According to IDC, there were more than 60 million SMBs worldwide which represented US$ 450 billion in IT spending in 2005. SnapGear addresses this growing demand for strong, yet manageable, network security for small and medium businesses by combining the best of Secure Computing's enterprise-proven security protection with an easy-to-use Internet connectivity appliance. A flexible solution, SnapGear can be deployed as a stand-alone firewall, a VPN gateway, a unified threat-management appliance or as a complete, secure network-in-a-box with all of the Internet and network connectivity features normally available only in enterprise-class devices.
"The launch of the SnapGear appliance extends our renowned unified threat management solutions to the growing market of small and medium sized businesses in the Middle East market, creating great opportunities for our channel partners,"
said Sami Mulla, Director, Middle East, Secure Computing. "We are confident that SnapGear's easy-to-manage, yet powerful and feature-rich security protection will prove the right combination for this important market segment. SnapGear provides a high margin product we are proud to add to the Secure Computing product portfolio."
"Our SMB and SME customers are demanding more sophisticated security solutions to safeguard their businesses and keep up with today's rapidly moving security threats. All-in-one unified threat management appliances offer comprehensive, easy-to-install and cost-effective security perfectly suited for the unique needs of the SMB/SME markets," added Mulla "The addition of SnapGear to the Secure Computing lineup gives the channel a wide range of easy-to-sell premium security solutions from the most trusted name in the business".
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