SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL) today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured(R) Partner Program achieving RSA SecurID(R)Ready Certification for its award-winning and market-leading unified threat management (UTM) PRO and TZ series firewall appliances. The two companies have enhanced the interoperability of specific product offerings, and bring these solutions to market.
By combining RSA Security's two-factor authentication technology and SonicWALL's powerful, simple and agile security platforms, the technology partnership helps provide increased protection for joint customers and expands opportunities for channel partners that sell solutions from both companies. RSA Security is the recognized market leader in two-factor authentication technology, and its approximately 20,000 customers include 90% of the Fortune 100. SonicWALL is the worldwide leader in unit shipments and sales of UTM firewalls according to IDC's Worldwide Tracker report, Q3, December 2005.
"Through this technology partnership we are able to offer an additional level of authentication for the hundreds of thousands of small and mid-tier organizations worldwide deploying SonicWALL security solutions," said Matthew Medeiros, president and chief executive officer at SonicWALL. "SMB customers conduct all aspects of their business using secure remote access and require the same levels of security as large companies. Our RSA Secured certification with RSA Security underscores our commitment to delivering the most effective business protection to companies of all sizes."
Ronnie Parisella, CTO of Primary Support, a SonicWALL Gold Medallion partner, observed, "With such a high level of threats including password sniffers, key-loggers and phishing scams, we are seeing strong demand for two- factor authentication in the SMB. Deploying SonicWALL UTM firewalls with RSA SecurID solutions helps enable us to economically deliver deep and dynamic protection to our customers for as few as ten authenticated users."
"We are pleased to continue the momentum of the RSA Secured Partner Program with the addition of SonicWALL," said Stuart Cohen, director of partner development at RSA Security. "Companies are struggling to maintain secure access to vital information and applications and the technology partnership between SonicWALL and RSA Security provides a valuable solution to end users."
About the RSA Secured Partner Program
The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the oldest and largest alliance programs of its type, bringing over twelve years of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together. RSA SecurID(R), RSA SecurID(R) for Microsoft(R) Windows(R), RSA ClearTrust(R), RSA(R) Sign-On Manager, RSA(R) Certificate Manager and RSA(R) Federated Identity Manager certification programs bring added assurance to customers that the solutions they are deploying are certified as interoperable with industry leading products, helping them achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The RSA Secured Partner Program reflects the company's commitment to providing standards-based interoperability and mutual vendor support to customers using RSA Security's identity and access management solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.rsasecurity.com.
About SonicWALL, Inc.
Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, secure remote access, and continuous data protection solutions. Offering both appliance-based products as well as value- added subscription services, SonicWALL's comprehensive solutions enable organizations to secure deep protection without compromising network performance. SonicWALL is a recognized global leader in the small and medium business markets and its solutions are deployed in distributed enterprise environments, government, retail point-of-sale and healthcare segments as well as through service providers. SonicWALL, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol SNWL. For more information, contact SonicWALL at +1 (408) 745-9600 or visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the expansion of opportunities to sell solutions for both RSA and SonicWALL's; the ability of both companies to provide increased protection for their joint customers, and the ability of the two companies to enhance the interoperability of their respective products. These forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. In addition, please see the "Risk Factors" described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004, and our reports on Form 10-Q for interim periods thereafter, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.
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