Check Point Software Grows Leadership Position as No. 1 Worldwide Virtual Private Network -- VPN -- Vendor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 New Report Shows Check Point Significantly Leads With 62% Market Share Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq:CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it has increased its share of the worldwide virtual private network (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. ) market to 62 percent, according to a new report from Datamonitor, a leading global market analyst firm. Datamonitor's "IPSec VPN Solutions" report accounts for VPN hardware and software shipments and gives Check Point the predominant share of the fast-growing worldwide VPN market, with a lead of more than four-times any other vendor. These independent results validate Check Point's continuing strong growth in the VPN market -- an increase of over 10 percent in 2000, according to similar research conducted this time last year. Check Point is proliferating the VPN market through its world-class VPN-1(TM)/FireWall-1(R) security software. An integrated security solution that delivers VPN and firewall protection as a complete layer, Check Point's VPN-1(TM)/FireWall-1(R) is available as a standalone software solution or on a range of appliances by industry-leading hardware vendors such as 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. ), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), and Intrusion.com (Nasdaq:INTZ). "Check Point has both defined and led the VPN market and built a unique value as a comprehensive platform for Internet security," said Jerry Ungerman, president of Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point Next Generation, the next major new release of our industry-leading Internet security software, will continue to advance the VPN market and better meet customer needs by making Internet security easy to use, manage and scale, while helping companies dramatically cut communications costs through the use of advanced VPN capabilities." The Datamonitor "IPSec VPN Solutions" report can be viewed at www.checkpoint.com/vpnmarket. About Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company'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 provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN secures business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) communications between networks, systems, applications and users across the Internet, Intranets and extranets. Check Point's Open Platform for Security (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 ) provides the framework for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 270 leading industry partners. For more information, please call us at 800/429-4391 or 650/628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com. |
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