SonicWall

A provider of Internet security solutions and appliances, SonicWall was founded in 1991 as Sonic Systems to develop networking for Apple's Macintosh products.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company now has three business domains--network security, content security and business continuity, which includes products such as firewall hardware devices, Universal Threat Management (UTM), Virtual Private Network (VPN), backup and recovery, as well as antispam/ e-mail and content filtering.

In 2007, SonicWall bought over Seattle, Wash.-based Aventail Corporation, an enterprise SSL VPN remote access solutions provider, for approximately US$25 million.

Recently, the network infrastructure company launched a new engineering and TAC facility in Bangalore, India. With a workforce of some 260 employees, the center will be SonicWall's largest facility outside of the United States.

SonicWall ranks among ZDNet Asia's Top 10 fastest-growing companies for 2008/2009.

This company is listed in Networking & Communications, Security.

Financials

Fiscal year-end December	FY08	FY07	FY06	FY05	FY04
Global revenue (US$millions)	—	199.2	175.5	135.3	125.6
Global full-year net income (US$millions)	—	28.6	-10.8	6.3	-0.3
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years					16.97%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years					733.31%
Percentage of revenue from Asia (including Japan/Korea)					10%

Operations

Founded	1991 USA
First Asian office	2003 Singapore
Global employees	700
Global employees in Asia	40
Asian economies: Total 4	China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore

* Data correct as of October 2008. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites and financial news sites. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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