BigFix庐, Inc., a leader in real-time ITsecurity and management solutions for the distributed enterprise, todayannounced that 2007 has been a record year for industry recognition. Overthe past 12 months, BigFix has been identified by a broad range of leadingbusiness institutions and IT magazines as the company to watch for ITmanagement and security solutions. Winning praise for rapid growth,strategic business direction, and the unparalleled technology strength ofthe BigFix Discovery 7 platform and product suites, BigFix continues tooutdo its nearest rivals.
"BigFix works as we say it does, and these numerous accolades and continuedmarket growth substantiate our claims," said BigFix President and CEO DaveRobbins. "BigFix enables IT to master increasingly dangerous threatenvironments, as well as crucial compliance and operations initiatives byenforcing IT policies on every computer, all the time, from anywhere in theworld. It's as simple as that."
A key part of the company's success in 2007 has been the delivery ofinnovative enhancements to the award-winning BigFix platform: BigFixDiscovery 7, BigFix Data Leak Prevention (DLP), BigFix AntiThreat, BigFixEndpoint Defender, and BigFix Power Management. BigFix Discovery 7 added arange of new features to help organizations achieve control of their ITinfrastructures. The platform's unique ability to provide real-timeendpoint visibility and control through its single-agent, single-console,on-demand architecture was recognized by publications such as eWeek,Network World, Red Herring, and SC Magazine, as well as the AmericanBusiness Awards, and the Software & Information Industry Association CodieAwards.
The launch of BigFix DLP provided a comprehensive solution to one of thebiggest IT issues of the year -- how to manage data and enforce IT Policyon fixed and mobile assets. BigFix DLP was singled out by SC Magazine inits Data Leak Prevention Group Test with a perfect five-star score and"Best Buy" award from the Louis Vuitton Replica review, beating all other data leak preventiontools on the market.
SC Magazine Labs also recently selected BigFix as an industry innovator insecurity infrastructure. In its feature naming BigFix an innovator, SCMagazine wrote: "BigFix uses a policy-based approach that allows queryingthe infrastructure in real time instead of querying a database that may ormay not be up to date. Policies can be snapped in easily, so updating oradding policies is no more difficult than updating your TV's cable box.This leads to the driving BigFix vision: any device, anywhere, any time.Instead of using a client-server architecture, BigFix pushes the agents tothe endpoints. Querying those agents gives a near real-time operationalview of the network."
BigFix, Inc. was also honored by Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 50, aranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, andlife sciences companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. BigFix was thethird fastest growing company in the Software and Information Technologycategory, with an increase in revenues of 3,863 percent from 2002 to 2006.
The full list of awards and accolades picked up by BigFix in 2007 includes:
BigFix Platform:
-- SC Magazine, Industry Innovators 2007 - BigFix recognized as the premier security infrastructure solution.-- 2007 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Codie Awards - BigFix received two awards as best security solution and best distributed computing solution.-- SC Magazine Policy Management Review - BigFix platform received five stars and a "Recommended" rating.-- 2007 American Business Awards - BigFix named a finalist in unified security and systems management category.
BigFix Products:
-- SC Magazine, Data Leakage Prevention Group Test - BigFix DLP awarded a perfect five-star score, and named "Best Buy," beating all other DLP products including McAfee's Data Leak Prevention Appliance.-- eWEEK Excellence Award - BigFix solution number one in vulnerability assessment and remediation category.-- Network World 2007 "Best of the Tests" - BigFix chosen as the best solution in remediation management category.
Company:
-- Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley - BigFix, Inc. was ranked the third-fastest growing technology company in a ranking of the fastest growing technology, Silver Jewelry Bracelets media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.-- Red Herring "Top 100" - BigFix, Inc. honored as a finalist in the magazine's annual list of privately held technology firms in North America that have been recognized for their part in "Driving the Future of Technology."
This year BigFix also added two world-renowned cyber security experts tothe BigFix Executive Advisory Board: Howard Schmidt, former White Housecyber security expert and director of the Department of Homeland Security;and Andy Purdy, previous acting director of the National Cyber SecurityDivision/US-CERT of the Department of Homeland Security. Schmidt and Purdyadvise BigFix and its customers on cyber security strategy, technology andgovernment policy.
