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Mazu Networks Wins Red Herring Top 100 Innovators Award
Recognition highlights company as pioneering approach and market traction in rapidly growing market for internal network security solutions
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (December 7, 2004) - Mazu Networks, the leading provider of network-wide intrusion prevention solutions for enterprise and government organizations, today announced that it has been named as one of the Top 100 Innovators for 2004 by Red Herring Magazine.
The Red Herring Top 100 Innovators is a list of 100 companies selected by Red Herring magazine's editorial staff. Winners were selected from a field of over 1,200 submissions from 900 companies. The editors based their selections on a careful analysis of financial data as well as subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development. The Top 100 winners will be recognized at this week's Red Herring Fall 2004 conference in Monterey, CA.
"Being awarded the Red Herring Top 100 is certainly an honor. It further validates our vision of using behavioral analysis and leveraging existing network infrastructure to secure the network core," said Tom Corn, Mazu's vice president of marketing and business development. "Mazu invented network traffic-profiling technology, and was first-to-market with a solution that met enterprises needs for greater internal network security. We ignited this very hot market, and we're staying ahead by delivering scalable, accurate, and easy to use products. For enterprise-class security for the internal network, Mazu is the provider of choice."
Mazu's enterprise-grade solutions provide corporations with the best protection against worms, DoS attacks and insider threats. Mazu's Fortune 1000 customer base includes market leaders in investment banking, retail banking, money management, and insurance, as well as enterprises with large supply chain environments. Mazu's solutions enable these organizations to protect the critical services inside their networks against worms and insider threats, reducing business disruption, regulatory exposure and drain on critical IT resources.
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About Mazu Networks, Inc.
Mazu Networks is the leading provider of network-wide intrusion prevention solutions to the enterprise. Mazu's systems protect networks from worms, insider threats and denial of service attacks. Our solutions enable enterprises to leverage existing network infrastructure to detect and mitigate new attacks with surgical precision, harden networks against future attacks, and monitor and audit usage of sensitive assets and network services. Mazu is backed by premier venture capital firms, including Greylock, Matrix Partners, Pilot House Ventures Group, Benchmark Capital, and StarVest Partners. Mazu is an IBM Business Partner. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Mazu also has locations in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.mazunetworks.com.