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Check Point launches Open Choice Appliances for Indian market
By Vimali Swamy
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Friday, 04 July 2008, 01:30 IST
Bangalore: Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of end-to-end security solutions, today announced the launch of its Open Choice Appliance Eco-system in India. Check Point introduced Check Point Power-1, a new line of Internet security appliances that offers an easy to manage security solution combined with one of the best price/performance ratios available. It also launched the new UTM-1 Total Security appliances, giving small and medium Indian enterprises more choices to match the right solution with their security and performance needs. It provides customers with a variety of choices for deploying its security solutions, with unified security architecture, enabling organizations to perform all aspects of security management via a single, unified console.
Talking on the occasion, Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Country Sales Manager, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies, said, "Power-1 provides customers the flexibility to combat malicious applications and threats while maintaining predictably high speeds. With the new appliances, tight security does not come at the expense of network performance. However Indian SMBs seeking to leverage the most out of constrained IT resources want out-of-the-box network solutions with all the key security features and services on a platform that can keep a network moving quickly and smoothly. With UTM-1 Total Security, customers get the most comprehensive, powerful network protection on the market - based on the same VPN-1 solution that protects the Fortune 500 - in a single, easy-to-manage, cost effective platform."
Power-1 appliances provide performance up to 14 Gbps firewall throughput and combine firewall, IPSec, virtual private network (VPN) and intrusion prevention with advanced acceleration technologies, delivering a high-performance security platform for multi-Gbps environments. Multiple Power-1 appliances can be centrally managed with other Check Point security gateways through a single console, thus simplifying network security management and reducing administrative costs. The new UTM-1 Total Security appliances expand the performance of the UTM-1 line up to 4.5 Gbps. Customers can choose the right solution for their environment with appliances ranging in performance speeds from 400 Mbps to 4.5 Gbps. The entire UTM-1 Total Security product line comes with the "Total Security" package, which offers either one or three years of comprehensive security services and reduced support rates. The pricing for Power-1 appliances starts at $36,500 while UTM-1 Total Security appliances starts at $4,800.
Founded in 1993, Check Point is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. It started its India operations in 2006. After gaining a substantial penetration in large enterprise segment, it is currently targetting the SMB segment and hopes to gain a substantial market share by 2010.
