| Barracuda Web Filter Wins "Best of Connections 2007" Award From Windows IT Pro in Windows Category |
Campbell, Calif., Nov. 14, 2007 - Barracuda Networks, Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, announced today that the Barracuda Web Filter has been named the "Best of Connections 2007 Awards" winner. Penton Media's Windows IT Pro judges declared the Barracuda Web Filter the best in the Windows category.
The judges reviewed more than 60 IT products and services submissions and chose 18 finalists to be evaluated at the Connections Conference in Las Vegas. Interviews were conducted during the event with winners announced on Nov. 7 on the exhibit floor of the Connections Conference.
"This is the first year of this awards program and were thrilled by the high quality of the entries we received," said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategic director. "While we had many worthy products, the winners clearly demonstrated their products' strategic importance to the market, their competitive advantages and the value they provide to customers."
The "Best of Connections 2007" awards recognize companies that offer innovative products in the following categories: Exchange, Mobile, .NET, Office, SharePoint, SQL Server and Windows.
"We are honored to have the Barracuda Web Filter recognized as an innovative Windows product at the Connections show," said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. "This distinction highlights our success at addressing the growing need with network administrators for affordable content filtering and powerful anti-spyware protection at the gateway level."
About the Barracuda Web Filter
Available in six models, the Barracuda Web Filter combines preventative, reactive and proactive measures to form a complete content filtering and anti-spyware solution for businesses of all sizes. The Barracuda Web Filter is designed to enforce acceptable Internet usage policies by blocking access to objectionable content and unauthorized Internet applications. At the same time, the Barracuda Web Filter's award-winning feature set enables the Barracuda Web Filter to block spyware downloads, prevent viruses, and stop access to spyware Web sites. Unlike the widely available desktop software solutions, the Barracuda Web Filter is easily installed and does not require the additional time, money or resources necessary for downloading and maintaining software on each individual PC. Hourly Energize Updates are made automatically by Barracuda Central so that the Barracuda Web Filter can block the ever-changing virus and spyware variants, as well as maintain the most up-to-date database of the latest productivity-inhibiting Web sites.
About Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Established in 2002, Barracuda Networks, Inc., is the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances. Barracuda Networks also provides world-class IM protection, application server load balancing and message archiving appliances. More than 50,000 companies, including Coca-Cola, FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L'Oreal, NASA and Europcar, are protecting their networks with Barracuda Networks solutions. Barracuda Networks' success is due to its ability to deliver easy to use, comprehensive solutions that solve the most serious issues facing customer networks without unnecessary add-ons, maintenance, lengthy installations or per user license fees. Barracuda Networks is privately held with its headquarters in Campbell, Calif. Barracuda Networks has offices in eight international locations and distributors in more than 80 countries worldwide.
About AfricaSD
AfricaSD is the Sub-Saharan Barracuda distributor, and always offers customers and reseller partners the very best security awareness, forums, consulting, and security training certifications. AfricaSD focuses on forming long-lasting partnerships with its clients, from initial assessment, to implementation and ongoing support. AfricaSD works side-by-side with its clients throughout the entire technology life cycle and is proud of its large customer base, which includes several sub-Saharan SME's, enterprises and government departments. True 24 x 7 x 365 support is available on all AfricaSD total e-security solutions. The firm's technical staff are fully certified and trained on the entire product range and offer a combination of one-to-one help and a wealth of technological resources. For further information, visit the company's website www.africasd.com or contact them on +27 (0) 12 665-2513, or at asd@africasd.com.
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