Savvis Adds Enterprise Security to its Portfolio of Corporate Network Solutions
National ISP Offers Check Point Software Technologies' Secure Enterprise Networking Solutions ST. LOUIS - December 14, 1998 - SAVVIS Communications Corporation, a leading independent national Internet carrier, today announced the expansion of its Internet solutions portfolio to address the enterprise security requirements of corporate users. The company has partnered with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKPF) to become a Check Point Premier Partner for managed security services and a full-service reseller of Check Point's secure enterprise networking solutions. "SAVVIS is committed to delivering best-in-class solutions to the corporate market," said Ian D. Brown, executive vice president of SAVVIS. "We are extremely enthusiastic about establishing this relationship with Check Point. Now SAVVIS can deliver top-performing Internet solutions enhanced by the best network security protection available to target the needs of our corporate customers." Check Point's enterprise security solutions, including its flagship product Check Point™ FireWall-1, allow companies to achieve the industry's strongest level of security while assuring maximum protection for data communications conducted over public and private networks. Check Point is the global network market share leader and inventor of the patented Stateful Inspection technology. The company's comprehensive suite of network security products enables SAVVIS to deliver security solutions for corporate customers ranging from small e-commerce companies to multi-national Fortune 500 companies. "As a recognized leader in Internet performance, SAVVIS continues to provide premium customer support solutions," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "This, coupled with its large installed base, makes SAVVIS well suited to resell all of our network security solutions." "Security is the number one concern for corporate IT managers, when they deploy e-commerce applications, corporate WANs, or Intranet/Extranet applications," said Phil Levy, SAVVIS' vice president of product marketing. "Now, through our relationship with Check Point, SAVVIS can deliver the full breadth of solutions corporate users demand. Whether it be our industry-leading Pro-Managed Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) solutions or the industry's best enterprise security products, SAVVIS provides the integrated, bundled solutions that enable corporate customers to easily and reliably outsource their mission critical network requirements."
SAVVIS is currently offering the full suite of Check Point solutions for purchase or as a bundled solution package. SAVVIS will begin delivering its comprehensive Managed Security Service, which will include Check Point product implementation and professional services, product training, security consulting, security audits, 24 x 7 security management, intrusion detection and reporting, security logging and product upgrade support in Q1 '99. For pricing and ordering information, please contact sales@savvis.net or call 877-SAVVIS 4 (877-728-8474).
Check Point is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-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 more than 160 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.
Communications Corporation, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading national Internet carrier, providing high-performance Internet solutions to the corporate and wholesale markets. The SAVVIS Internet network has been consistently rated #1 in an ongoing study conducted by Keynote Systems, Inc. and reported in Mecklermedia's Boardwatch Magazine Internet Backbone Performance Index. Since this study began in July, 1997, SAVVIS has repeatedly surpassed the forty other Internet networks and has received eight (8) of the sixteen (16) first place rankings. No other national Internet network has come close to matching this record. The unparalleled performance of the SAVVIS Internet network is due to the unique architecture of the network and the company's superior network engineering personnel and management policies. The SAVVIS Internet network is designed to achieve maximum performance and reliability by quickly routing data through Private NAPs utilizing multiple, redundant connections and state-of-the-art networking equipment. SAVVIS has sales offices in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Washington DC, and Atlanta. Investors include: JP Morgan Investment Corp., First Union Capital Partners, Inc., BCI Growth IV L.P., R.H. Capital Partners, L.P., Gateway Partners, BOME Investors Inc., Advantage Capital Missouri Partners 1.L.P., Roundwood Capital, private investors and management. SAVVIS currently offers its corporate Internet solutions in 19 major metropolitan markets and can be reached on the Internet at www.savvis.net. ### Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecuRemote, FireWall-First!, OPSEC, INSPECT, VPN-1, UAP, FloodGate-1 and IQ Engine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Meta IP and Meta DNS are trademarks of MetaInfo Inc. |