Best Channel Products 2011 – Business Solutions Magazine

Business Solutions Magazine (BSM) has published the results of their “Best Channel Products 2011" survey. Fortinet, SonicWall, and AVG Technologies dominated the Network Security category. In the area of Network Security, below are the top products from the survey.

Email Security

• AVG Internet Security Business Edition -Top 2 Categories: Ease Of Integration, Ease Of Upgrade
• Fortinet FortiMail-3000C - Top 2 Categories: Reliability/Durability, Features/Functionality

Endpoint Security

• AVG Internet Security Business Edition - Top 2 Categories: Features/Functionality, Reliability/Durability
• Fortinet FortiClient - Top 2 Categories: Reliability/Durability, Ease Of Integration

Unified Threat Management

• Fortinet FortiGate-80C - Top 2 Categories: Features/Functionality, Reliability/Durability
• SonicWALL TZ Series - Top 2 Categories: Reliability/Durability, Features/Functionality

Web Content Filtering

• Fortinet FortiWeb-1000C -Top 2 Categories: Reliability/Durability, Ease Of Integration
• SonicWALL Content Filtering Service (CFS) - Top 2 Categories: Ease Of Integration, Ease Of Upgrade

Fortinet had a pair of products that were finalists for SC Magazine (US) Reader Trust Awards 2011. These were for Best Enterprise Firewall and for Best Integrated Security UTM.

Other categories in the survey were: Data Collection, ECM, General Computing, Managed Services & Networking, Networking, Physical Security (Access Control & Video Surveillance), Point of Sale & Payment Processing, Storage, and Unified Communications & VoIP.

Methodology for Business Solutions Magazine Best Channel Products 2011


Business Solutions Magazine partnered with Penn State University to conduct the survey. During the web survey, they collected 11,711 votes from 1,490 discrete reseller subscribers. Questions in the survey were:

• Richness of Features/Functionality: Does the product meet your customers' functionality needs? Is it easily configurable? Is it easily customizable (i.e. scalable and flexible)?
• Product Reliability/Durability: Does the product meet your quality needs? Do you frequently need to fix the product? Is it durable enough to withstand regular usage?
• Ease of Integration: Is it easily integrated with other products — new or existing?
• Ease of Upgrade: Is it easily upgradeable to meet your customers' needs and technology changes?
• VAR's Ability to Service: Is the product easy for you to service?

For more details on the methodology http://www.bsminfo.com/article.mvc/Best-Channel-Products-2011-Survey-Methodology-0001

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