CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PARTNER EVENT ATTRACTS MORE THAN 500 PARTICIPANTS FROM 41 COUNTRIES
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OPSEC Alliance Partners Co-sponsor Exclusive Event REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - June 2, 1999 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions, today announced that more than 500 participants from 41 countries, attended its biggest ever annual International Partner Event last week, May 24-27, in Eilat, Israel. Channel partners that attended included the industry's leading systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs), internet service providers (ISPs), managed service providers (MSPs) and telecommunications companies. The event was co-sponsored by Check Point Software OPSEC partners, including Aladdin, Aliroo, Baltimore Technologies, Chrysalis-ITS, Compaq, Entrust Technologies, IBM, Netrex, ODS Networks, Radware, RAINfinity, StoneBeat, TELEMATE Software and Vasco Data Security. OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity), now with over 200 partners worldwide, is Check Point Software's complete integrated architecture for secure enterprise computing and industry-leading alliance for delivering best of breed network security solutions. Highlights of the three-day conference included executive presentations on the company's vision of Secure Enterprise Networking (SEN) and the joint market opportunities available for Check Point partners in the network security industry. In addition, a leading industry analyst presented an overview of trends in the network security industry, pointing out the demand among customers for an integrated security solution that encompasses intranets, extranets and VPNs. The conference offered both technical and business-oriented participants an opportunity to gain knowledge of upcoming Check Point Software products and solutions. Sessions focused on delivering a clear message to partners as to the considerable range of technologies available within Check Point Software products. More specifically, the business track allowed for interactive discussions on how to leverage the entire Check Point product line for increased sales and market opportunity. The event featured an OPSEC product exhibition, where all 14 event co-sponsors demonstrated their hardware and software security solutions, enabling partners to explore new business relationships with various OPSEC partners as well as amongst themselves. "We are pleased with the high partner turnout for this event," said Gil Shwed, president, chief executive officer and founder of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. "This event reinforces the strong mutual commitment between our partners and Check Point Software, and allowed us to effectively transfer knowledge and gain valuable feedback on present and future offerings. We continue to strengthen our partnerships to deliver the industry's leading secure enterprise networking solution to customers worldwide."
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-1, Open Security Manager and Check Point RealSecure), traffic control (FloodGate-1 and ConnectControl), and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point Software solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point Software's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from more than 200 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. ### 1999 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, Meta IP, Open Security Extension, Open Security Manager, OPSEC, Provider-1, User-to-Address Mapping, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Appliance,VPN-1 Certificate Manager, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecuRemote, and ConnectControl are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668 and 5,835,726 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. |