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Barracuda security solutions took home three TechTarget Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com 2014 Readers' Choice Awards. The winners were selected based on an extensive, in-depth survey of Information Security and SearchSecurity.com readers. It included over 1,700 information security executives and managers, who were asked to assess and rate products deployed within their organizations from a listing of more than 400 products spanning 22 product categories.

According to Gartner¹, governments continue to face pressures to reduce costs and operate more effectively and efficiently, while accommodating a changing demographic landscape and high expectations. This, in turn, is leading to the adoption of more solutions being bought outside of the control of the ever-pressed IT department, and cloud computing and SaaS are fueling this growth. Azure Government delivers a nationwide cloud-based solution designed specifically to support strategic and utility based scenarios for U.S. government organizations including the Department of Defense, federal, state, and local governments.

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Proven Protection for Common Threat Vectors

More than 150,000 organizations worldwide trust their data security and storage to Barracuda's cloud-connected solutions. These solutions are designed to help simplify IT and provide end-to-end network and data protection for customers. Combining Barracuda's solutions with Arrow's cloud expertise in the ArrowSphere Cloud Marketplace enables the channel ecosystem to expand their cloud services business with a portfolio of award-winning new offerings. Channel partners can incorporate value-added professional services such as installation and configuration for various Barracuda deployments.

The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC provides high-performance, cost-effective application delivery for workloads running across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. Now available for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in AWS Marketplace, the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC enables organizations to run applications securely across public and private cloud infrastructures. It offloads compute-intensive SSL transactions, and offers optimization features such as caching, compression, and TCP pooling to enable faster application delivery and ensure scalability.

"We continue to enhance the Barracuda Web Application Firewall to help ensure that our customers have the latest protection against DDoS and application layer attacks," said Stephen Pao, GM Security, Barracuda. "The NSS Labs test results indicate that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall blocked almost 100 percent of web-based attacks, ranking it among the most powerful web application security solutions available."

According to Radicati Group, Microsoft Office 365 is expected to represent 43 percent of business mailboxes by 2018. As part of the Microsoft Azure Certified program, the Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Message Archiver are now available in the Azure Marketplace. With advanced functionality to provide granular email management, real-time threat protection, and extended email availability, these solutions offer comprehensive email management, archiving, and security for organizations migrating to cloud-based email such as Microsoft Office 365.

Improved Customer Experience

"The Barracuda Spam Firewall includes a comprehensive set of security layers to help ensure that organizations remain productive in the face of evolving threats," said Stephen Pao, GM Security at Barracuda. "We are excited that the Barracuda Spam Firewall has received both 5-star and Best Buy ratings from SC Magazine as it highlights Barracuda's commitment to provide customers with best-in-breed solutions."