Customers

	Fortune 100 Global Technology Company is a leading provider of telecommunications equipment to carriers and enterprises worldwide. "We view the future as moving [from our current firewall] to application awareness. Applications are the target for next generation threats. We have to understand the networks, threats, and applications, especially in a Web 2.0 / cloud environment."

	Farm Credit Financial Partners is the premier provider of technology services to farm credit associations throughout the U.S. "...the model Gartner suggests for a next generation firewall is exactly what Palo Alto Networks built."

	Cricket Communications, Inc., is a leading provider of unlimited, no-contract wireless services with more than 4 million subscribers nationwide. "Palo Alto’s products are the best we’ve seen for traffic identification. They’re easy to use, very accurate and it’s extremely easy to drill down into the information to pinpoint abusers or threats and block them before they impact service."

	Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent global investment bank that provides financial advise on significant mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and manages merchant banking funds. "We needed better visibility into our network in order to block access to certain applications – especially Gmail over HTTPS."

	The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is one of the country’s leading academic medical centers. "Palo Alto Networks allow us to define and enforce appropriate user policies so that the business of the hospital always comes first, risk is minimized and our medical professionals retain maximum flexibility."

	Nicolet National Bank provides retail, private and commercial banking needs in northeast Wisconsin. "I really like the visibility I gain into our network. I can literally review our logs very easily at any time and tell anyone what applications are being used, and by whom, in minutes."

	ThedaCare is a community health system providing a wide range of health services to residents of central Wisconsin. "Our old security infrastructure didn’t allow us to break down traffic on our network. Palo Alto Networks helps us see exactly how our network bandwidth is being used and ensure that applications are safely enabled for business purposes."

	The Garland Independent School District is the twelfth largest school district in Texas with more than 58,000 students. "The PA-4000 Series greatly improved network and application performance while giving us instant, sustainable control over the applications and content on our network."

	Koch Logistics is a transportation logistics company providing third party transportation, shipping and distribution services. "With Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall, now we can not only see what’s on our network, we can control it. The result is I’m confident in our ability to protect our network from harmful applications and other risks."

	Western & Southern Financial Group is a nationally recognized leader in consumer and business financial services. "The Palo Alto Networks system holds a great deal of promise for simplifying security infrastructure. Strategically, that could translate to the ability to reduce the number of technologies we use and simplify our infrastructure - all while maintaining a very high level of security and resiliency."

	Sonic Solutions designs and manufactures DVD publishing systems used to prepare music, video, film, graphics and entertainment software. "Our existing security solution is blind to traffic flowing across port 80. Palo Alto Networks provides us with user-based application visibility and control."

	Nordson Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of systems that apply adhesives, sealants and coatings. "The PA-4020 has simplified the tasks of managing security at our remote site. And it gives us visibility that no one else can match, telling us exactly which applications are on the network."

	Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, a non-profit, has been serving individuals and families for more than 50 years. "The visibility and control the PA-4000 Series allows us to ensure that bandwidth and network resources are being used appropriately and have not been compromised – giving us the greatest confidence that our clients’ privacy and security are protected."

	Mercy Medical Center is a 130+ year old, Catholic health care facility and teaching hospital for the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "With Palo Alto Networks, we now know what we didn’t know. And it’s scary what some of our users and contractors were doing."

	Peirce College is a private, four-year, specialized institution providing practical, leading edge curricula primarily to working adult learners. "In my career I’ve yet to see a major infrastructure piece go in as smoothly as the installation of the Palo Alto Networks firewall."

	Curt G. Joa Inc. (JOA) is one of the world’s leading engineering and specialty manufacturers of machinery for the production of disposable products. "I don’t get enthusiastic very often, but the Palo Alto Networks firewall thrills me. I can easily go in to see user activity, denied sources or anything. It’s simple, intuitive and effective."