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Marathon Technologies and Check Point Software Present the First Assured Availability Windows NT Security Solution

Marathon's Endurance solution now OPSEC Certified

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Networld & Interop) / BOXBOROUGH, Mass. - May 11, 1999 - Marathon Technologies Corporation, the global leader in Assured Availability™ for the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking, announced today OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Certification, of Marathon's Endurance Assured Availability array.

"Security has become a critical function on the network, which has led to an increasing number of our customers looking for security-related high availability solutions," explains Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. "We are pleased that Marathon's Endurance has proven interoperability with Check Point Software solutions via OPSEC Certification, giving our customers a new choice in high availability solutions."

"When combining Check Point's FireWall-1 and VPN-1 enterprise security solutions and Marathon's Endurance Assured Availability solutions, companies can take advantage of the highest level of nonstop computing today," states Robert Glorioso, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies Corporation. "This total solution will give companies extra protection they need while reducing their risk of downtime."

FireWall-1 and VPN-1 offer a broad range of security services that govern access to network resources, while protecting the enterprise from both internal and external threats. This complete enterprise security solution provides the ability to authenticate network users, ensure the privacy and integrity of communications, provide content security, detect and respond to network attacks in real time, protect internal network addressing schemes, ensure high availability to network resources, and deliver detailed reporting.

Endurance delivers nonstop processing, continuous data access, uninterrupted connectivity, and disaster tolerance, all with constant performance. Using industry standard server components, Marathon's patented ComputeThru™ technology continues computing through all component failures and hot swaps. No Touch Recovery™ automatically assimilates new components into the array, thereby restoring full redundancy, without human intervention. The entire process takes place transparently to users. Users can Load & Go™ with shrink-wrapped application software and off-the-shelf Windows NT.

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 Connect Control) and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point Software solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point Software's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from nearly 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.

Marathon Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Boxborough, Massachusetts, develops and markets systems and services used in creating Windows NT solutions which provide assured availability for revenue generating and other high value applications on which organizations increasingly rely. Marathon is privately held. For more information please call, 800-884-6425 or visit online at www.marathontechnologies.com.

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Check Point and FireWall-1 are registered trademarks and VPN-1 is a trademark of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Endurance is a registered trademark of Marathon Technologies Corporation and Assured Availability, ComputeThru, Load & Go, and No Touch Recovery are trademarks. Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright 1999 Marathon Technologies Corporation.