Sophos placed in 'Leaders' quadrant

MUMBAI, BANGALORE: IT security and control firm Sophos today announced that it was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, 2010.

Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection (MDP) is based on an assessment of a company's ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to Gartner, "Leaders have products that work well for Gartner clients in small and large deployments. They have long-term road maps that follow and/or influence Gartner's vision of the developing needs of buyers in the market. Leaders make their competitors' sales staffs nervous, and force competitors' technical staffs to follow their lead. Their MDP products are well-known to clients and are frequently found on RFP shortlists. In 2010, the companies that execute strongly enough to differentiate themselves as Leaders are EPP vendors that all made MDP acquisitions."

Capitalizing on technology acquired from encryption leader Utimaco, in April, Sophos announced the release of Sophos SafeGuard (R) Easy and Sophos SafeGuard (R) Enterprise 5.50 designed to address the broadest array of customer requirements, implementation options and long-term data protection plans, said a press release.

Also, in October 2009, Sophos introduced fully integrated data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities into Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.0, offering businesses greater visibility into, and control over, sensitive data - without requiring the deployment of any additional agents or incurring further licensing costs, it added.

"We believe Gartner's evaluation and placement of Sophos in the 'Leaders' quadrant further underscores the company's consistent, strategic product focus and vision," said Steve Munford, chief executive officer, Sophos.