Check Point Software Announces Major Milestone With Over 10 Million New VPN Users in 1999 - licenses over 10 million VPN-1 SecuRemote clients - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, August 30, 1999

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Wednesday announced that it has licensed over ten million new VPN-1 SecuRemote clients since the start of 1999. This represents an important milestone in the rapid deployment of the company's VPN-1 product line across enterprise, mid-range and service provider customers worldwide. SecuRemote enables mobile workers, telecommuters and extended workforces to seamlessly and securely connect to their corporate networks over the Internet.

VPN-1 SecuRemote is the remote access client software in Check Point Software's market leading VPN-1 product line. SecuRemote enables client-to-site remote access VPNs and represents a critical component of a corporation's overall secure Internet architecture. SecuRemote is available for Microsoft's Windows 95, 98 and NT platforms. Earlier this week, Check Point also announced that SecuRemote would be available on the Microsoft Windows 2000 platforms.

"Remote access and eBusiness are the key drivers behind the strong growth in VPNs worldwide," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "With over 10 million new VPN clients in 1999, Check Point's security has rapidly become the most widely deployed eBusiness enabler on the Internet."

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (VPN-1/FireWall-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 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 and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. FMI: http://www.checkpoint.com or http://www.opsec.com.