CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TO DELIVER VPN AND ENTERPRISE SECURITY PRODUCTS FOR WINDOWS 2000 PLATFORM
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Tightly Integrates with New Enterprise Capabilities of Windows
2000 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – COLOR="#ff0000"> August 23, 1999 – Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking, today announced it is expanding its support of the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) platform by delivering a full range of enterprise network security products for the Windows 2000 operating system. By integrating all of Check Point Software's products, including the market-leading VPN-1 and FireWall-1 solutions with Microsoft's next generation computing architecture, customers will be able to deploy robust, best-of-breed enterprise network security. Today, Check Point Software is the market leader for network security solutions on the Windows NT platform. "We are pleased that Check Point's products are optimized to use key features of Windows 2000, such as Active Directory, Certificate Server and L2TP/IPSec virtual private networking to offer our mutual customers a centrally manageable security solution," said Ron Cully, lead product manager for Windows Networking at Microsoft Corp. "Check Point is helping customers realize the benefits of the integrated Windows enterprise architecture that harnesses the power of the Internet." Check Point Software fully supports the Windows 2000 operating system and takes advantage of Windows 2000 architectural cornerstones with its entire security product suite, including network security, traffic control and IP address management. "Check Point Software is working with Microsoft to tightly integrate and utilize the new advanced capabilities of the Windows 2000 platform," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "Customers will be able to deploy our market-leading network security solutions in concert with the Windows 2000 directory, PKI and VPN frameworks." In addition to offering its comprehensive network security solutions for Windows 2000, Check Point Software is seamlessly integrating with key components of the Microsoft Windows 2000 enterprise architecture:
About Check Point Software Technologies 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 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. ### (c) 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, 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. |