Government Technology Research Alliance Names SonicWALL Winner of "Best Live Demo" Award

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SonicWALL, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent network security and data protection solutions, was awarded the "Best Live Demo" Award at the recent Government Technology Research (GTRA) Council Meeting. Senior executives at the Government Technology Research Alliance's semi-annual council meeting voted among their peers for cutting edge demonstrations, presentations and best in class government technology solutions.

"GTRA is excited to announce a much deserved award recognizing SonicWALL's network security demonstrations," said Kelly Yocum, founder and executive director, GTRA.

SonicWALL won the award for Best Live Demonstration in their strategic boardroom, "Enabling Application Intelligence in Federal Agencies" and addressed a wide range of government technology issues including increased cyber threats to the proliferation of Web 2.0 applications.

Consisting of over 100 federal leaders with a variety of technology specialties, the GTRA meets twice yearly to bring together executive-level government technology leaders to collaborate, strategize and generate innovative solutions for government-wide challenges. They also offer continued education around cloud computing, virtualization, security, enterprise architecture, technology and leadership and work with the attendees to select efficient technology solutions.

"Improved network security and cost-effective operation are two key requirements for today's Federal organizations. With SonicWALL's Next-Generation Firewalls, Federal agencies can significantly increase the security of their networks and data while carefully managing IT expenses," said Brandon Conley, vice president of enterprise sales at SonicWALL. "The SonicWALL Federal team is pleased and honored to be recognized by the GTRA council with this coveted award that is a testament to our outstanding solutions."

SonicWALL, Inc. provides network security and data protection solutions that enable customers and partners - around the world – to dynamically secure, control, and scale their global networks. The security solutions are smart enough to adapt dynamically as organizations and threats evolve globally. Leveraging its patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection technology in combination with a high speed, multi-core, parallel hardware architecture, SonicWALL enables simultaneous, multi-threat scanning and analysis and provides the technical framework that allows the entire solution to scale for deployment in high bandwidth networks. Solutions are available for companies of all verticals and sizes and are deployed in large campus environments, distributed enterprise settings, government, retail point-of-sale and healthcare segments as well as through service providers.

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Guided by its vision of Dynamic Security for the Global Network, SonicWALL develops advanced intelligent network security and data protection solutions that adapt as organizations evolve and as threats evolve. For more information, visit http://www.sonicwall.com/.

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