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Industry Analyst Reports

Gartner
Gartner positions Websense in leaders quadrant for Secure Web Gateway
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Gartner positions Websense in leaders quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention.
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IDC
Websense Leads Web Security Market, Achieves Rapid Growth in SaaS Security
For the seventh year in a row, independent research firm IDC has named Websense the leader in the overall Web security market, which comprises software, appliance and software-as-a-service (SaaS) Web security to protect against inbound threats and prevent outbound data leaks. Websense captured 26.2 percent of the 2008 worldwide market revenue for Web security software and experienced 96.3 percent revenue growth in the SaaS Web security segment.
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Forrester
Websense Named a Leader
Websense was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in The Forrester WaveTM: Content Security Suites, Q2 2009, The Forrester WaveTM: Web Filtering, Q2 2009, The Forrester WaveTM: Email Filtering, Q2 2009. Websense was cited as a market leader in all three evaluations and was named the sole leader in Content Security Suites.
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Frost & Sullivan
2009 Global Content Filtering Products Market Leadership Award
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2009 North American Web Content Management Product Innovation of the Year Award
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2009 Research Excerpt from Frost & Sullivan's World Content Filtering Markets
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The Radicati Group, Inc.
Websense Leads Web Security and Content Security Gateway Markets
The Radicati Group says Websense leads in corporate Web security, writing: "Websense is keeping up with emerging Web threats by ensuring that Web 2.0 sites and applications are used safely. Instead of blocking complete Web sites and applications, Websense [Web Security Gateway] enables companies to block undesirable content within these applications." The report also says the Websense(R) product portfolio is "one of the most comprehensive suites of Web security solutions for companies of all sizes, covering all aspects of Web security -- from employee productivity, to protection from malicious traffic, to data loss prevention."
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Infonetics Research, Inc.
Websense leads the 2008 content security gateway market
Infonetics Research, Inc. ranked Websense first in the content security gateway market for 2008. According to the report "Content Security Appliances and Software," growth in the space continues to be driven by the increase in blended threats, a growing demand for "cloud-based," software as a service (Saas) offerings and tougher compliance regulations.
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Securosis.com
Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention
Rich Mogull of Securosis.com provides independent objective research that examines the business justification for implementing DLP solutions and outlines the resource requirements to successfully deploy DLP in an enterprise.
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Osterman Research
The Advantages of a Hosted Security Model
Hosted security is now a viable solution for organizations of all sizes and is increasingly deployed to ensure better security and reduced costs. The purpose of this paper is to assess the actual costs of deploying a messaging security infrastructure on-premise vs. using a hosted deployment model.

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