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Press Release
ConSentry Positioned in “VISONARIES” Quadrant in Magic Qudarant
for Network Access Control
Magic Quadrant Highlights Technology Leaders, Business Growth,
and Customer Use Cases in this Important Market
Milpitas, CA – April 2, 2009 -ConSentry Networks announced today it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the “Visionaries” quadrant of the March 2009 Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control (NAC). According to Gartner’s research, many enterprises will expand their use of NAC beyond their initial focus. Many are expanding the scale (increasing the number of endpoints) and the scope (adding more functionality) of their NAC projects. ConSentry’s intelligent control enables enterprises to embed control of users, applications, and devices directly into the LAN, dramatically simplifying asset protection for its customers.
In recent related Gartner research, “Introducing the Identity-Aware Network,” Analyst Lawrence Orans concludes that today’s enterprise networks are “blind” about users. “Most enterprise networks are anonymous — that is, the types of users (employee, guest, or contractor) are not identified. Network managers can gain more visibility and control over user traffic by adding identity awareness to their networks,” stated Gartner analyst Orans.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant on Network Access Control discusses the product offerings of 18 vendors. ConSentry offers advanced identity-aware features, including the ability to control user access to applications and specific files. The ConSentry access switches and controllers deploy in-line and offer flexible enforcement options, including the ability to allow, deny, rate-limit, and mirror traffic. ConSentry's InSight Command Center provides a comprehensive view of all LAN activity, including proactively highlighting risky applications, servers, and devices on the LAN.
“A focus on identity has been at the core of ConSentry’s product development from the start,” said Derek Granath, vice president of marketing for ConSentry. “We enable our customers to deploy all four of the most common uses for NAC that Gartner has identified – guest network services, endpoint baselining, identity-aware networking, and monitoring/containment. The ConSentry LANShield platform provides unprecedented levels of visibility into and control of users, applications, and devices on the LAN.”
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About ConSentry Networks
The ConSentry Networks Intelligent Control architecture delivers native user and application control at the network edge. With this technology, ConSentry’s award-winning LANShield product family enables IT managers to improve the visibility, control, and performance of users and applications and radically simplify LAN deployment and operations. More than 200 enterprises worldwide rely on ConSentry solutions for increased corporate security, comprehensive visibility, and cost-effective compliance.
ConSentry Networks, the ConSentry Networks logo, and LANShield are trademarks of ConSentry Networks Inc., for use in the United States and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.
About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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