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SEATTLE – April 1, 2009. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in extensible network security and connectivity solutions, voiced its security support for the small business market by offering its award-winning unified threat management (UTM) appliance, the WatchGuard Firebox X Edge 10e, as a perfect complement to the newly announced Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation.

"Small businesses with less than 15 users need the same level of security and protection afforded to businesses of 15,000 users," said Eric Aarrestad, Vice President, Marketing at WatchGuard Technologies. "The WatchGuard Firebox Edge UTM appliance provides a bevy of enhanced security and remote access capabilities that give small businesses the same levels of protection and mobile connectivity as enterprise organizations."

WatchGuard Firebox X Edge Series – Strong Security for Small Businesses

Designed and optimized for small business environments, the WatchGuard X Edge Series provides small businesses with high security at an exceptional value. Being upgradeable and easy to set up and manage, the WatchGuard Firebox X Edge 10e integrates the latest in network security technologies with wired or wireless routing capabilities, thus allowing small businesses to focus on productivity rather than worry about security.

Perfect for businesses with 15 or fewer users, the WatchGuard Firebox X Edge 10e offers fast firewall throughput of 100 Mbps, highly secure SSL VPN connectivity for remote workers, and gateway anti-virus, intrusion prevention, spam blocking and URL (web) filtering, to provide small businesses with an extensible array of business enablement and network security features.

Aarrestad concludes, "Not only will small businesses benefit by having WatchGuard support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation, but channel partners who are often the front lines of IT support for small businesses will benefit by having a win-win solution for their customers right out of the box."