UTM involves combining multiple functional and logical security capabilities in a single product. UTM directly targets the small and medium enterprises' need for simplicity. Manufacturing, IT/ITeS, education, healthcare verticals enjoy a prominent share in this category, whereas the banks and service providers deploy UTM solutions at their branch offices.

The trend of adoption of integrated security approach is observed mostly in the SMB space. With limited budgets, IT skills and resources, SMBs need products that are easy to adopt and maintain. This led to the emergence of integrated security solutions as one of the fastest-growing segments in the SMB security market.

CIOL: What are SonicWALL's security solutions for SMBs?
SB: While the Internet offers SMBs significant advantages, it also raises security concerns. SonicWALL delivers robust, affordable and easily manageable Internet security solutions to protect the network resources of branch offices and small businesses. SonicWALL's scalable security provides secure data communications and protects online transactions with a solution that your business won't outgrow.

Enterprise-class security at a small business price
It's not necessary for a smaller company to skimp on security. SonicWALL delivers state-of-the-art, comprehensive security that is both affordable and easy to implement. Too little security can be worse than no security at all, and the small business that simply implements any minimal firewall and forgets it, often has a false sense of security and more often than not, falls victim to unexpected attack. SonicWALL's TZ line of Internet security appliances, designed for the SMB market, deliver enterprise-class security at a small business price.

Layered protection
The SonicWALL TZ family of appliances are total security platforms that offer layered protection. Ideally suited for the SMB market, the TZ line features a compact form factor and an easy-to-use interface. Its sheer power transcends its small size, and users are able to enjoy true layered security with integrated gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware and intrusion prevention for real-time protection against a wide array of threats.

The SonicOS operating system, standard on the TZ family of appliances, gives small business users a streamlined web-based GUI, easy-to-use configuration and management tools, and wizards to guide you through the configuration process. Both wired and wireless appliances are available to meet every possible configuration requirement.

Secure content management
Content-based threats are a constant problem for businesses of any size, and SMBs are vulnerable to the same types of attacks that the largest enterprises face. Secure content management keeps your network free from harmful content. As part of this protection, e-mail security also keeps your e-mail inboxes free from virus-laden e-mails, spam and phishing attacks through a combination of technologies that improve response time and ensure full protection – all the while delivering superior performance and no delays.

Continuous data protection
SonicWALL Continuous Data Protection (CDP) series offers the only complete end-to-end backup and recovery solution for SMBs. An ideal replacement for tape-based systems, CDP provides foolproof, intuitive, continual protection. Policy-driven CDP is transparent to the end-user, ensuring that data, applications and systems are reliably protected.

Because most recovery involves a single file, CDP's self-directed restore by the end-user helps meet service levels while reducing burden on IT support. SonicWALL CDP takes the complexity out of safeguarding your data by automating tedious tasks to provide a true low-touch solution. CDP provides flexible Offsite Data Backup, Site-to-Site Data Backup, Local Archiving and Bare Metal Recovery with SonicWALL Universal Restore options to address any disaster recovery scenario.

Management, monitoring and reporting
SonicWALL provides SMBs with a single platform to manage, monitor and report on smaller site deployments.