AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com
(Nasdaq: COMS) and the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that it
was awarded Best Security Solution 2005 in SC Magazine's prestigious Global
Awards. The awards were presented at the SC Magazine Global Awards banquet
last week at the Moscone Convention Center in conjunction with the 2005 RSA
Conference, the world's leading information security event, in San Francisco.
SC Magazine's Global Awards recognize the technical excellence of products
across the information security industry. The awards ceremony was the
culmination of over seven months of nominating, voting and judging to identify
the best in over 30 categories. Now in its ninth year, the SC Magazine Awards
program received over 1,000 nominations this year representing more than 300
companies. The Best Security Solution 2005 award represents the best overall
solution for dealing with today's threats to information security and the
protection of corporate information assets.
"We are extremely honored to receive this award, which recognizes the
tremendous value and security capabilities of intrusion prevention systems,
and specifically our product," said TippingPoint President Kip McClanahan.
"The Best Security Solution 2005 award is especially gratifying since it is
chosen from every category and type of security product. This is a significant
validation of the work that we have been doing over the last few years and
adds additional credibility to 3Com's strategy to deliver best-of-breed
secure, converged networking."
TippingPoint has received numerous accolades and third party awards,
making it the most decorated intrusion prevention system. For a complete list
and description of awards, please visit:
http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html .
TippingPoint's Intrusion Prevention Systems provide Application
Protection, Performance Protection and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit
speeds through total packet inspection. Application Protection capabilities
provide fast, accurate, reliable protection from internal and external cyber
attacks. Through its Infrastructure Protection capabilities, TippingPoint's
IPS protects VoIP infrastructure, routers, switches, DNS and other critical
infrastructure from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies. TippingPoint's
Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission
critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, thereby
aligning network resources and business-critical application performance.
SC Magazine Global Awards 2005
With over 1,000 nominations in the SC Magazine Global Awards and over 300
individual companies participating, this is the world's leading awards program
for the information security industry. Recognizing technical excellence and
professional achievement across a variety of different categories, the SC
Awards is a truly global program with participation from developers and users
around the world.
About TippingPoint, a division of 3Com
TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, is the leading provider of network-based
intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth Application Protection,
Infrastructure Protection, and Performance Protection for corporate
enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions.
Our innovative approach offers customers unmatched network-based security with
unrivaled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability.
TippingPoint is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted through its Web
site at http://www.tippingpoint.com or by telephone at 1-888-TRUE-IPS.
About 3Com Corporation
3Com is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking
solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative
products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at
delivering business value for its customers. When customers exercise choice,
their choice is 3Com. For further information, please visit
http://www.3com.com , or the press site http://www.3com.com/pressbox .
3Com, 3Com logo, TippingPoint Technologies, the TippingPoint logo and
Digital Vaccine are registered trademarks and Exercise Choice is a trademark
of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of
their respective holders.
CONTACT:
Laura Craddick
512.681.8441
lcraddick@tippingpoint.com
SOURCE TippingPoint
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