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Akibia Recognized for Second Consecutive Year WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Akibia, a leading independent IT services firm providing data center and network security solutions, announced it has received from Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) the Check Point Software PUREAdvantage Award at Check Point Experience. The award recognizes Akibia as the Platinum Partner of the Year. This is the second consecutive year Akibia has won this award. Akibia was recognized because it excels as a Check Point partner providing expert Check Point consulting, integration, support and education services. Akibia's engineers are experienced and proven in implementing Check Point solutions and Akibia is routinely commended by joint customers for its superior Check Point integration and support capabilities. The partnership between the two companies has grown significantly in terms of customers, revenue and strategic successes as a result of Akibia's strong consulting team, its ability to quickly integrate new and emerging Check Point solutions within its portfolio, and its knowledgeable and educated sales and support staff, as well as the strength of Check Point's data security solutions. "Akibia exemplifies partner excellence," said Marty Leamy, vice president of Americas field operations for Check Point. "We have recognized Akibia for the second consecutive year with the Check Point Software PUREAdvantage Award because of the value Akibia brings to our partnership and our shared customers, in terms of support, technical capabilities and depth of market penetration." Akibia supports the full Check Point technology life cycle. Akibia's leading consulting, implementation and systems integration services are renowned for superior quality and enable clients to reduce risk, ensure compliance and secure their IT environment by leveraging best-in-breed Check Point security solutions. Akibia's advanced 24x7 firewall and infrastructure support services, including Monitored and Managed Firewall and VPN Services, help companies proactively support their Check Point environment. The company's 24x7 technical support center is staffed by Check Point-certified engineers, who are experts in firewalls, VPNs, and endpoint security. Akibia's flexible and innovative approach to delivering technical support allows its clients to customize a solution to meet their unique requirements. Akibia is also the largest Check Point Authorized Training Center in New England. "We are honored to once again be recognized with the Check Point Software PUREAdvantage Award," said Tom Tucker, president of Akibia. "Akibia is a trusted advisor to our clients, and in that role we ensure we are providing the best possible solutions for data security, which includes Check Point's suite of data protection and encryption products." About Akibia, Inc. Akibia provides innovative IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with its customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability and performance of their data center and security infrastructure. Combining expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service, Akibia helps IT organizations maximize the value of their existing infrastructure, while mitigating risk and reducing complexity. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent services company with offices throughout the United States and Europe. Akibia is a registered trademark of Akibia, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (http://www.checkpoint.com/) is the leader in securing the Internet. Check Point offers total security solutions featuring a unified gateway, single endpoint agent and single management architecture, customized to fit customers' dynamic business needs. We are unique in this offering as a result of our leadership and innovation in the enterprise firewall, personal firewall/endpoint, data security and VPN markets. Check Point's pure focus is on information security. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture to protect business communications and resources, including corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market-leading endpoint and data security solutions with Check Point Endpoint Security products, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and identity theft. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes. DATASOURCE: Akibia, Inc. CONTACT: Stephanie Hadley of Akibia, Inc., +1-508-621-4753, Web site: http://www.akibia.com/ http://www.checkpoint.com/

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