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 2008 |
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GFI wins ‘highly commended’ award – GFI has won a ‘highly commended’ award for its leading network security product, GFI LANguard. The award was presented to GFI during the SC Magazine 2008 Awards in London on Tuesday April 22. GFI won the award in the Best Vulnerability Assessment product category.
- SC Magazine, April 2008
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GFI EventsManager receives a 5 Star PC WIN download center rating – In a test review of GFI EventsManager, the editorial team at PCWin, a software download site, gave the product a five-star award.
- PCWin, March 2008
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GFI MailEssentials wins Editor's Choice Award 2008 – GFI MailEssentials has won the Editor’s Choice Award 2008 from Communications Week magazine. The magazine (pg 32 of the 18 February 2008 issue) said that the product “is the perfect way for a company to manage spam with detection and quarantine capabilities that is rock solid”.
- Communications Week, February 2008
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GFI MailEssentials wins Global Product Excellence Award – GFI has been awarded the Global Product Excellence Award for GFI MailEssentials in the anti-spam category. The awards, organized by Infosecurity Products Guide, recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. GFI beat off stiff competition from McAfee, PineApp Corp., St. Bernard Software and Engate Technology Group.
- Infosecurity Products Guide, January 2008 |
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| 2007 |
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GFI LANguard N.S.S. wins award in patch management category – GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) has been selected the winner in the patch management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.
- WindowSecurity.com, August 2007 |
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GFI MailEssentials wins Readers’ Choice Award – For the third year running, GFI MailEssentials, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution, has won the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award in the Anti-Spam category. The Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to the MSExchange.org site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category. GFI MailEssentials can be installed on a Microsoft Exchange server or SMTP gateway and stops over 98% of spam.
- MSExchange.org, July 2007 |
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Editor’s Choice – In a comparative review in of log management products in WindowsIT Pro, the magazine gives GFI EventsManager 4.5 marks out of 5 for both its ease of implementation and ease of use. The reviewer recommends GFI EventsManager for anyone “whose log management needs are limited to Windows Events logs, syslog output and W3C log file information”.
- Windows IT Pro, July 2007 |
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GFI LANguard N.S.S. named Best of Tech·Ed 2007 – GFI’s vulnerability management solution GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) was named as a winner of the ‘Best of Tech·Ed Awards 2007’, in the Security category, by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro®, SQL Server Magazine® and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com. GFI LANguard N.S.S. was one of over 260 IT products and services submitted for the contest and the judges chose 45 finalists to be interviewed at Tech·Ed in Orlando, Florida. The interviews were conducted in early June and the winners were announced on June 6, 2007 at an evening reception at the Peabody Hotel Orlando.
- Windows IT Pro, June 2007 |
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GFI WebMonitor award in anti-virus category – GFI WebMonitor has been selected the second runner-up in the Anti Virus category of the ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards, organized by the leading Microsoft ISA Server resource site. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.
- ISAserver.org, June 2007 |
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GFI LANguard N.S.S. wins 2007 Info Security Products Guide award – Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) a winner of the 2007 Global Excellence in Network Security Management Customer Trust Award. The publication said that “this customer trust honor is the greatest endorsement to the fact that GFI LANguard N.S.S. is ahead of the curve when it comes to the best-of-the-best products that can provide the highest security in network security management”.
- Security Products Guide, June 2007 |
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Stops more than 98% of spam – GFI MailEssentials has won Service Provider Weekly’s Editors Choice Award 2007 for performance and reliability. The magazine said the product is easy to install and according to their tests stopped 98% of spam “if not slightly better”. “If you’re looking for more safety in your email server environment or wish to keep tabs on the system’s performance then we suggest you check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP software package”.
- Service Provider Weekly, April 2007 |
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Bronze Readers’ Choice Award for GFI LANguard N.S.S. – GFI LANguard N.S.S. has won a bronze award in the vulnerability management category of the Readers’ Choice Awards organized by TechTarget, Inc.’s Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com. Products were rated by 1,595 information security executives and managers and to be eligible for award consideration, a product had to attain at least 25% of the number of responses garnered by the top vote receiver within its category.
- Techtarget.com, April 2007 |
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GFI WebMonitor award in access control category – GFI WebMonitor has been selected the winner for the second year running in the Access Control category of the ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards, organized by the leading Microsoft ISA Server resource site. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.
- ISAserver.org, April 2007 |
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GFI EventsManager wins Redmond Magazine’s 2007 Readers' Choice Award – GFI EventsManager has been recognized for excellence and awarded the 2007 Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Security Auditing Product category by Redmond Magazine. The 2007 Winner and Preferred Product awards are presented to vendors in 45 different product categories, ranging from anti-virus and network management to firewalls and backup utilities.
- Redmond Magazine, April 2007 |
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Powerful piece of software – In an extensive review of GFI EndPointSecurity in Windowsecurity.com, Jakob H. Heidelberg gives the product 4.5 out of 5 and a Gold Award. In his review, he says GFI EndPointSecurity offers great features “to take control of vulnerable data and network environments”. He highlights the product’s security advantages over Microsoft Windows Vista Group Policy, such as GFI EndPointSecurity’s ability “to exert almost the exact same level of granular control over all 32-bit versions of Windows 2000, XP, 2003 based computers and all devices without a file system. These include printers, scanners, modems, Bluetooth dongles, etc”; something that administrators cannot do in Windows Vista. He also talks highly of GFI EndPointSecurity’s tracking of device usage and log management. Concluding he recommends readers to download and try out “this powerful piece of software”.
- Windowsecurity.com, March 2007 |
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GFI MailEssentials wins IT Week Magazine’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ award – IT Week Magazine, a digital publication, has selected GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP as the 2007 Editor’s Choice winner for significantly cutting down on spam as well as for its pricing and functionality. “If your company is looking for an effective method to distinctly cut down on spam in an effective manner, then you’ll want to check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP. You can expect the software to block more than 98% of all spam email that attempts to reach corporate users,” the magazine said. It added that the product is quite easy to install and highlighted the benefit that it can be installed on Microsoft’s Exchange or any other SMTP server.
- IT Week Magazine, January 2007 |
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GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner named Gold Winner again – GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner was chosen as the winner of the Gold Award in SearchWindowsSecurity.com's Products of the Year 2006 Patch Management contest. The winners were selected by a panel of judges composed of independent industry experts, Windows security professionals and SearchWindowsSecurity.com editors.
- SearchWindowsSecurity.com, January 2007 |
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98% spam detection rate for GFI MailEssentials – GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the Checkmark Anti-Spam Premium Certificate for staying “ahead of competitive products”. The product obtained a 98% spam detection rate which was above the Checkmark requirements and also achieved “a 100% valid email identification rate; ensuring that no legitimate email was blocked”. Other product benefits included low system requirements with the set-up process being described as “remarkably fast and pain-free”.
- West Coast Labs, January 2007 |
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| 2006 |
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Web monitoring and anti-virus solution tops the Access Control category – GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server was selected by ISAserver.org readers as the first runner up in the Content Security category of the ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards.
- ISAserver.org, December 2006 |
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GFI WebMonitor voted best in Monitoring and Administration – ISAserver.org readers vote GFI WebMonitor as the winner in the Monitoring and Administration category of the ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes.
- ISAserver.org, October 2006 |
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GFI FAXmaker again voted top of Fax Connectors category – MSExchange.org readers vote GFI FAXmaker as the winner in the ‘Fax Connectors’ category of the Readers’ Choice Awards for the third year running.
- MSExchange.org, October 2006 |
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GFI EndPointSecurity wins the TMC Labs Innovation Awards 2006 – TMC Labs conclude that GFI EndPointSecurity deserves the TMC Labs’ Innovation Awards for 2006. The product was admired for its unique features and its ease-of-use.
- TMC Labs, September 2006 |
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GFI MailEssentials wins anti-spam Readers’ Choice Award – MSExchange.org readers once again voted GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP as the winner in the anti-spam category of the Readers’ Choice Awards for the third year running.
- MSExchange.org, August 2006 |
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The most popular commercial security tool for the second year running! – In a survey of 3,243 Nmap users, GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner has been voted the favorite commercial security tool for the second year running. This position was achieved thanks to GFI LANguard N.S.S.’s product features, such as collecting “Windows machine's service pack level, missing security patches, wireless access points, USB devices, open shares, open ports, services/applications active on the computer, key registry entries, weak passwords, users and groups, and more”.
- Insecure.org, June 2006 |
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GFI LANguard N.S.S. gains the highest trust of customers worldwide – GFI Software announced today that Info Security Products Guide has named GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner a winner of the Global Excellence in Network Security Solution Customer Trust 2006 Award. This customer trust honor is the greatest endorsement to the fact that GFI LANguard N.S.S. is ahead of the curve when it comes to the best-of-the-best products that can provide the highest network security.
- Info Security Products Guide, June 2006 |
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GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. selected as the winner – GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor took top honors in the closely contested “Best Security Auditing” category in the annual 2006 Redmond magazine Readers’ Choice Awards.
- Redmond magazine, May 2006 |
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GFI WebMonitor wins Access Control Readers’ Choice Award – ISAserver.org readers voted GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server as the winner in the Access Control category of the ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes.
- ISAserver.org, April 2006 |
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Slick and easy to configure – GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server received the Silver Award from popular resource site ISAserver.org. In a review about the importance of increasing protection against exploits that take place over the web, reviewer Thomas Schinder described GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server as "one of the slickest and easiest to configure and manage solutions". The review praises the product's "useful web access and monitoring features", which include the ability to "monitor user activity in real-time", "quickly view a URL history", "block access to adult web sites/domains" and "check all web and web proxy mediated FTP downloads".
- ISAserver.org, January 2006 |
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GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner named Gold Winner
– TechTarget's SearchWindowsSecurity.com named GFI LANguard N.S.S. as Gold Winner of the Testing and Auditing category of its 2005 "Products of the Year" awards. The winners were selected according innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value.
- SearchWindowsSecurity.com, January 2006 |
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| 2005 |
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GFI
MailEssentials wins Redmond Editors' Choice Awards 2005
– Redmond Magazine's panel of experts have named GFI MailEssentials
as the winner of the anti-spam category in the publication of
their annual Editors' Choice Awards 2005. Judge Dave Tschanz
singled out GFI MailEssentials for medium- to large-sized networks
and praised the Bayesian filtering system, saying that it "works
particularly well". He was also impressed with GFI's customer
service and described the website as "exceptional"
as well as being "easy to use" and containing "extraordinarily
useful information".
- Redmond Magazine, November 2005 |
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GFI
FAXmaker wins Fax Connectors Readers' Choice Award –
MSExchange.org readers voted GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP
as the winner in the Fax Connectors category of the MSExchange.org
Readers’ Choice Awards for the second year running.
- MSExchange.org, October 2005 |
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GFI
MailArchiver wins Email Archiving Solution Readers’ Choice
Award – Windows IT Pro readers voted GFI MailArchiver
for Exchange as the winner in the “Email Archiving Solution”
category of the 2005 Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards.
“The Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards are highly
coveted in the IT industry because our readers, who are the
buyers and users of these products, are the ones who choose
the winners,” said Kim Paulsen, group publisher of Penton
Media’s Windows IT Pro Group. “These awards are the
ultimate acclamation an IT company can earn from its peers in
the IT community.” Read
the full review (PDF format).
- Windows IT Pro, September 2005 |
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GFI
MailEssentials wins anti-spam Readers’ Choice Award
– MSExchange.org readers voted GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP
as the winner in the anti-spam category of the Readers’
Choice Awards. The awards draw a huge response per category
and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes.
- MSExchange.org, July 2005 |
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W2KNews
2005 Target Award Winner – GFI LANguard Network Security
Scanner was voted the winner of the Sixth Annual Target Awards
2005 in the Vulnerability Scanners category by W2KNews, a large
online newsletter dedicated to Windows NT/2000/2003 issues.
The Target Awards are given to top Windows NT/2000/2003 utilities
in 31 different categories through an online reader poll. “The
Target Awards represent our attempt to highlight the ultimate
shortlist of the best tools that system administrators look
for in a number of categories,” said Stu Sjouwerman, editor-in-chief
of W2Knews.
- W2KNews, June 2005 |
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GFI
Network Server Monitor named People's Choice Awards 2005 winner
– MSD2D, a resource for the Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint,
.NET and Security communities, has announced that GFI Network
Server Monitor was selected as the 2005 winner in the Security
– Server monitoring category of the MSD2D People’s
Choice Awards. The award was announced at Microsoft’s TechEd
Fair 2005 in Orlando, Florida. “The fourth Annual People's
Choice Awards recognizes the best products and companies in
our industry. Visitors to our website cast their vote for the
products they view as the very best in their respective category,”
said Jackie Nguyen, Vice President of Sales. “MSD2D readers
are professionals interested in learning more about various
solutions for Security in the Server Monitoring category. Their
vote serves as a solid peer-to-peer recommendation of the winning
product.”
- MSD2D.com, June 2005 |
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GFI
MailArchiver wins gold award – Reviewer Dan Nicolo
gave GFI MailArchiver the Gold Award with a rating of 4.5 out
of a possible 5 points in a review for MSExchange.org. The reviewer
recommends using GFI MailArchiver "whether you're looking
to ensure that your company's Exchange organization complies
with regulatory requirements, or just as a way to quickly retrieve
email messages from the dark ages". The reviewer also loves
the fact that "it does nothing to impact the smooth operation
of your Exchange Servers, and requires only one SQL server database".
The reviewer concludes by stating: "Quite simply, if you
need a simple, fast, and effective way to manage archived Exchange
messages, GFI MailArchiver is the answer."
- MSExchange, February 2005 |
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Gold
award for GFI FAXmaker – GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP
was awarded 4.5 stars out of a possible 5 by the Exchange resource
site MSExchange.org. In a review for the site, Brien Posey awarded
named the product "a solid product" and gave it the
gold award. "Faxmaker is a full featured product which
turned out to be much more than I expected,” he wrote.
"The software is designed in a way that does not require
modifying or extending Active Directory schema". "Two
other features worth mentioning are the fax filtering and archiving
features". The reviewer also states that through GFI FAXmaker
sending faxes is simple: "Anything that can be printed
can also be faxed".
- MSExchange.org, February 2005 |
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GFI
MailEssentials wins Product of the Year in Messaging category
– GFI MailEssentials won the Gold Award in the Messaging category
of the SearchWin2000.com 2004 Products of the Year awards. The
winners were selected by a team of experts for their innovation,
performance, ease of integration into existing environments,
ease of use and manageability, functionality and value.
- SearchWin2000.com, January 2005 |
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Redmond
Magazine readers choose GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. – Readers
of Redmond Magazine have named GFI LANguard Security Event Log
Monitor as the "Best Security Auditing Product" in
the publication's annual Redmond Reader Survey Awards, published
in the "Best of the Best" issue. All products chosen
are "solid, innovative, and essential", according
to editor-in-chief, Doug Barney: "All of our winners are
truly outstanding." Over 2,000 readers voted for the products
that they use to help them get their jobs done.
- Redmond Magazine, January 2005 |
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| 2004 |
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GFI
FAXmaker wins Readers' Choice Award in the 'Fax Connector for
Exchange' category – MSExchange.org readers voted GFI
FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP as a winner in the fax connector
category of the site's Readers' Choice Awards.
- MSExchange.org, November 2004 |
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IT&T Awards
nominee – GFI Software Ltd has been nominated for the 3rd
annual IT&T Awards in the "Best Security Vendor"
category. Nominations for the IT&T Awards are made by a
distinguished nominations panel and are an indicator of achievement,
innovation and best practice in IT&T.
- IT&T Awards, October 2004 |
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Silver
award for GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control – Reviewer
Deb Shinder writing for WindowSecurity.com, awarded GFI LANguard
Portable Storage Control (now GFI EndPointSecurity) the silver prize, rating it 4/5. The
reviewer describes GFI LANguard P.S.C. as an essential tool
for administrators to technologically control the use of portable
storage devices. The reviewer found the software easy to install
and use. She notes that the interface is simple, and she particularly
liked the program included links to a support center and KnowledgeBase
within the management console. The reviewer concludes by stating
that there is a definite need for a program like GFI LANguard
P.S.C. "Administrators are sure to sleep easier at night,
knowing they have a way to keep rogue USB drives and other removable
media from threatening the integrity of their networks."
- WindowSecurity.com, September 2004 |
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GFI
MailEssentials wins Readers' Choice Award in disclaimer category
– MSExchange.org readers voted GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP
as a winner in the disclaimer category of the site's Readers'
Choice Awards.
- MSExchange.org, September 2004 |
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GFI
FAXmaker wins Readers' Choice Award as Best Fax Server
– Windows IT Pro (formerly Windows & .NET Magazine) readers
voted for GFI FAXmaker for Exchange as the Best Fax Server in
the publication's Choice Awards for the third consecutive year.
Read the complete review
(PDF format).
- Windows IT Pro, September 2004 |
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GFI
LANguard N.S.S. wins Readers' Choice Award – SQL Server
Magazine readers voted GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
as a winner in the Security Category in the SQL Server magazine
Readers' Choice Awards. Read
the complete review (PDF format).
- SQL Server Magazine, September 2004 |
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Silver Award for
GFI Network Server Monitor – Reviewer Lee Derbyshire writing
for WindowsNetworking.com, awarded GFI Network Server Monitor
the silver award rating it 4/5. He was very impressed with the
operation of GFI Network Server Monitor. “Like most GFI
products it has a simple interface that conceals a lot of powerful
options.” An interesting feature for the reviewer is the
ability to create your own monitoring rules using VBScript if
you can’t find a built-in rule to suit your needs. The
reviewer also found GFI Network Server Monitor reasonably priced,
“considering the features on offer”.
- WindowsNetworking.com, July 2004 |
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GFI MailEssentials
voted People's Choice Winner – MSD2D.com readers voted for
GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP as the best anti-spam product
in the third Annual People's Choice Awards for Exchange, SharePoint
& .NET. The MSD2D People's Choice Awards recognize the best
products and companies in the industry.
- MSD2D.com, May 2004 |
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GFI LANGuard N.S.S.
awarded by its customers – GFI LANGuard N.S.S. won the Fifth
Annual W2KNews Target Awards, a “people’s choice”
award, in the Vulnerability Scanners category. The Target Awards
are given to companies with top Windows NT/2000/2003 utilities
through an online reader poll where most of the readers are
system administrators who are familiar with all the available
tools.
- W2Knews, May 2004 |
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Best of TechEd
2004 Awards finalist – GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
has been selected as a finalist in the Security category of
the Best of TechEd 2004 Awards conducted by Windows & .NET
Magazine and SQL Server Magazine.
- Windows & .NET Magazine, May 2004 |
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Product
of the Year 2003 – Technology Marketing Corporation’s
Communications Solutions Magazine named GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP
11 as a Product of the Year winner for 2003.
- Communications Solutions Magazine, February 2004 |
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| 2003 |
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MCP
Magazine readers choose GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. – Readers
of Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine have named GFI
LANguard Security Event Log Monitor as the best product for
"Determining Who's Accessing What" category in the publication's
"Products You Love" Awards. MCP Magazine reported that "GFI
LANguard S.E.L.M. beat out software from the multi-billion dollar
behemoth Computer Associates to win the security auditing category":
Readers were impressed by GFI LANguard S.E.L.M.'s real time
reporting capabilities and the fact that it "protects networks
from creeps inside...the firewall - you know, the hacker-wanna-be
in the mailroom or the disgruntled IT employee who'll stop at
nothing to get revenge".
- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December
2003 |
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A
favored anti-spam product – GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP
was voted runner-up in the "Block the Flood of Spam" category
of the "Products You Love" Awards organized by Microsoft Certified
Professional Magazine. Voting in 34 categories took place over
a four-day period in November and over 900 readers, representing
110,000 subscribers, voted.
- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December
2003 |
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GFI
MailEssentials voted MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award
Winner – GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP was named
the winner in the Anti-Spam category of MSExchange.org Readers’
Choice Awards. MSExchange.org is a leading Microsoft Exchange
Server resource site that conducts regular polls to discover
which products are preferred by Exchange administrators.
- MSExchange.org, November 2003 |
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A brilliant solution
– In a review conducted by Computerworld, GFI MailSecurity for
Exchange/SMTP was named "Excellent" and came first among the
email content security products reviewed. Reviewers were impressed
at how easily GFI MailSecurity integrates with Exchange Server,
and noted that it was the only product that could be deployed
both at the gateway and on the server. The article also referred
to the product's use of multiple virus engines, remarking that
this provides excellent security. GFI MailSecurity was also
found to have the lowest cost, compared to the other products
reviewed. Computerworld’s final verdict was: “GFI
MailSecurity is a brilliant solution.”
- Computerworld (Cz), October 2003 |
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GFI
FAXmaker wins Readers' Choice Award as Best Fax Server
– Windows & .NET Magazine readers voted for GFI FAXmaker
for Exchange as the Best Fax Server in the Windows & .NET
Magazine Readers' Choice Awards for the second consecutive year.
Read the complete
review (PDF format).
- Windows & .NET Magazine, September 2003 |
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GFI FAXmaker named
TECHXNY 2003 Best of Show finalist – GFI FAXmaker for Exchange
10 was named Best of Show finalist at TECHXNY 2003. GFI FAXmaker
was a finalist in the Best Infrastructure Product category,
which was presented by Intelligent Enterprise.
- TECHXNY, September 2003 |
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GFI MailSecurity
named TECHXNY 2003 Best of Show finalist – GFI MailSecurity
for Exchange/SMTP 8 was a finalist in the TECHXNY Best of Show
Awards 2003. GFI MailSecurity was first runner-up in the Best
Security Product category, which was presented by Network Computing.
- TECHXNY, September 2003 |
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GFI
FAXmaker voted Readers' Choice as Best Communication/Collaboration
Solution – .NET Magazine readers selected GFI FAXmaker
for Exchange as the Best Communication/Collaboration Solution
in the publications' first ever Reader’s Choice Awards.
Read the complete review
(PDF format).
- .NET Magazine, June 2003 |
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Earns
top spot in review of email security solutions – InfoWorld
reviewer Dan Morton has selected GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP
as the best email scanner out of the six solutions he tested,
including products by Gordano, Network Associates, Sophos, Symantec,
and Trend Micro. GFI MailSecurity got a 'Very Good' rating and
was awarded the top score of 8.3 points for its performance.
"The differences in score reflect the extra features and overall
maturity of some products," wrote the reviewer. "The inclusion
of multiple scanning engines and the ability to act as either
a server-side or gateway solution, however, are what earned
GFI MailSecurity the top spot." Read
the full review (PDF format)
- InfoWorld, June 2003 |
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The
most popular commercial security tool – GFI LANguard
Network Security Scanner has been voted the favorite commercial
security tool and the 8th most popular tool overall in a survey
of Nmap users to determine their preferred security tools. This
May 2003 study lists the top 75 security tools and its author
writes: "Anyone in the security field would be well advised
to go over the list and investigate tools they are unfamiliar
with. I discovered several powerful new tools this way," one
of these being GFI LANguard N.S.S.
- Insecure.org, May 2003 |
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Gold
award for a "very powerful product" – GFI LANguard N.S.S
was awarded a gold rating (top score of 5 stars) in a comparative
review of patch management solutions conducted by William Henderson
for WindowSecurity.com. The reviewer reported that GFI LANguard
N.S.S. "is a very powerful product, combining top-notch security
scanning with patch management, making the 2 tasks easier to
perform. It’s also pretty inexpensive. $695 buys you an
unlimited IP version. Almost too cheap really".
- WindowSecurity.com, April 2003 |
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GFI MailEssentials
named FOSE best technology finalist – Government Computer
News has selected GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8 as
one of three FOSE 2003 'Best New Technology' finalists in the
network software category.
- Government Computer News, March 2003 |
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Product of the
Year 2002 – Poland's leading IT magazine, PC Kurier has
selected GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP 10 as product of the
year in the network software category.
- PC Kurier, January 2003 |
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GFI
LANguard S.E.L.M identifies and prevents network intrusions
– CRN technology editor Frank J. Ohlhorst was impressed with
GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor, referring to it as
"a comprehensive security package" that can help administrators
detect and respond immediately to internal and external attacks.
Describing the product's key benefits, the reviewer highlighted
the tool's straightforward installation process and said that
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M is a security must-have for any company.
The product scored 4 out of 5 for technical merit as well as
for GFI's channel program and was awarded the CRN Test Center
Recommended logo.
- CRN, January 2003 |
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| 2002 |
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GFI
MailEssentials 7 named Editors' Choice 2002 – MCP Magazine
reviewer David W. Tschanz selected GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP
7 in a bundle with GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP as the
winner of the publication's Editor's Choice award 2002. Read
the full review (PDF format)
- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December
2002 |
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A
must for ISA admins – "We use GFI DownloadSecurity on
our own ISA Server and I wouldn’t be without it. I wholeheartedly
recommend GFI DownloadSecurity and give this application 5 stars,"
wrote ISA Server guru Tom Shinder in an article for the ISA
server resource site, ISAServer.org. The reviewer described
how GFI DownloadSecurity blocks users from downloading malware
and viruses and puts security administrators back in control.
- ISAserver.org, December 2002 |
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GFI
LANguard S.E.L.M. named "Best of 2002" – GFI LANguard
Security Event Log Monitor has won SC Magazine's Best of 2002
award. (PDF
format)
- Secure Computing Magazine, December 2002 |
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Gold
award for GFI FAXmaker – The Exchange site MSExchange.org
awarded GFI FAXmaker for Exchange five stars. In a review for
the site, Dan DiNicolo gave the product top marks and wrote:
"After thoroughly testing GFI FAXmaker for Exchange, my feeling
is that GFI Software has again hit the nail on the head when
it comes to developing useful, cost-effective applications that
will ultimately save companies time, effort, and money."
- MSExchange.org, October 2002 |
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GFI
FAXmaker voted Readers' Choice as Best Fax Server –
Windows & .NET Magazine readers selected GFI FAXmaker for
Exchange as winner of the Best Fax Servers category in the Windows
& .NET Magazine Readers' Choice Awards.
- Windows & .NET Magazine, September 2002 |
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GFI
MailSecurity awarded ICSA certification – GFI MailSecurity
has been awarded anti-virus certification from ICSA Labs. The
certification provides independent confirmation that the email
security product protects networks against email viruses.
- ICSA Labs, May 2002 |
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GFI
MailSecurity awarded Checkmark – GFI MailSecurity has
been awarded Anti-Virus Checkmark Level 1 certification from
West Coast Labs. The certification ensures that GFI MailSecurity
meets the Checkmark program’s rigorous standards for detecting
in-the-wild viruses.
- West Coast Labs, April 2002 |
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GFI
MailSecurity named Microsoft Tech Ed 2002 Best of Show finalist
– GFI MailSecurity is a finalist for the Tech Ed Best
of Show Awards conducted by SQL Server Magazine and Windows
& .NET Magazine.
- Windows & .NET Magazine, March 2002 |
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Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner – GFI has been named a Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner for Software Products, due to its commitment
to the Microsoft platform and its proven track record of developing
robust and reliable software products.
- Microsoft, January 2002 |
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| 2001 |
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GFI
Mail essentials awarded Pick of 2001 (PDF format) –
After thoroughly researching the product, Secure Computing Magazine
named GFI Mail essentials for Exchange 2000 pick of the year.
The magazine highlighted the product's seamless integration
with Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 and its ability to intercept
all inbound and outbound email and to scan internal mail, making
it "totally transparent to users".
- Secure Computing Magazine, December 2001 |
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GFI
LANguard S.E.L.M. awarded NSS Approved logo – The NSS
Group has reviewed GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor and
awarded it the NSS Approved logo that is granted only to products
that the group is happy to recommend. In a detailed review,
the NSS Group found that GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. enables administrators
to perform detailed analysis of Windows security event logs,
providing them with real-time security alerts. Read
the complete review! (PDF format 675Kb)
- The NSS Group, October 2001 |
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Mail
essentials awarded InternetWorks Gold Award – InternetWorks
has awarded GFI Mail essentials the Gold Award, describing it
as being "well-written [and having] excellent features". Reviewer
Rob Fenwick wrote, "Overall, it's a well-presented and flexible
tool that we recommend to any Exchange administrator who want
to cut down on their network admin".
- Internet Works, July 2001 |
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Microsoft TechEd
Best of Show finalist – Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP
was selected as Microsoft TechEd Best of Show finalist in the
Microsoft Exchange category.
- TechEd 2001, June 2001 |
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GFI Mail essentials
wins Best New Technology Awards competition – GFI Mail essentials
for Exchange 2000 was named Security Awards finalist in the
2001 Government Computer News Best New Technology Awards competition.
- Government Computer News, 13 March 2001 |
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Product of the
Year 2000 – GFI FAXmaker for Exchange won the 'Product of
the Year 2000' Award.
- Internet Telephony Magazine, January 2001 |
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Product of the
Year 2000 – GFI Mail essentials for Exchange 2000 has won
the prestigious Communications Solutions Magazine 'Product of
the Year'.
- Communications Solutions Magazine, January 2001 |
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| 2000 |
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Pick
of the Year 2000 – Secure Computing Magazine named Mail
essentials for Exchange/SMTP as the Pick of 2000.
- Secure Computing Magazine, December 2000 |
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Microsoft
Packaged Application Partner of the Year award – GFI
has been named the Microsoft Fusion 2000 (GEM) Package Application
Partner of the Year. This prestigious award was granted to GFI
on the basis of the business value that the company's fax server,
FAXmaker for Exchange delivers to the customer.
- Microsoft Fusion, May 2000 |
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Product
of the Year 1999 – Communications Solutions found GFI
FAXmaker for Exchange to be "outstanding" and named it Product
of the Year.
- Communications Solutions, January 2000 |
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Product
of the Year 1999 – Internet Telephony Magazine honored
GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP with the 1999 Product of the
Year award.
- Internet Telephony Magazine, January 2000 |
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| 1999 |
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GFI
FAXmaker awarded Editor's Choice 1999 – "As a straightforward
application for faxing from a workstation on a network, GFI
FAXmaker is an excellent choice... The ease of use for both
the administrator and the end user can't be improved upon...
But the strongest argument for installing GFI FAXmaker on your
network would be its ability to integrate seamlessly with Microsoft
Outlook..."
- CTI Magazine, October 1999 |
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Fastest
growing ISVs for Windows – Microsoft named GFI one of
the fastest growing independent software vendors – or
ISVs – for Windows, based on research conducted by Reality
Research Inc., for its outstanding products for the Windows
environment. GFI has ranked 34th out of hundreds of thousands
of developers the world over in a prestigious list compiled
by Microsoft Corporation and CMP Media.
- Microsoft/CMP Media, April 1999 |
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Product of the
Year 1998 – CTI Magazine presented GFI FAXmaker for Exchange
with the prestigious 'Product of the Year 1998' award.
- CTI Magazine, January 1999 |
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