Security Solutions provider Webroot has been positioned in the “Visionaries” quadrant in the Magic Quadrant, according to the Gartner (News - Alert) "E-Mail Security Boundaries Magic Quadrant, 2008" report.

 

“We believe Gartner’s positioning of Webroot E-Mail Security SaaS (News - Alert) in the Visionaries quadrant is confirmation of our strategic vision to deliver better security, manageability and value to customers via a SaaS-based security solution,” said Mike Irwin, COO, Webroot. “As the security and threat landscapes continue to evolve and as customers begin to embrace SaaS as an alternative to on-premise solutions, our security SaaS offerings will be well positioned to meet customer demands.”

In a report, titled “The Next Ten Years in Secure Messaging,” Gartner Analyst Arabella Hallawell predicts that the messaging security market adoption rate will jump from 20 percent in 2008 to 70 percent in 2018. Concurrently, Web security adoption will soar from 10 percent to 65 percent. Webroot’s security SaaS solutions have also witnessed worldwide growth of 50 percent. In the past six months alone, customer implementations of more than 30,000 users have been achieved.

When compared to appliances and server-based solutions, Webroot Security SaaS solutions provide enterprise-class security with greater manageability, value and protection.

 

A part of the Webroot Security SaaS family, Webroot E-Mail Security SaaS offers protection against spam, viruses and data leakage. It is also equipped with compliance, archiving and business continuity features. Another solution is Webroot Web Security SaaS that ensures URL and Web content filtering in addition to proactive protection against web-based malware for laptops.

 

Catering to consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses globally, Webroot Software (News - Alert), Inc. is best known for its acclaimed Spy Sweeper line of antispyware and antivirus products.

 

The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace in which various vendors of the IP-based voice industry are positioned according to the criteria specified by Gartner. Intended solely as a research tool, the Magic Quadrant does not endorse any vendor.