CHECK POINT SOFTWARE AWARDED LEADING CUSTOMER FOCUS AWARD FOR VPN SOLUTIONS
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Secure Virtual Network (SVN) Products Win Frost & Sullivan's 1999 Market Engineering Award for Customer Focus REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – December 8, 1999 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it has been selected as the winner of Frost & Sullivan's 1999 Market Engineering Product Focus Award in recognition of its "demonstrated leadership in customer focus; exhibiting superior knowledge of customer needs and the company's ability to meet and exceed customer expectations." Having evaluated Check Point Software's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture for delivering an open, fully integrated end-to end VPN solution, Frost & Sullivan, a widely respected international marketing consulting and training firm in the telecommunications market, selected Check Point Software as the only company for this exclusive award. "We want to recognize companies who have made a major contribution in designing VPN technology that addresses the complex and expanding needs of the enterprise," said Frost & Sullivan analyst Saresh Josef. "Check Point Software developed early-market leadership with standards-based products allowing customers to leverage their existing network architecture with Firewall-1, VPN-1 and best–of–breed encryption software for a cost-effective, reliable VPN solution." In its award outline, Frost & Sullivan describes Check
Point Software as a leader in the software security market,
whose products have achieved a level of product performance
that serves as a benchmark for the rest of the security industry.
"We are proud to win Frost & Sullivan's annual award for customer focus excellence," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point. "Customer responsiveness is a key reason for our market leadership position, with over 100,000 customer installations worldwide." About Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-1 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
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