part, through the extension of our entire product line beyond Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls. Our Web and email security, remote access, and backup and recovery solutions all played an important role.
We would like to extend a special thank-you to our customers and loyal channel. Without our network of 10,000 partners worldwide and our unwavering focus on providing a complete suite of security products that are easy to install, use and manage, we couldn't have reached this celebratory milestone.
THANK YOU!
SonicWALL's dynamic security environment has enabled our product line to improve as our global footprint has grown. We now have an established network of tens of millions of users that serve as a collaborative intelligence network, providing us with specific information about new threats—at the moment the threats are being experienced. This network enables SonicWALL to constantly improve its defenses against viruses, threats and other vulnerabilities.
View our timeline below of major achievements leading up to this exciting milestone. See how SonicWALL started, how we evolved and how we got to where we are today!
1991
FEB
Brothers Sreekanth Ravi and Sudhakar Ravi found Sonic Systems.
NOV
Sonic Systems goes public, trading under the symbol
SNWL and changing its name to SonicWALL.
SNWL
2003
MAR
Matt Medeiros joins SonicWALL as President
and CEO.
SEP
First PRO Series products launched.
OCT
Launch of first TZ Series product.
2004
AUG
Winner of VARBusiness ARC Award.
NOV
Launch of the Gateway Anti-Virus solution
paves the way for Unified Threat Management
(UTM) services.
2005
JAN
InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award
JUN
Winner of Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo for UTM
AUG
Winner of VARBusiness ARC Award
SEP
First SSL-VPN Secure Remote Access product is introduced.
NOV
Acquisitions of data backup solutions company Lasso Logic and remote access company enKoo.
2006
FEB
Acquisition of email security company MailFrontier.
FEB
Continuous Data Protection Solution Series (CDP) is launched.
MAY
New Email Security suite introduced.
AUG
Winner of VARBusiness ARC Award
NOV
SSL-VPN 2000 appliance named SC Magazine Best of 2006.
2007
JAN
InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award—Best Unified Threat Management
FEB
SC Magazine Award - Best Secure Wireless Solution
MAR
Millionth SonicWALL unit shipped!
1,000,000
