Gartner has published their 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls. Key points outlined in the report include:

• Palo Alto Networks was recognized as a leader.
• According to Gartner, vendors in the leaders quadrant “lead the market in offering new safeguarding features, providing expert capability, rather than treating the firewall as a commodity, and having a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products.”
• According to Gartner, “The enterprise network firewall market is undergoing a period of dynamic evolution, as effective next-generation firewalls are now increasingly necessary. Vendors that have addressed advanced targeted threats have seen gains in the market.”