medical graphics corporation deploys sonicwall clean vpn solution integrating utm network security with ssl vpn secure remote access sunnyvale, calif., june 23 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- sonicwall, inc. (nasdaq: snwl), a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that st. paul, minnesota-based medical graphics corporation (medical graphics) has deployed a sonicwall clean vpn to secure its network and remote access. "sonicwall gave us all we wanted at a great price point, and with great service and support," said phil doi, network engineer at medical graphics. "connectivity has not been an issue. vpn users have not reported issues with being able to connect or losing connections during a session." sonicwall clean vpn(tm) delivers the innovative dual protection of both ssl vpn and high-performance unified threat management (utm), providing a multi-layered approach that can decrypt and decontaminate authorized ssl vpn traffic before it enters the network environment. "it was easy for us to set up multiple dmzs," said doi. "and because of sonicwall's performance throughput, we are able to apply the sonicwall unified threat management and gateway security suite, which gives us web filtering, malware protection, intrusion detection, and reporting capabilities. all of these are important for a public health-industry company needing to comply with regulations like hipaa and sox." medical graphics previously used two fortinet 100 firewalls, but they were not sufficient for the processing load of a recently upgraded 10 mbps fiber optic internet connection. medical graphics also experienced difficulties with the fortinet ipsec vpn. "often, we'd have sales and service staff run into conflicts or disconnects when they tried to reach the home office from a hotel using the fortinet ipsec vpn. it caused a lot of lost work and aggravation for us and our customers." "cisco was too expensive, roughly 40 percent more than the similar sonicwall solution, and with lower performance specs," said doi. "cisco also seemed much more complicated to implement, configure and manage." minneapolis-based mytech partners assisted doi in implementing two sonicwall(r) e-class nsa e5500 network security appliances and a sonicwall(r) ssl vpn 2000 to establish an easy, comprehensive and cost-effective solution to secure all network and remote access traffic. "the ssl-vpn 2000 just works--which is just what we wanted," said doi. "once an employee has an active directory account, they can usually set up their own vpn by following e-mailed instructions. before, a technician would have to set up each vpn account." sonicwall clean vpn secures the integrity of vpn access by establishing trust for remote users and their endpoint devices using enforced authentication, data encryption, and granular access policy, while also securing the integrity of vpn traffic by establishing trust for this traffic by cleaning and authorizing all inbound traffic for malware and checking outbound vpn traffic in real time. doi has also applied the sonicwall nsa e5500 to securing voip (voice/video over ip) communications. "we attempted to connect our ip phone system through the fortinet firewall, but the latency was unacceptable for voice traffic. we were forced into having to route our ip phone lines outside of the firewall," said doi. "now, all of our voip phone and videoconferencing traffic passes through the nsa e5500." about sonicwall, inc. sonicwall is committed to improving the performance and productivity of businesses of all sizes by engineering the cost and complexity out of running a secure network. over one million sonicwall appliances have been shipped through its global network of ten thousand channel partners to keep tens of millions of worldwide business computer users safe and in control of their data. sonicwall's award-winning solutions include network security, secure remote access, content security, backup and recovery, and policy and management technology. for more information, visit the company web site at safe harbor regarding forward-looking statements certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. the forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the benefits associated with the utm network security and ssl vpn secure remote access solutions and the benefits associated with the integration thereof. these forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. in addition, please see the "risk factors" described in our securities and exchange commission filings, including our annual report on form 10-k for the year ended december 31, 2008, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. all forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to sonicwall as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. source sonicwall, inc. colleen nichols, +1-408-962-6131, cnichols@sonicwall.com, or sarah london, +1-408-962-6163, slondon@sonicwall.com, both of sonicwall, inc.