SonicWALL, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells network security, content security, and business continuity solutions worldwide. SonicWALL's products and services provide secure Internet access to both wired and wireless broadband customers, enable Internet-based connectivity for distributed organizations, inspect the content entering and leaving customer networks, protect organizations against inbound and outbound email threats, and provide business continuity in the case of data or connectivity loss. It also offers value-added services for security appliances, including content filtering, anti-spam protection, client anti-virus protection, integrated gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, email protection, offsite data backup, and intrusion prevention. In addition, the company licenses software packages, including Global Management System (GMS), Global VPN Client, and email security licenses. The GMS solutions provide network administrators with configuration and management tools to globally define, distribute, enforce, and deploy various security application services and upgrades Internet security appliances. The Global VPN Client provides mobile users with a solution for securely accessing the network. Further, SonicWALL Backup and Recovery Offsite Services enable customers to recover data lost in the event of natural disasters, such as floods, fires, and electrical power surges, or from a theft in the business. SonicWALL offers its solutions for small to medium size networks used in enterprises, e-commerce, education, healthcare, and retail/point-of-sale markets.