Check Point introduces new IP appliance line

Telecomworldwire, June 2, 2009

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-2 June 2009-Check Point introduces new IP appliance line(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq:CHKP), an Internet security company, announced on Monday (1 June) a new IP appliance line based on former Nokia (NYSE:NOK) hardware with performance of up to 29Gb/s, now offered as a single solution integrated with Check Point R70 security gateway software.

The company said that the new Check Point IP appliance line utilises carrier-grade Nokia hardware and integrates it with Check Point's security software. The IP appliances provide flexible, extensible security through the company's Software Blade architecture that allows customers to select the exact security protection needed for a given environment. The appliances deliver up to 29Gb/s of firewall throughput, an increase of more than 20% from previous models, and up to 8Gb/s of virtual private network (VPN) throughput and include multiple acceleration and interface options.

The new IPS software blade is provided in the standard software configuration with a year of updates subscription included. The IPS software blade adds a strong security layer at the gateway, providing behavioral and signature-based protections with IPS performance throughput of up to 9Gb/s.

Features of the new IP appliance line include: integration with Check Point R70 software licenses and with support; standard software blades include firewall, VPN, IPS, Advanced Networking and Acceleration and Clustering blades; dual image with both Check Point R70 and NGX R65 is included on the IP appliances; VRRP (virtual redundancy routing protocols) technology delivers fail-over capabilities; hardware add-ons, Accelerated Data Path (ADP) service modules, increase acceleration of an appliance up to five times; connectivity options of 1 GbE to 10 GbE, copper, fibre increase hardware flexibility and reduce costs; collection of hot swappable interfaces, interchangeable components and redundant power supplies enable customer to service without bringing down the appliance; and single support programs include unified service level agreements (SLA) at lower rates, the company said.

No pricing details were disclosed.

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