| Fifth
annual awards program recognizes innovative customer
and partner Internet security implementations
Check
Point Experience - ANAHEIM, Calif., - April 25, 2002 - Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide
leader in securing the Internet, today announced the winners
of its fifth annual Check Point Excellence Awards at the Check
Point Experience conference currently being held at the Disneyland
Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. The Check Point Experience provides
customers and partners with valuable technology and market information
via presentations, technical and business-focused tracks and
product demonstrations from Check Point and its partners.
The Check
Point Excellence Awards recognize customers and channel partners
for successfully implementing the industry's most innovative
Internet security solutions. This year's winners represent industry-leading
companies who are leveraging Check Point and its OPSEC™
(Open Platform for Security) partner solutions to solve business
problems, such as securing remote offices and employees and
managing critical bandwidth.
The recipients
of the 2002 Check Point Excellence Award winners include:
Triton
PCS for Cutting Edge Security Practices
Triton PCS, a leader in the digital wireless network industry,
provides superior security services to more than 13 million
customers using Check Point's VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next
Generation™ and Provider-1™ technologies. The security
solutions have reduced administration efforts by 40 percent.
They were assisted with this implementation by Dimension Data
located in New Jersey.
The Regence
Group and Canaccord Capital Corporation for Extensive VPN Capabilities
The Regence Group, a large health care insurer, with the help
of Deloitte & Touche and VeriSign, replaced their legacy infrastructure
with Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation to meet
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
guidelines and give more than 1000 users secure remote access
using Check Point's VPN-1 SecureClient.
Canaccord,
Canada's largest independent investment firm, has successfully
provided a reliable and affordable solution to secure branch
office communications using Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1.
VPN-1/FireWall-1 allowed Canaccord to use VPNs as an alternative
solution for specifically designed redundancy ATM network service.
Centro
Nacional de Control de Energia (CENACE) for Outstanding OPSEC
Architecture Implementation
CENACE, one of Mexico's largest federal agencies, enhanced its
existing VPN-1/FireWall-1 solution with six OPSEC products from
Oracle, Trend Micro, Websense, RSA, Real Secure and Stonesoft.
The solution ensures optimal network performance and the highest
level of protection of CENACE's critical information systems,
partner extranet and corporate intranet. This installation was
achieved with help from value added solution provider, Onlinet
in Mexico.
Slim-Fast
Foods Company for Exemplary Broad Use of Check Point Products
Slim-Fast Foods Company, a leading manufacturer, marketer and
distributor of healthy shakes and bars, with Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1,
Meta IP™, FloodGate-1™ and UserAuthority™ products,
was able to completely redesign their security network from
the ground up. The redesign allowed them instant reporting,
centralized management and remote access. This was possible
with help from their value added reseller Mission Critical Systems,
located in Florida.
"Check Point enables its customers to face the demands and challenges
of the ever changing business world," said Jerry Ungerman, president
of Check Point Software Technologies. "Our customers are constantly
being tasked to provide comprehensive Internet security for
their businesses with cost-savings, ease of use and manageability.
It is a pleasure to honor them for meeting those critical needs."
About
Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in
securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader
of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. The company's
Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and
security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and reliable
Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered in the
company's Next Generation product family, secure business communications
and resources for corporate networks, remote employees, branch
offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of SVN is
Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's
framework and alliance for integration and interoperability
with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a
network of 2,500 certified partners in 203 countries.
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2002 Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
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IP, MultiGate, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, SecureKnowledge,
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Card, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote, VPN-1
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