Providing Customers with Leading
Network- and Application-Level Security
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 22, 2004
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP),
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it
has been positioned in the leader quadrant in the firewall market
by research and advisory firm, Gartner. In a report titled "Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls, 2H03," Gartner evaluated
firewall vendors on their vision and their ability to execute that
vision. According to Gartner, vendors listed in the leader quadrant
are performing well today, demonstrate a clear market vision and
are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position
in the market.
The report places emphasis on the importance of arming perimeter
firewalls with a layer of application-aware security services. Other
key evaluation criteria include the ability for firewalls to recognize
and block attacks intelligently and the need for centralized security
management.
"Check Point provides customers with the industry's most intelligent
perimeter, internal and Web security solutions that assure worry-free
protection. Used by 97 of the Fortune 100, Check Point's market-leading
firewall and VPN solutions provide unmatched protection," said
Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software
Technologies. "We consider Gartner's placement of Check Point
in the leader quadrant as recognition of our continued leadership
in innovating and delivering the industry's best security solutions."
Check Point's widely proven, intelligent security solutions enable
organizations of all sizes to effectively respond to the dynamic
pace of today's sophisticated application-driven and network-level
attacks. Check Point provides intelligent perimeter, internal and
Web security solutions with the most adaptive inspection technology
(INSPECT™) and the most powerful security management architecture
(SMART) capabilities, providing companies with unmatched protection.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted April 20, 2004 by Gartner, Inc.
and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.
It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against
criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does
not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic
Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those
vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant
is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a
specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express
or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Check Point Software
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. Through its Next Generation product line,
the company delivers a broad range of Perimeter, Internal and Web
security solutions that protect business communications and resources
for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch
offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of the Check
Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's
framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with
"best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 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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©2004 Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd.
All rights reserved., Check Point, Application Intelligence, Check
Point Express, the Check Point logo, ClusterXL, ConnectControl,
FireWall-1, FireWall-1 GX, FireWall-1 SecureServer, FireWall-1 XL,
FloodGate-1, INSPECT, INSPECT XL, InterSpect, IQ Engine, Open Security
Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, Safe@Office, SecureKnowledge, SecurePlatform,
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SmartDefense, SmartLSM, SmartMap, SmartUpdate, SmartView, SmartView
Monitor, SmartView Reporter, SmartView Status, SmartViewTracker,
UAM, User-to-Address Mapping, UserAuthority, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator
Card, VPN-1 Edge, VPN-1 Pro, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote,
VPN-1 SecureServer, , and VPN-1 VSX 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, 5,835,726
and 6,496,935 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign
patents, or pending applications.
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