New
Solutions Deliver the Industry's Richest Set of Integrated
Management Capabilities and Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
DUBLIN,
IRELAND, Check Point Experience - May 23, 2002 - Check Point
Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader
in securing the Internet, today introduced its new SmartCenter
management infrastructure and unveiled two solutions that deliver
the most comprehensive set of management capabilities available
today. The new SmartCenter management solutions also deliver
the lowest total cost of ownership by giving security administrators
a new level of ease of use and integration. These solutions
are being unveiled at the Check Point Experience, the company's
annual customer and partner conference currently being held
in Dublin, Ireland.
Check Point's
SmartCenter management solutions offer tiered levels of functionality
for an integrated, easy-to-purchase, cost-effective solution
to enable greater control and the highest levels of security
in a single management console. The new solutions include:
- SmartCenter
builds on Check Point's industry-leading SMART management
architecture featuring Check Point's security dashboard that
provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, centralized policy
management, integrating the management of security, VPNs and
QoS.
- SmartCenter
Pro provides the latest and most comprehensive management
solutions available today, taking security management to new
heights. Dynamic control of the entire security environment
is enabled through visual management of network security,
centralized and automated software updates, integration with
enterprise directories (e.g. LDAP, Active Directory) and fault
tolerance with full management high availability.
The SmartCenter
and SmartCenter Pro solutions are available immediately and
at the industry's most attractive price points. Also, the new
SmartCenter Pro will be included with Check Point's comprehensive
Secure Virtual Network (SVN) security bundles at no additional
cost.
"Today's
administrators face increasingly complex VPN and security environments
that rely on multiple management products and components," said
Jerry Ungerman, president of Check Point Software Technologies.
"The new Check Point SmartCenter management solutions provide
customers with an easy-to-purchase, integrated, and cost-effective
set of management tools available, resulting in increased control,
greater security and unparalleled ease of use."
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. For more information, please call us at (800)
429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com
or at http://www.opsec.com.
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