MILPITAS, Calif., March 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ServGate Technologies -- the leading provider of integrated, adaptive network security platforms -- today announced that the EdgeForce(r) platform received China Information World Magazine Editor's Choice Award based on outstanding performance test results, its breadth of security applications and overall ease-of-management features.
China Information World worked in conjunction with the China Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) Network Security Test Labs, China's authoritative computer testing agency, to test the performance, manageability and functionality of participating security devices. The test results recognized the EdgeForce's groundbreaking modular architecture and integration of virus, spam and web filtering, intrusion prevention, web caching, firewall and VPN in addition to its superior ease-of-use and management. The review also acknowledged the EdgeForce's scalability -- allowing businesses to add new services and performance as needed -- and the product's competitive price points.
ServGate is the developer of the award-winning unified threat management (UTM) system, the EdgeForce platform, offering integrated spam and virus screening applications by McAfee in addition to web filtering by SurfControl, intrusion prevention, web caching, firewall and VPN services. EdgeForce platforms also uniquely perform Full Context Inspection at the gateway, which provides the deepest level of blended protection possible in a network-based solution by reconstructing data packets into a discernible format while performing content filtering services at the application layer. The EdgeForce platform's modular architecture enables new services modules and performance upgrades to be activated on all EdgeForce systems, scaling with the growth of the customer's business and network needs, and adapting to the shifting threat environment.
"The appreciation for a modular security architecture that has the flexibility to augment any existing network in the world in clearly universal," said Atchison Frazer, vice president of worldwide marketing, ServGate. "The Editor's Choice Award by China Information World is an honor and validation of ServGate's distinguished security platform, which is also winning accolades among organizations large and small in China's burgeoning network security market."
About ServGate
ServGate is a leading provider of integrated, adaptive network security platforms for small and medium businesses and the distributed enterprise. ServGate's award-winning UTM EdgeForce systems consolidate in a single hardware platform multiple modular security services -- including virus, spam and web filtering, intrusion prevention, firewall, VPN and more -- reducing the cost and complexity associated with sourcing, implementing and maintaining disparate security applications from multiple vendors. For more information about ServGate, call +1-408-635-8400 or visit www.servgate.com.