Check Point Express CI Named One of Midmarket 'Products of the Year' by CMP's VARBusiness Magazine.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Latest Integrated Security Solution with Antivirus Protection Offers Customers Simple Deployment and Management to Address Midmarket Needs

Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that Check Point Express CI(TM), the company's latest mid-sized security solution that includes firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention and now integrated antivirus protection, was named midmarket "Product of the Year" by CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine.

VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators solicited input from information-technology (IT) vendors and solution providers to determine which products and services were best for midmarket customers with 100 to 999 employees. Entries were considered and reviewed by VARBusiness editors who selected only 100 of the more than 400 nominated products.

"Our readers tell us that the middle market is one of the fastest-growing IT categories today," says VARBusiness Publisher, Robert C. DeMarzo. "Our editors have determined that Check Point Express CI is a security solution that best meets that segment's needs."

"The midmarket customer has very unique security needs that cannot be met by simply scaling up small business solutions or scaling down enterprise solutions," said Kevin Maloney, vice president worldwide sales for Check Point Software Technologies. "With our network of over 2,200 channel partners, Check Point is providing the mid-sized company with the ideal solution to combat today's evolving Internet threats. This recognition from VARBusiness is particularly gratifying because it further indicates Check Point's leadership in the medium business market."

Check Point Express CI is featured and profiled in the special May 2 VARBusiness "State of the Midmarket" issue and also online at www.varbusiness.com.

About Check Point Express CI

Check Point Express CI was designed specifically for midmarket customers and offers an easy to deploy and manage platform that incorporates firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention and integrated antivirus protection. With the newly added antivirus protection, customers can rest assured that inbound and outbound traffic is free of rapidly emerging worms and viruses. For more information on Check Point Express CI, please visit http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2005/express_ci_041105.html.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 18 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the solution-provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for solution providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available on the magazine's Web site at www.varbusiness.com.

About Check Point Software Technologies

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's ZoneAlarm product line is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. 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 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries.

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