Check Point Software Names Jerry Ungerman President.Business Editors 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)--June 5, 2001 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that it has named Jerry Ungerman, formerly the company's Executive Vice President, as President. Ungerman's appointment reflects responsibilities he has received over the past two-and-a-half years. He will continue to have direct worldwide responsibility for sales, marketing, business development, product management and technical services. Gil Shwed Gil Shwed (Hebrew: גיל שוויד, fl. c. 2000) is an Israeli programmer and entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO and chairman of board of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. transfers the President title to Ungerman and continues as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the past two-and-a-half years Jerry has helped guide Check Point through its remarkable growth," said Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive officer of Check Point Software Technologies. "I am extremely pleased to give Jerry a title that more truly reflects his position in the company and I look forward to building upon our close working relationship." "I am honored and pleased to accept this new position," said Jerry Ungerman, president of Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point has achieved a clear leadership position in the 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 Firewall marketplace. With the release of our Next Generation products and a strong executive team, we are well positioned for tremendous future growth." 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. (c)2001 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecureServer, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, MetaInfo, Meta IP, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, SecureKnowledge, SiteManager, SVN, UAM UAM Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) UAM Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (México) UAM Uniwersytet im. , UserAuthority, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Appliance, VPN-1 Certificate Manager, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote, VPN-1 SecureServer 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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