{"id":101994,"date":"2019-09-19T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=101994"},"modified":"2019-09-19T17:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T00:41:25","slug":"network-gartner-magic-quadrant-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/network-gartner-magic-quadrant-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks an Eight-Time Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any high tech industry, it\u2019s not often that a company gets to define a new market, and then continue to expand and reshape it for more than a decade. It\u2019s even less common in our highly competitive cybersecurity space. Maybe that\u2019s why this year\u2019s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls feels like a milestone to us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner recognized Palo Alto Networks as a Leader for the eighth time in its 2019 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve achieved the <\/span><b>highest position <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for<\/span><b> ability to execute <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> furthest position<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>completeness of vision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Magic Quadrant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palo Alto Networks defined the network security market with our next-generation firewall. In the last seven months, we have made significant improvements to the next-generation firewall to extend our Leader position. Now, the fastest-ever next-generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks has more than 60 new features and a revolutionary new DNS subscription.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"2040\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:106.86%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102004 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant.png\" alt=\"Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls\" width=\"2040\" height=\"2180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant.png 2040w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-230x246.png 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-768x821.png 768w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-500x534.png 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-37x40.png 37w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19_quadrant-874x934.png 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Next-Generation Firewalls enable organizations to continually improve security effectiveness and efficiency \u2013 across the network, cloud and endpoints, including servers and mobile devices. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network security remains a core element to enterprises large and small, and we are always striving to innovate and help shape this space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/reviews\/market\/enterprise-network-firewalls\/vendor\/palo-alto-networks\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-star review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one systems integration specialist described Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall as \u201cstable and reliable, full of features to suit almost any environment or situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Next-Generation Firewalls secure businesses with a prevention-focused architecture that is easy to deploy and operate, use automation to reduce manual effort so that security teams can focus on what matters, and help customers easily adopt new security innovations. The efficacy of our Next-Generation Firewalls is evident in the trust placed in Palo Alto Networks by 65,000 customers in more than 150 countries. We\u2019re honored to receive the highest Security Effectiveness Score and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/palo-alto-networks-recommended-nss-labs-2018-ngfw-group-test\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended\u201d rating in the recent NSS Labs 2018 NGFW Group Test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019re proud of our continued recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/palo-alto-networks-named-2018-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-enterprise-network-firewall\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers\u2019 Choice for Enterprise Network Firewall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a distinction based entirely on verified customer feedback.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To read a complimentary copy of the complete report, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/2019gartnermq\">http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/2019gartnermq<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, Rajpreet Kaur, Adam Hils, Jeremy D'Hoinne, John Watts, 17 September 2019.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Palo Alto Networks.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner\u2019s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner Peer Insights reviews constitute the subjective opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and do not represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner Peer Insights Customers\u2019 Choice constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-user reviews, ratings, and data applied against a documented methodology; they neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Gartner or its affiliates.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gartner recognized Palo Alto Networks as a Leader for the eighth time in its 2019 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":102048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,5,6765],"tags":[1155],"coauthors":[6728],"class_list":["post-101994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-firewall","category-secure-the-enterprise","tag-gartner-magic-quadrant"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mq-19-social_insta-1080x1080_v1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101994"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102099,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101994\/revisions\/102099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101994"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=101994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}