Check Point Software Leads Virtual Private Networking Market
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 19, 1999 -- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) today announced that it has surpassed its 17,000 VPN-1 Gateway installation milestone, and has distributed millions of VPN clients, extending its breakaway leadership in the growing VPN market. Recent reports and client studies from leading market research firms further support Check Point's VPN leadership with its VPN-1 family of products. "Client-to-site remote access for mobile and remote users as well as total integration with overall network security and centralized management are the key drivers behind the rapid growth in today's VPN market," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "We are seeing an accelerated deployment of our market-leading VPN-1 SecuRemote client, with over 1.5 million licensed clients distributed in the last two quarters alone." Check Point Software's present and future leadership in the VPN market is further supported by data included in recent reports from Gartner Group, Frost & Sullivan, International Data Corporation and Infonetics Research, Inc. A 1998 IDC VPN report, for example, shows Check Point Software with more than 65 percent of the VPN market in a study of the Western European market. Recent Check Point Software company data substantiates the trend noted in the 1998 Infonetics Research VPN study that shows a growing number of enterprises prefer the firewall for their VPN implementation. Two years ago, approximately one out of 12 Check Point FireWall-1 sales included a VPN; one year ago, the number was one out of four; six months ago, the number was one out of three; and now approximately one out of two FireWall-1 sales includes a VPN. With the VPN-1 product family, Check Point Software is the only vendor today to deliver a broad range of flexible software and hardware VPN solutions that can be implemented across multiple platforms, fully integrated into an enterprise's overall security policy, and controlled from a central management console. VPN technology is a key driver in implementing secure intranet, Internet, and extranet connectivity and must be integrated into the enterprise's overall security policy, according to research by the Meta Group, a technology advisory service. The Meta Group research also shows that an integrated VPN solution helps ensure the security, scalability and reliability that customers require. Check Point Software's growth in the VPN market is a continuation of the company's legacy of overall enterprise security market leadership. -- The most recent firewall market research report prepared by International Data Corporation (IDC), stated that Check Point "maintained its position as clear market leader... capturing a 34 percent market share 1/8worldwide 3/8 among software firewall vendors." -- Currently, Check Point Software has more than 77,000 installations, representing its complete product line, and more than 30,000 customers. -- Check Point Software has established relationships with more than 1,000 channel partners worldwide, including distributors, integrators and value added resellers, that effectively deliver its VPN and enterprise security solutions to all size customers. -- The world's leading managed service providers have already signed on to use Check Point Software's enterprise security solutions to deliver managed security services to their customers, including AT&T, British Telecom, France Telecom, GTE Internetworking, MCI WorldCom and NTT. -- Check Point Software's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSECTM) Alliance has grown to almost 200 partners in just over two years. The OPSEC Alliance, provides the industry's first enterprise-wide security framework to allow customers to easily and seamlessly integrate a full spectrum of best-of-breed security applications, defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide security policy. The VPN-1 Product Family Today Today Check Point Software provides the market-leading VPN-1 product family of solutions. The comprehensive product family includes: a) the VPN-1 GatewayTM software that integrates Check Point's market-leading FireWall-1 enterprise security suite with standards-based VPN encryption/tunneling technology and centralized management. The VPN-1 product family also includes b) VPN-1 ApplianceTM, a completely integrated hardware and software security appliance designed for both corporate and remote office deployments; c) VPN-1 SecuRemoteTM, the client-side VPN software for desktops and mobile computers; d) VPN-1 Certificate ManagerTM, the turnkey Public Key Infrastructure solution for Check Point VPN-1 deployments; and e) VPN-1 Accelerator CardTM, the optional hardware card for acceleration of strong data encryption for T3 or higher speed access connections. All the VPN-1 products are fully integrated, enabling centralized management with distributed deployment. About CHECK POINT Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-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 almost 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 . ### (c) 1999 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights
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