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==History==
==History==
Optenet is a private company that was a spin-off from the University of Navarra's Engineering Faculty and San Sebastian's Research Centre in San Sebastian, Spain. It provides customers with a multi-tenant secure web gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution{{solution-inline|date=September 2019}} primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises that want to create service offerings for their own clients.<ref>Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2011, Lawrence Orans, Peter Firstbrook, 25 May 2011, page 22</ref> Its product Optenet WebSecure was recently awarded with five stars in SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test,<ref>[http://www.scmagazineus.com/optenet-websecure/review/3438/ "SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test, 2011" (January 3, 2011)]</ref> defining it as a 'Solid' Web Security solution.{{solution-inline|date=September 2019}}.
Optenet is a private company that was a spin-off from the University of Navarra's Engineering Faculty and San Sebastian's Research Centre in San Sebastian, Spain. It provides customers with a multi-tenant secure web gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution{{solution-inline|date=September 2019}} primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises that want to create service offerings for their own clients.<ref>Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2011, Lawrence Orans, Peter Firstbrook, 25 May 2011, page 22</ref> Its product Optenet WebSecure was recently awarded with five stars in SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test,<ref>[http://www.scmagazineus.com/optenet-websecure/review/3438/ "SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test, 2011" (January 3, 2011)]</ref> defining it as a 'Solid' Web Security solution.{{solution-inline|date=September 2019}}.
In March 2015, Allot acquired Optenet<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/ALLT.TA/key-developments/article/3178941| title=Allot Communications completes acquisition of Optenet's Operations| date=24 March 2015| publisher=Reuters| access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.allot.com/corporate/media-center/press-releases/allot-communications-completes-acquisition-of-optenets-operations-a-leading-security-as-a-service-solution-provider/| access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
In March 2015, Allot acquired Optenet<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/ALLT.TA/key-developments/article/3178941| title=Allot Communications completes acquisition of Optenet's Operations| date=24 March 2015| publisher=Reuters| access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allot.com/corporate/media-center/press-releases/allot-communications-completes-acquisition-of-optenets-operations-a-leading-security-as-a-service-solution-provider/| access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>


==Cool Vendor==
==Cool Vendor==

Revision as of 15:17, 6 May 2020

Optenet, Inc.
Industrycomputer security
Founded1997
HeadquartersMadrid, San Sebastian Spain and Miami, Florida, U.S.
Key people
Francisco Martín, CEO
Omar Aguirre, CCO
Servicescontent security, web security, email security, malware protection, Security-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Number of employees
150+
Websitewww.optenet.com Edit this at Wikidata

Optenet is a global security company that provides customers with a multi-tenant Secure Web Gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution[buzzword] primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises.[1]In March 2015, Allot acquired Optenet.

History

Optenet is a private company that was a spin-off from the University of Navarra's Engineering Faculty and San Sebastian's Research Centre in San Sebastian, Spain. It provides customers with a multi-tenant secure web gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution[buzzword] primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises that want to create service offerings for their own clients.[2] Its product Optenet WebSecure was recently awarded with five stars in SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test,[3] defining it as a 'Solid' Web Security solution.[buzzword]. In March 2015, Allot acquired Optenet[4][5]

Cool Vendor

Optenet has been named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner for its innovative Multi-tenant technology in 2011, in Gartner's report, "Cool Vendors in Communications Service Provider Infrastructure 2011," authored by Akshay Sharma and Deborah Kish.[6]

References

  1. ^ Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2011, Lawrence Orans, Peter Firstbrook, 25 May 2011, page 22
  2. ^ Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2011, Lawrence Orans, Peter Firstbrook, 25 May 2011, page 22
  3. ^ "SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test, 2011" (January 3, 2011)
  4. ^ "Allot Communications completes acquisition of Optenet's Operations". Reuters. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. ^ https://www.allot.com/corporate/media-center/press-releases/allot-communications-completes-acquisition-of-optenets-operations-a-leading-security-as-a-service-solution-provider/. Retrieved 6 May 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Gartner, Inc. Cool Vendors in Communications Service Provider Infrastructure, 2011, Akshay K. Sharma, Deborah Kish, 20 Abril, 2011., page 6