Websense takes APAC market leadership

Peter Dinham
Thursday, 15 December 2011 22:52

IT Industry - Market

Web security vendor, Websense, has beaten its rivals to take the lions share of the unified web security market in the Asia Pacific region for this year, and had its market performance recognised by Frost  & Sullivan with the Market Share Leadership Award for 2011.

According to a just released Frost & Sullivan market report, Websense remained the 'dominant player' in the APAC Web security market in 2010, as it increased its market share lead.  The Frost & Sullivan award for Market Share Leadership of the Year is given to the company that has demonstrated excellence in capturing the highest market share within its industry in a specific year.

Alison Higgins-Miller, vice president, Asia Pacific, Websense, said the Frost & Sullivan award underlined the momentum throughout the Asia Pacific region for Websense solutions which, she said, can 'eliminate bloated duplication of systems, while sharing intelligence across the web, data and email channel.'

'We are delighted that our product strategy, a revolutionary unified architecture for the most advanced web security in the industry, has been recognised for its contribution to the IT industry itself,' Higgins-Miller said.

In its report, Frost & Sullivan said that, in many ways, Websense's 'success in the segment could be attributed to its strong branding and high visibility levels, along with its well-developed network of channel partners across the APAC region.' 'Moreover, Websense's efforts to enhance its standing in the data loss protection arena also boosted its credibility and positioning as a security-centric vendor,' the report said.

Higgins-Miller said that within the Web security market, Websense offers Web Security Gateway, Web Security Gateway Anywhere, and Hosted Web Security Gateway, with the solutions supported by the company's ThreatSeeker Network and Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) for accurate identification and classification in more than 370 different file types and formats.