Company: Overview
About Q1 Labs
Founded in 2001, Q1 Labs is a global provider of high-value, cost-effective, security information and event management (SIEM) and log management products.
The growing company provides a flexible, easy-to-use family of offerings − the QRadar Security Intelligence Platform − that allows customers to meet their individual security management and compliance requirements, both in physical and virtual environments.
Q1 Labs has a research and development and customer support center in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, plus sales offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (pictured above).
Mission
The focused mission of the entire Q1 Labs team is to provide complete network and security knowledge, delivered simply, for any customer.
Products
Q1 Labs' flagship offering, QRadar SIEM, integrates previously disparate functions – including log management, network behavior analytics, and security event management – into a total security intelligence solution. QRadar SIEM provides users with crucial visibility into what is occurring with their networks, data centers, and applications to better protect IT assets and meet regulatory requirements.
QRadar Log Manager is Q1 Labs' stand-alone log management product, and is a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution for organizations that are looking to implement a distributed log management offering to collect, archive, and analyze network and security event logs.
Customers
As of June 30, 2009, Q1 Labs has 672 customers around the world, including healthcare providers, energy firms, retail organizations, utility companies, financial institutions, government agencies, educational institutions, and wireless service providers, among others.
Partnerships
Q1 Labs has significant, strategic OEM partnerships with a number of network infrastructure companies, including Juniper Networks and Enterasys, along with alliance partnerships in the area of product interoperability with McAfee, Foundry, and others.
Additionally, the company has a worldwide reseller network through its domestic and international Q-Alliance Channel Partners program.
Financial Backing & Leadership
Privately held Q1 Labs has raised $43 million in four rounds of financing from the following investors: BDC Venture Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation, and Polaris Venture Partners.
Under the leadership of CEO Shaun McConnon and an experienced executive management team, the company is dedicated to developing and providing its customers and partners with scalable and easy-to-use network security management products ─ all backed by the industry's best service and support organization.