Palo Alto Networks Again A Leader In The Gartner Magic Quadrant For Enterprise Network Firewalls

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the leader in enterprise security, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the "leaders" quadrant of the April 22, 2015 "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls."

This marks the fourth year that Palo Alto Networks has been recognized as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls¹, which evaluates vendors' ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to the report, "The Leaders quadrant contains vendors that build products that fulfill enterprise requirements. These requirements include a wide range of models, support for virtualization and virtual LANs, and a management and reporting capability that is designed for complex and high-volume environments, such as multitier administration and rule/policy minimization. A solid NGFW capability is an important element as enterprises continue to move away from having dedicated IPS appliances at their perimeter and remote locations. Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new safeguarding features, providing expert capability rather than treating the firewall as a commodity, and having a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products. Common characteristics include handling the highest throughput with minimal performance loss and offering options for hardware acceleration."

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• "It's an honor to be recognized for our ability to execute and completeness of vision in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, and we're thrilled to achieve this position for the fourth time. We are proud to see that our next-generation firewall continues to set the bar in the industry. It is the cornerstone of our unique enterprise security platform that combines network, cloud and endpoint security capabilities to safely enable applications and deliver automated prevention against cyber attacks – known and unknown."
  - René Bonvanie, CMO, Palo Alto Networks

Because of our deep expertise, steadfast commitment to innovation and proven, highly integrated enterprise security platform approach, approximately 22,500 customers have chosen Palo Alto Networks, making us the fastest growing security company in the market.

To learn more about the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall, visit: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/platforms/firewalls.html.

To learn more about the Palo Alto Networks enterprise security platform: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/platforms.html.

To access the report, visit: http://connect.paloaltonetworks.com/gartner-mq-2015.

About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in cybersecurity by protecting thousands of enterprise, government, and service provider networks from cyber threats. Unlike fragmented legacy products, our security platform safely enables business operations and delivers protection based on what matters most in today's dynamic computing environments: applications, users, and content. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.

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1. Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, Adam Hils, Greg Young, Jeremy D'Hoinne, 22 April 2015

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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