Check Point Software & Nokia Expand Partnership.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1999--Industry-leading Check Point VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and security software integrated on the Nokia Internet appliance to be distributed exclusively by Check Point Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) and Nokia (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), today announced an expanded relationship covering the development and distribution of the VPN-1 Appliance product family. Check Point Software's appliance line is being extended to include full-featured versions of the industry leading Nokia IP330, IP440 and IP650 available with Check Point VPN-1 and FireWall-1(R) software options. With the addition of these high performance, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Internet appliances, Check Point is uniquely qualified to meet the Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. needs of all size organizations, including small to medium businesses, enterprise customers and managed service providers. Under the expanded relationship, VPN-1 Appliances will be exclusively available in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. from Check Point Software and its reseller partners. The new solutions include support for high availability and load sharing for VPNs and other mission critical security solutions, and form an integral component of Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (SVN SVN Subversion (version control system) SVN Slovenia (international traffic code) SVN Social Venture Network SVN South Vietnam SVN Secure Virtual Network SVN Supervised Visitation Network ) Architecture. "We are very excited to join with Nokia in broadening our market-leading VPN-1 product family," said Jerry Ungerman executive vice president of Check Point Software Technologies. "With the expanded partnership, Check Point can provide customers, resellers and partners with a single source for integrated VPN and firewall appliance solutions jointly developed by Nokia and Check Point." The Check Point/Nokia VPN-1 Appliance line is already the industry's most popular solution with a market share almost three times that of any other vendor, according to recent independent data by Infonetics Research, Inc. of San Jose. "By combining efforts, Nokia and Check Point are ideally positioned to extend their leadership in the security appliance market." said Don Jaworski, vice president and general manager, Nokia IP Routing. "Nokia looks forward to leveraging the strong sales and distribution partners of Check Point to reach a broad cross-section of customers. This initiative is consistent with our strategy of becoming the Internet appliance supplier of choice, for both enterprise and managed service providers looking to deploy mission critical Internet applications." The Nokia/Check Point VPN-1 Appliance integrates Check Point's proven VPN-1/FireWall-1 security software with the comprehensive Nokia IP Internet appliance to deliver powerful Internet connectivity solutions. For all VPN-1 Appliance products, security and operating system software is installed and pre-configured for rapid deployment. The VPN-1 appliance is managed centrally, enabling VPN functionality to be integrated with the overall network security policy and effectively administered from a single console. The Nokia Internet appliance has quickly become the choice of both enterprise and managed service customers due to its simplicity, performance and high availability. The Nokia offering enables customers to rapidly deploy mission critical internet applications such as firewall and VPN solutions from Check Point Software, without the complexity of integrating software and hardware components from various suppliers. The jointly developed VPN-1 Appliances are an important element of Check Point Software's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture, which uniquely enables organizations to secure networks, systems, users and applications across enterprise networks. The SVN approach provides the industry's most comprehensive framework for secure and seamless Internet connectivity across the Internet, intranets and extranets. About Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-1 and Check Point RealSecure), traffic control (FloodGate-1 and ConnectControl), 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 (OPerations SECurity) The U.S. military term for concealing critical information as part of a counterintelligence plan. A form of "security by obscurity," OPSEC determines what information adversaries can obtain or piece together from observation and to provide measures for Alliance, Check Point Software's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from more than 200 leading industry partners. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. 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. About Nokia Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight totaled EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 13.3 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 51,000 people. Visit us at www.nokia.com. Note to Editors: (C)1999 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, Meta IP, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, User-to-Address Mapping, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Appliance, VPN-1 Certificate Manager, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecuRemote, and ConnectControl 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 and 5,835,726 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. |
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