CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES TO HOST PARTNER EXCHANGE IN MONTEREY
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Numerous Industry Leaders Co-sponsor First-time Event REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Nov. 11, 1998 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKPF), the leading provider of solutions that enable Secure Enterprise Networking, today announced the company will host its Check Point Partner Exchange in Monterey, California, this week, November 11-13. More than 200 of Check Point's top reseller and OPSEC partners will gather for this first-ever three-day exchange of information and ideas with Check Point executives and representatives from several departments. The Exchange is co-sponsored by some of the top industry leaders, including: Aliroo, Compaq, Content Technologies, Entrust Technologies, eSafe Technologies, Funk Software, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, Rainfinity, Security-7, Security Dynamics, Stonesoft Corporation, SurfWatch Software, Telemate Software, Trend Micro, UR Labs, Inc., Vasco Data Security, WebTrends, Worldtalk Corporation and Xylan. Conference highlights include executive presentation of the company's vision of Secure Enterprise Networking, as well as OPSEC's role in that vision. In addition Ted Julian, Network Strategies Analyst for Forrester Research, will keynote at the general session. Beyond the general sessions, the conference consists of two concurrent tracks. The Business Track, for Check Point's resellers and OPSEC executive attendees, includes breakout sessions that range from revenue opportunities with key Check Point solutions to leveraging marketing and PR opportunities. The Developer Track includes breakout sessions designed to assist developers from Check Point's industry partners in building solutions based on the company's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC) Alliance. This industry initiative brings together top software and hardware vendors, as well as service providers to deliver open, best-of-breed, enterprise-wide security and networking solutions. Additionally, the Exchange includes an OPSEC Product Fair, which showcases industry leaders in hardware, enterprise security and networking solutions. "We truly are excited to be hosting this inaugural Partner Exchange," said Deborah Triant Rieman, president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "This is the first of many such events designed to bring Check Point together with all of our industry partners to share ideas and explore opportunities that allow us to deliver the most complete solutions for secure enterprise networking."
Check Point's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC ) is an alliance that delivers the industry's first enterprise-wide security framework. OPSEC uses a combination of published application programming interfaces (APIs), industry-standard protocols and a high-level scripting language to provide a single framework that integrates and manages all aspects of secure enterprise networking through an open, extensible management framework. With OPSEC, customers can easily, seamlessly and selectively integrate a full spectrum of applications, defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide policy.
Check Point is the worldwide leader in Secure Enterprise Networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1 and Open Security Manager), traffic control (FloodGate-1 and ConnectControl) and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from more than 160 leading industry partners. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For more information, please call (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit http://www.checkpoint.com or http://www.opsec.com. ### 1998 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecuRemote, FireWall-First!, OPSEC, INSPECT, VPN-1, UAP, FloodGate-1 and IQ Engine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Meta IP and Meta DNS are trademarks of MetaInfo, Inc. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |