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SAN JOSE, CA -- ServGate Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance, network processor-based Internet security gateways, today announced the results of a performance test conducted by the independent test labs of The Tolly Group, a leading product testing and analysis organization. The test concluded that the ServGate SG2000 delivers full-duplex wirespeed gigabit throughput for 64 byte through 1,024 byte packets, even under the stress of 200,000 individual sessions. ServGate's SG2000 is a state-of-the-art network processor-based security gateway tailored for global enterprise and service provider applications. With full gigabit throughput, the carrier-class SG2000 can be reliably deployed in the middle of high-speed gigabit Ethernet networks without presenting a bottleneck. This allows service providers and Enterprises to fully utilize network capacity, increasing performance and enhancing margins. The Tolly Group conducted the test under zero-loss, bi-directional, full-duplex conditions, varying both the size of the packets and the number of sessions. From the test report, "What is striking to note ... is that the SG2000 maintains its wirespeed performance even in the face of heavy session load increases." And later, "This shows that session load increases should not adversely impact the SG2000, (hence) potential users should use this as a yardstick against which to measure other firewall prospects." The results from the Tolly test are significant because the SG2000 is the only such device to pass at gigabit wirespeed with small packet sizes, and under the stress of hundreds of thousands of sessions; both of which are typical in the gigabit networking environment. This makes the SG2000 the only solution on the market today that can be deployed in a gigabit network without adversely affecting traffic flow. While many vendors claim to have gigabit throughput, it is typically under a very small set of conditions, such as large packet size, small number of sessions and a high tolerance for packet loss. "The SG2000 will finally allow Service Providers and large Enterprises to deploy security where it makes sense: in the middle of the gigabit network, where switching infrastructure is the most vulnerable and most complex," says Dave Buchanan, ServGate's Vice President of Marketing. "History repeats itself, and the security industry is going through the same growing pains as did Layer 2 and 3 switches a half decade ago as they were striving to achieve wire-speed performance. We are proud to be the first vendor to accomplish this complex and elusive goal." For more information visit www.servgate.com/tolly