Gartner has released the 2010 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management, which they formerly termed SMB Multifunction Firewall.
UTM appliances are used by midsize businesses to meet required network security levels for Internet connectivity. For smaller businesses, those requirements are often drive by regulatory demands (such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards), rather than any detailed security/risk analysis.
In the past, Gartner has called this market” SMB multifunction firewalls” and avoided using the term “unified threat management,” because threats are never really “managed,” and the protections within multifunction firewalls are rarely truly “unified.” However, the term “UTM” now has broad recognition in the market, requiring a change of title (although not focus). This market is also distinguished from the enterprise and branch-office firewall markets, which generally require more-complex network security features and show very different selection criteria.
Companies in the Leaders Quadrant include Fortinet, SonicWALL, Check Point, and WatchGuard, with Juniper, Astaro, and Cyberoam knocking on the door.
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