading global awards program, this year’s Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.
Barrier1 is a breakthrough network security solution. Barrier1’s patent-pending software holistically listens, learns, predicts and reacts with unequaled effectiveness within microseconds to known and unknown threats. Barrier1 incorporates traditional security technologies like firewall, antispam, antivirus, IDS / IDP, web content and others. Barrier1’s patent-pending AARE software analyzes critical elements of information drawn from each of the onboard technologies as well as critical points on the network (routers, switches, etc.), analyzes the information together, and acts upon it. Because of this comprehensive analysis, the product is able to stop even the most complex attacks like blended threats, rootkits, and more.
“Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide. “Barrier1 is bringing improvements in network security. The product is able to effectively address new generation security threats at afordable prices.”
“These awards go to the best technology products every year, and we are honored that Barrier1 has gained the Network Products Guide reader trust,” says Steve Sahl, CEO, The Barrier Group. “We are committed to meeting our customer needs by providing them with the best products and services.”
About Network Products Guide Awards
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About the Barrier Group
Founded in 2003, The Barrier Group is the first company to provide a virtualized Intelligent Threat Management (ITM) security appliance. The company’s flagship product, Barrier1™, comes in hardware configurations to meet the needs of the smallest to the largest organization. Headquartered in a Minneapolis suburb, The Barrier Group is privately held.
Contact Information:
Dan Chmielewski
Madison Alexander
Phone: 714.832.8716