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TippingPoint Awarded 'Best Deployment Scenario' From Info Security Products Guide

Posted on: Friday, 1 July 2005, 09:00 CDT

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that its Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) received the Best Deployment Scenario 2005 award from Info Security Products Guide. The Info Security Product Guide Awards 2005 honors people and technologies shaping the security industry today. The Best Deployment Scenario award was selected based on real world solution deployments making the most positive impact on security.

Info Security Product Guide judges selected nominees after evaluating and researching solutions from more than 500 info security vendors globally. Once nominated, TippingPoint was chosen to receive the award based on a customer implementation at The Planet, a leading provider of Internet and hosting services. The Planet used TippingPoint to protect their one million customer web sites hosted on 23,000 servers. The TippingPoint systems were able to block up to 1 million attacks per hour and handle an aggregate of 32 Gbps of The Planet's backbone connectivity.

"TippingPoint re-defined security when they pioneered the Intrusion Prevention Systems market," said Judy Shelton, group editor at Silicon Valley Communications, the publishers of Info Security Products Guide. "Their customer testimonials and case studies show they are leading the market in performance. We were impressed with both the capacity and security capabilities expressed by the customer."

"As the leader in intrusion prevention, this award validates that TippingPoint's success is measured on the satisfaction of our global customer base," said TippingPoint division Vice President of Marketing Gregory Fitzgerald. "Our customers demand excellence and superiority in security and networking performance, which is exactly what our IPS provides."

TippingPoint launched the first Intrusion Prevention System in 2002, and continues to prove itself as the market leader in more ways than one:

* TippingPoint is the most decorated Intrusion Prevention System in the industry, and has consistently been the top performer in multi-vendor evaluations: http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html . * The TippingPoint 5000E is the most powerful IPS on the market, able to manage 5Gbps of real world throughput. * The TippingPoint division of 3Com continues to pioneer new areas of security. Earlier this year, TippingPoint formed the Voice over IP (VoIP) Security Alliance, http://www.voipsa.org/ , to find and mitigate security risks in VoIP. There are now over 50 member organizations. * The TippingPoint vulnerability research team is world-renowned for their work as authors of the SANS' @RISK vulnerability newsletter, the most-widely distributed and leading source of vulnerability information for security professionals.

On Monday, 3Com CTO Marc Willebeek-LeMair was honored with the Shaping Info Security Award 2005 from Info Security Products Guide for his vision and leadership in the security industry.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards 2005

The Info Security Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. This guide includes award winning case studies and deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and the best selling products. The Info Security Products Guide Awards 2005 recognizes and honors excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/ .

About TippingPoint, a division of 3Com

TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems. The TippingPoint IPS is one of the most decorated in its industry. For a full list of awards, visit http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html . Our innovative approach offers customers unmatched network-based security with unrivaled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability. TippingPoint is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted through its Web site at http://www.tippingpoint.com/ or by telephone at 1-888-TRUE-IPS.

About 3Com Corporation

3Com Corporation is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its customers. Through its TippingPoint division, 3Com is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth application protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. For further information, please visit http://www.3com.com/ , or the press site http://www.3com.com/pressbox .

3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks and TippingPoint is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders.

CONTACT: Laura Craddick TippingPoint, a division of 3Com 512.681.8441 lcraddick@tippingpoint.com

TippingPoint

CONTACT: Laura Craddick of TippingPoint, a division of 3Com,+1-512-681-8441, or lcraddick@tippingpoint.com

Web site: http://www.tippingpoint.com/http://www.voipsa.org/http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.htmlhttp://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/http://www.3com.com/http://www.3com.com/pressbox

Source: PRNewswire

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