Webroot Among Cloud Security Industry's Best Channel Vendors According to Business Solutions Magazine

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Webroot, a leading provider of Internet security for consumers and businesses, announced today that Business Solutions Magazine has named the company one of the security industry's Best Channel Vendors for 2010.

"Webroot certainly earned its spot on this year's Business Solutions Magazine Best Channel Vendors list," said Sue Bresee, publisher of Business Solutions Magazine. "Webroot rated exceptionally well overall in the security category, but particularly high in product reliability and product innovation. Our survey results clearly show that Webroot has many satisfied resellers."

Business Solutions Magazine chose winners through a Web-based survey where more than 12,073 people cast their votes, making the survey one of the largest of its kind. Each vendor was given an overall score and was evaluated in seven different categories that included: service/support, channel friendliness, channel program, product features, product reliability, product innovation and adequate VAR margins. The top 15 percent of companies were selected Best Channel Vendor.

"What an incredible honor it is to be recognized by our partners as being one of the Best Channel Vendors for 2010," said Jerry Jalaba, vice president of channel sales. "Receiving this recognition solidifies Webroot's place as a leader in providing industry-leading security solutions worldwide. Consumers, enterprises and small to medium size businesses need high quality and effective security solutions to protect their personal information and corporate assets. We are proud to provide some of the top ranking security software solutions that enable our users to protect their personal and company information."

Webroot offers a complete suite of security products and services that allow customers to protect networks against malware threats; to manage security and acceptable use policies; to comply with internal, industry and regulatory security and use policies; and to analyze logs, reports, and data to ensure security and compliance. Delivered as a service, the Webroot® Web Security, Email Security and Archiving Services reduce total cost of ownership, keep threats from ever reaching the corporate network and require no additional hardware or software investment.

Business Solutions Magazine features Webroot along with other recognized companies of the Best Channel Vendor in its January 2010 issue. Additional information about the survey's methodology can be found at http://www.bsminfo.com.

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