GE Information Technology Distribution Group Signs Distribution Agreement with Check Point Software
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Now Offers Leading Virtual Private Networking, Network Security and Bandwidth Management Solutions to Resellers BOULDER, Colo., March 29, 1999 - GE Information Technology (IT) Distribution Group™ announced today that resellers can now purchase products from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) through its businesses, Access Graphics and Integration Alliance. Check Point Software, the leading provider of secure enterprise networking solutions, offers resellers providing e-commerce and other Internet-based solutions market-leading products to govern access to network information resources and protect the privacy and integrity of network communications. Check Point Software's products, including the company's flagship product, FireWall-1, are available now from both Access Graphics and Integration Alliance. "This new relationship with one of the premier software solutions innovators in the industry provides our resellers with a critical infrastructure piece for e-commerce, networking and virtual private network solutions," stated Michael Minard, vice president, Enterprise Solutions Business Group, GE IT Distribution Group. "As the demand to deliver information via the Internet/intranet grows, Check Point's comprehensive set of solution offerings will help our resellers meet their customers' needs with a single security solution that has the power to unite all aspects of a company's network." Check Point Software's products provide key infrastructure for e-commerce and other Internet-based solutions, offering increased security, traffic control and IP address management for customers' networks. Previously, Access Graphics could only sell Solstice FireWall-1, Sun Microsystem's OEM version of Check Point FireWall-1. Now, Check Point FireWall-1 will be offered by GE IT Distribution on the Sun (UNIX and Intel), HP/UX and Microsoft Windows NT platforms. Along with the FireWall-1 enterprise security solution, GE IT Distribution is also offering Check Point Software's VPN-1 virtual private networking solution, which ensures privacy of data communication over the Internet, and floodgate-1 which delivers a policy-based, enterprise-wide bandwidth management solution. Check Point Software's floodgate-1 increases network efficiency and improves user experience, while minimizing the need to add costly bandwidth. floodgate-1 is a standalone bandwidth management solution that can be used with any Internet firewall. When integrated with FireWall-1, organizations can support their existing VPN deployments and provide flexible address translation. "A complete enterprise security solution must be able to deliver functionality across multiple platforms without restricting connectivity in any way, and GE IT Distribution is committed to delivering this type of framework to its resellers," said Jerry Ungerman, executive vice president, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. "GE IT Distribution continually offers products and services that address critical issues in the industry, and consults with its resellers on the best solutions available. The growth of the Internet and the subsequent need to address data security is an area that GE IT Distribution understands and can demonstrate through products designed to minimize additional costs to the reseller." Check Point Software's integrated product architecture approach and Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC) Alliance allows resellers to provide seamless, end-to-end secure networking, including virus scanning, high availability and security not typically found in a firewall product. Check Point Software products also provide seamless integration with other GE IT Distribution best-of-breed partner products including Bay Networks and Fore Systems, and can ensure reliability and performance over any IP network. Check Point Software's OPSEC Alliance is the leading industry-wide alliance that provides the first enterprise-wide security framework to deliver guaranteed interoperability and choice among best-of-breed enterprise security products.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-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 almost 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
The GE Information Technology (IT) Distribution Group™, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is an aggregation of businesses representing the premier value-added technical distributors of complex computing products and services. The GE IT Distribution Group includes Access Graphics and Integration Alliance. Its goal is to provide innovative products and services designed to increase its resellers' and manufacturers' profitability. The GE IT Distribution Group businesses operate throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe, represent over 850 employees and achieved 1998 combined revenues of over $2.0 billion. For more information, please call 1-800-733-9333. ### All products and brand names mentioned are registered trademarks of their respective companies. |