Email Security: Magic Quadrant for Email Security Boundaries, 2008Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Email Security (No Longer Available - Please See Note Below) Gartner, Inc. positions Proofpoint in the Leaders quadrant in its 2008 Magic Quadrant for the Email Security Boundaries (anti-spam, anti-virus, outbound content filtering, email encryption, intrusion prevention) market.Please note: Unfortunately, Gartner's 2008 Magic Quadrant for Email Security Boundaries is no longer available. The 2008 document is no longer current and reprint licenses for this document have now expired. An updated Magic Quadrant on this topic is expected in the first half of 2010. As a substitute, you can complete this form to download a complimentary copy of the Osterman Research report, Using SaaS to Reduce the Costs of Email Security. This whitepaper discusses the dramatic cost savings that companies can realize by adopting a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) model for email security versus an on-premises approach. The SaaS delivery model can reduce the total cost of ownership for email security while providing a number of other benefits that are discussed in this whitepaper. Please enter your contact information to view this free report. View our Privacy Policy here. |
Email Security: About Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Email Security BoundariesGartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute that vision, based on in-depth interviews with vendors themselves and, more importantly, their customers. Elements of Ability to Execute include product capabilities such as performance, manageability and workflow and core technology. Elements of Completeness of Vision include: product strategy, market understanding, innovation and ability to differentiate.According to the report, Gartner defines email security vendors as those that "provide enterprise protection against inbound email threats, and fulfill outbound policy requirements, at the SMTP gateway."
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