CHECK POINT SOFTWARE WINS NETWORK COMPUTING 1999 WELL-CONNECTED AWARD FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
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FireWall-1 Tops Best Firewall Category Based on its Intuitive Interface, High Performance and Distributed Management Capabilities REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 25, 1999 – Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions, today announced that Check Point FireWall-1 has received the Network Computing 1999 Well-Connected Award in the category of Best Firewall. Recognized for its high performance and enterprise-wide policy management capabilities, FireWall-1 also provides the security foundation for Check Point's market-leading VPN-1 product line. Check Point Software leads the firewall and VPN markets with more than 77,000 firewall installations, more than 17,000 VPN gateway installations and millions of remote access VPN clients deployed. According to the editorial staff of Network Computing, "A good firewall will allow precisely the traffic that you specify in and out of your network. A great firewall will do it really fast. FireWall-1, version 4.0, is a great firewall. Not only does FireWall-1 control access to and from your network through the application layer, it is all held together by an unbeatable management interface that helps you implement and document your security policy in a pain-free environment." "We are honored to have Check Point FireWall-1 recognized by Network Computing editors as best firewall for the fourth consecutive year," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "This award further validates that FireWall-1/VPN-1 offers the industry's leading enterprise security solution." FireWall-1 received special notice by Network Computing for the added benefits and functionality available to organizations through Check Point Software's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC) Alliance. OPSEC is an open architecture solution that provides the industry's only enterprise-wide policy management and policy enforcement framework. "In addition, Check Point Software's unprecedented OPSEC Alliance brings together the resources of hundreds of partners to give FireWall-1 users lots of options for products that enhance even further, FireWall-1's great features," the article said. Presented to Check Point Software at an awards ceremony held recently during the NetWorld + Interop 99 trade show in Las Vegas, the Well-Connected Awards are highlighted in Network Computing magazine and online at http://www.networkcomputing.com. "The Well-Connected Awards are significantly different from other IT publications' awards," said Fritz Nelson, editor-in-chief, CMP's Network Computing. "Our editors worked at length to research and test the best products in the enterprise arena." According to Nelson, the products singled out in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because "they are not a measure of popularity--they are quality products tested over a networked enterprise firsthand by editors themselves. So, we know that FireWall-1 by Check Point Software is truly an innovative solution." CMP Media Inc.'s Network Computing (http:www.networkcomputing.com) delivers 220,000 brand decision makers, bi-weekly. Through its Real-World Labs, Network Computing delivers solutions for the networked enterprise in print and online.
Check Point Software's award-winning Check Point FireWall-1 enterprise security solution is a comprehensive application suite that integrates access control, authentication, encryption, network address translation, content security, auditing and connection control. The suite is part of Check Point Software's integrated policy-based Secure Enterprise Networking solution and is unified by Check Point Software's OPSEC open architecture solution. OPSEC provides the industry's only enterprise-wide policy management and policy enforcement solution for more than 200 third-party network management and security applications. VPN-1 is the market-leading, tightly integrated product family of solutions comprised of Check Point Software's market-leading FireWall-1 enterprise security suite with standards-based VPN encryption/tunneling technology and centralized management. All of Check Point Software's VPN-1 products are fully integrated, enabling centralized management with distributed deployment.
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. |