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Founded

February, 1996

Corporate Headquarters

Seattle, Washington USA

People

Approximately 450

Company

Since 1996, WatchGuard Technologies has provided reliable, easy to manage security appliances to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. Our Firebox X family of unified threat management (UTM) solutions provides the best combination of strong, reliable, multi-layered security with the best ease of use in its class. All products are backed by LiveSecurity® Service, a ground-breaking support and maintenance program. WatchGuard is a privately owned company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

Product Lines

Firebox® X Peak™ e-Series
Firebox X Peak™ is the highest-performance line of unified threat management (UTM) appliances from WatchGuard, with multi-gigabit-per-second firewall throughput and eight Gigabit Ethernet ports. Firebox X Peak combines powerful security capabilities with advanced networking features to deliver a superior solution for demanding network environments.

Firebox® X Core™ e-Series
Firebox® X Core™ unified threat management (UTM) solutions provide the most complete security in their class, integrating stateful packet firewall, VPN, zero day attack prevention, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and URL filtering on a single appliance - reducing the time and cost associated with managing multiple-point solutions and significantly increasing protection from blended network attacks.

Firebox® X Edge e-Series
Firebox® X Edge e-Series security appliances deliver powerful unified threat management for branch offices and small stand-alone businesses. Available in both wired and wireless models, the Edge combines stateful firewall, VPN, zero day protection, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, intrusion prevention, and URL filtering for comprehensive protection. Advanced networking and traffic management capabilities maximize network configurability, while an intuitive, web-based user interface makes it easy to deploy and manage.

Management

• Joe Wang, Chief Executive Officer
• Eric Aarrestad, Vice President of Marketing
• Bob Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer
• Matt Deichman, Vice President of Business Development
• Terry Haas, Vice President, International Sales
• Thom Linden, Vice President of Engineering
• Shari McLaren, Vice President, Customer Services and Support
• Bill Smith, Vice President of Sales for the Americas

Major Resellers and Distributors

North America
Alternative Technology, CDW, D&H, Dell, Ingram Micro, Insight, PC Connection, TechData, Tiger Direct

South America
Ingram Micro S.A.

Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)
Wick Hill UK, Northamber UK, CompuShack Germany, Wick Hill Germany, DNS Germany, Powerbit Security AB, VIA NET.WORKS France, Sidin Italy, Technocael Italy, DCB Belgium, Netmedia Finland, IP Vista

Asia/Pacific (APAC)
AdamNet, Otsuka Shokai, IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan), NextCom