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Check Point launches Open Choice Appliance Eco-system
By siliconindia
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Monday, 07 July 2008, 19:30 IST
New Delhi: Check Point Software Technologies, a global Internet security firm has announced the India launch of Check Point Power-1, a new line of Internet security appliances offering high-performance sites an easy to manage security solution with the best price/performance ratio available. Check Point has also introduced in the Indian market the new UTM-1 Total Security appliances, giving enterprise sites of all sizes more choices to match the right solution with their security and performance needs.
Power-1 appliances combine firewall, IPSec, virtual private network (VPN) and intrusion prevention with advanced acceleration technologies, delivering a high-performance security platform for multi-Gbps environments.
"We are committed to providing our customers high performing security solutions," said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Country Sales Manager, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies. "Power-1 provides customers with 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," added Bhaskar.
Power-1 appliances provide performance up to 14 Gbps firewall throughput, delivering cost-efficient firewall for high performance environments a price/performance ratio under $4 per Mbps. With a 6.1 Gbps intrusion prevention speed, customers also gain the ability to stop application layer threats at industry-leading speeds. Consequently, organizations facing application security threats, such as worms or buffer overflows, will be able to stop them while maintaining high performance for business critical applications. Since advanced acceleration technologies are built into the software, customers can also receive performance improvements without upgrading hardware, maximizing the value of their security investment.
As sites increase in complexity or in size, their environments will require security appliances with more ports and higher performance. The two new Check Point Power-1 appliance models provide the ability to meet all levels of complexity.
These appliances are available immediately and can be purchased through Check Point's worldwide network of value-added resellers. The pricing for Power-1 appliances starts at $36,500. The pricing for Check Point UTM-1 Total Security appliances starts at $4,800.
