WatchGuard Wins Network Products Guide 2009 Best Products and Services Award for...

WatchGuard Wins Network Products Guide 2009 Best Products and Services Award
for Best Security Solution for Education

WatchGuard Firebox X Peak 8500e Provides Unparalleled Security for Schools and
Universities

LAS VEGAS, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- (Interop) -- WatchGuard(R) Technologies, a
global leader in extensible network security and connectivity solutions, today
announced that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading publication on
information technologies and solutions, has named the WatchGuard Firebox X
Peak 8500e as the winner of the 2009 Best Products and Services Award - "Best
Security Solution for Education." This respected annual award honors products
and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the
end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech-industry's leading
global awards program, this year's Best Products and Services were nominated
from all over the world.

"The education market has unique security needs for hardened protection, high
performance and flexible management - all at extremely competitive price
points," said Tim Helming, director of product management at WatchGuard
Technologies. "WatchGuard is pleased to win yet another award for its
security solutions for the education market. Clearly, WatchGuard delivers the
requisite security that schools and universities need in today's networked
world."

"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping
shape better products and services," says Rake Narang, editor-n-chief, Network
Products Guide. "For the education market, the WatchGuard Firebox X Peak 8500e
brings improvements in network security, performance, flexibility, ease of
management and total cost of ownership."

WatchGuard - Providing Extensible Security to Education
From K-12 through higher education, there are consistent themes in network
security that are of universal concern - connectivity, protection from
malware, protection from harmful content, and increasingly the collection of
forensic data.

At the K-12 and library level, there is an additional incentive driving
network security. For schools and libraries to be eligible for the Federal
Communications Commission Universal Service Fund (commonly known as "E-Rate"),
the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that they adopt an
Internet safety policy and employ protections that block or filter visual
depictions deemed obscene, pornographic, or harmful to minors.

Extensible threat management (XTM) security solutions from WatchGuard,
including the Firebox X Peak 8500e, aggregate multiple security measures into
a single, easily configurable solution. Schools and libraries can choose from
a rich portfolio of devices, which can be deployed everywhere from individual
schools to district or state data centers, to protect students and
confidential school data while delivering rich management, real-time
monitoring, and information-packed logging and reporting.

WatchGuard offers an online knowledge base, including a series of case studies
and information resources that demonstrate how schools utilize WatchGuard UTM
solutions in maintaining high security. Details about WatchGuard security
solutions for both K-12 and higher education are available at:
http://www.watchguard.com/products/industrysolutions/education.asp

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About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard(R) Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology
leader of network security solutions, providing mission-critical security to
hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired
and wireless unified threat management appliances and WatchGuard SSL VPN
remote access solutions provide extensible network security, unparalleled
network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by
WatchGuard LiveSecurity(R) Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and
education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices
serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more,
visit http://www.watchguard.com/.

WatchGuard, Firebox and LiveSecurity are registered trademarks of WatchGuard
Technologies, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.

Contacts:

Chris McKie
WatchGuard Technologies
206-613-3760
chris.mckie@watchguard.com

Jimme Peters
24/7 Consulting
503-289-5354
jimme@24-7consulting.com

SOURCE WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Chris McKie of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., +1-206-613-3760,
chris.mckie@watchguard.com; or Jimme Peters of 24/7 Consulting,
+1-503-289-5354, jimme@24-7consulting.com, for WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.