ARCHIVE 2003

Webwasher Is Web-Filtering Market Leader In Germany – New Meta Group Security Study Confirms Top Position

In the report, Web-filtering is defined as one of the three pillars of Content Security Management, next to e-mail and spam-filtering. According to Meta Group Germany, companies implement Web-filtering solutions primarily to protect their network infrastructure from virus attacks. Additional reasons for deployment include legal compliance as well as the potential to optimize employee productivity and network bandwidth.

“Right now the German Web-filtering market is very dynamic”, explains Wolfram Funk, Senior Consultant at Meta Group Germany GmbH. “In Germany, this segment will grow an average of 25 percent per year or more between 2002 and 2004. As the market leader in Germany, webwasher AG has played a decisive role in the creation of this market and today has the highest degree of visibility among dedicated providers of Web-filtering solutions.“

“The study offers solid validation that Content Security, including Web-filtering, appears to be the most growth-intensive segment of IT security“, said Jobst Heinemann, CSO of webwasher AG. “Approximately 20 percent of the companies included in the study expressed the desire to implement a Web-filtering solution in the near future and 10 percent of them plan to do so within the year. As the market leader, we offer the technology and quality to meet the high demands of our customers. With webwasher’s modular product portfolio, customers can select from economical entry-level solutions and the cost and maintenance efficiencies of a complete product suite.“