SOFTBANK and Check Point Software Announce Distribution Agreement in Japan Check Point FireWall-1 Selected as Key Offering Within SOFTBANK Security Bank Initiative
Tokyo, Japan—September 2, 1997—Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., (NASDAQ: CHKPF), a leader in enterprise security software, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with SOFTBANK Corporation, one of the largest PC software distributors in Japan, to distribute its award-winning Check Point TM FireWall-1 enterprise security software. In addition, Check Point has also been selected as the only firewall vendor in the Security Bank, a SOFTBANK initiative announced today that expands SOFTBANK's security business and delivers recommended best-of-breed security solutions to the Japanese market. SOFTBANK will distribute FireWall-1 to its extensive base of resellers throughout Japan. Through its Security Bank initiative, SOFTBANK will recommend best-of-breed security solutions including offerings from Check Point Software, Internet Security Systems, Security Dynamics Technologies Inc., Trend Micro and VeriSign. Other offerings available via the Security Bank will include certified training courses and educational materials. The SOFTBANK distribution agreement will further enhance Check Point's leading market position in Japan. A study published in June, 1997 by Dataquest declared Check Point Software the market share leader in the Japanese firewall market with 73.9 percent of the market in installed units. "SOFTBANK's extensive distribution organization is ideally suited to meet the breadth of expanding customer needs in the Japanese market," said Marius Nacht, vice president of international operations for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. "We are pleased to partner with SOFTBANK to further expand Check Point's multi-tiered distribution channels and encourage customer deployment of FireWall-1 in Japan." "Increased Internet and intranet deployment in Japan has made enterprise security an essential component of complete IT solutions," said Mr. Ken Miyauchi, Executive Vice President responsible for Software and Network division. "FireWall-1 offers robust enterprise security management capabilities and an open, extensible architecture which complements the SOFTBANK software portfolio and the Security Bank initiative to provide a solid infrastructure for overall network security." About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the global network security software market share leader and inventor of the patented Stateful Inspection technology. The company's suite of network security products enables Secure Enterprise Connectivity for leading organizations worldwide. Check Point products, including its flagship product, Check Point™ FireWall-1 , are sold worldwide through OEM partners, distributors, VARs, systems and network integrators and Internet Service Providers. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please call (800) 429-4391 or +972-3-6131-833, e-mail info@checkpoint.com or visit http://www.checkpoint.com About SOFTBANK Corporation SOFTBANK Corp., based in Tokyo, Japan, distributes software
and hardware peripherals, publishes books and magazines for
software/hardware, computer language and games, runs digital
satellite business, exhibition business and computer network
and system integration business. Consolidated sales for Fiscal
Year 1997 were 359.7 Billion Yen. The SOFTBANK group of companies
in the United States includes Yahoo, SOFTBANK Forums, SOFTBANK
COMDEX Inc., Ziff-Davis Publishing company and Kingston Technology
company. ### 1997 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1 SecuRemote, FireWall-First!, OPSEC and INSPECT are trademarks, and Check Point FireWall-1 and FireWall-1 are registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |