Astaro named as finalist in SC Magazine Awards 2008 Europe
Astaro receives ‘Best Network Security’ honor for second year in a row.
Reading, UK (21st February, 2008) – Astaro Corporation (www.astaro.co.uk), a leader in delivering unified threat management (UTM) security appliances, today announced that the Astaro Security Gateway has been named as a finalist in the ‘Best Network Security’ category of the SC Magazine Awards 2008 Europe. The winner of the award, now in its 13th year, will be announced at a ceremony to take place in London on 22nd April.
Jan Hichert, CEO and co-founder of Astaro, commented, "The Astaro Security Gateway won the ‘Best Network Security Product’ award in 2007 and it as an honour to be recognised once again. We have worked very hard to maintain the cutting edge nature of our products, with version 7.0 of the Astaro Security Gateway having been launched between last year’s event and now, we hope that our continued investment in innovation may see us through to another win on the night. We look forward to the award ceremony."
The SC Magazine Awards 2008 Europe are designed to reward excellence and innovation in the IT security industry. This year's categories cover ten important areas for strategic applications of security. Whether finalist or eventual winner, inclusion in the shortlist indicates which security vendors are succeeding in meeting the challenges of today’s business environment.
For more information regarding the awards, please visit: www.scmagazine.com/uk/awards
About the SC Awards Europe
The SC Awards Europe are widely considered the most prestigious awards programme in the information security industry and stand out as a true benchmark of achievement. Now in their thirteenth year, the Awards have a long-standing tradition of promoting excellence.
‘I congratulate all those businesses and individuals who have been short-listed and look forward to welcoming them to the Awards night in April’ – Paul Fisher, Editor, SC Magazine UK
The 2008 Awards presentation will be held on 22 April at the Hurlingham Club in London. For further detail, visit www.scmagazine.com/uk/awards
About Astaro
Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway, simplifying Email, Web & Network Security, has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of nearly 2,500 solution partners who offer local support and services. For more information, please visit www.astaro.com.
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