Untangle named 2010 CODiE Award Finalist

In category of Best Open Source Solution

2010 SIIA CODiE FinalistSAN MATEO, Calif., February 26, 2010 – Untangle, Inc., a network software company, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist for the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards in the “Best Open Source Solution” category.

Untangle makes it easy for businesses and schools to protect and filter their networks. The company provides a powerful suite of Internet management applications for small-to-medium businesses and education institutions. The Untangle Open Source Network Gateway, the product nominated for the CODiE Award, is a multi-function firewall. It simplifies and consolidates the many network and security products that businesses need at the gateway to the Internet. Untangle comes as standard with free, open-source applications to provide web filtering, network security, email security virus blocking, spam blocking, plus protection against phishing, denial-of-service attacks, intrusion and spyware. It also includes OpenVPN, for remote access, and a robust reporting tool, for monitoring network issues and infractions.

Bob Walters, CEO, Untangle, said: “We’re very honored to be selected as a Finalist for a CODiE Award. The judges especially recognized the ease which we bring to internet protection and filtering.”

About Untangle

Untangle, a network software company, provides a new breed of multi-function firewall and Internet management applications that are optimized for the unique needs of smaller organizations. With a free multi-function firewall at its core and a suite of Internet management applications, Untangle’s superior solutions are available at the Industry’s lowest cost, and are easy-to-deploy and manage. Untangle’s proven network software solutions are installed across 20,000 organizations, protecting more than one million people and their computers. The company’s innovative open source approach takes the cost out of Internet management and with its try-before-you-buy approach organizations can now take control of their network within minutes and at no risk.