Check Point Honored with a 2008 Tech Innovator Award by Everything Channel’s VARBusiness
November 24 2008 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Check Point� Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the
worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that
they have been honored by Everything Channel�s VARBusiness as a
recipient of a 2008 Tech Innovator award in the Security category.
The sixth annual Tech Innovators Awards celebrate the most
innovative products, people and personalities in the industry and
highlight emerging products and technologies currently sold through
the IT Channel. �Innovation is truly the heart of the technology
industry, and the winners of this year's VARBusiness Tech Innovator
Awards have taken innovation to the next level," said Robert C.
DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything
Channel. "We congratulate each and every one of this year's Tech
Innovator Award winners.� �Winning this award demonstrates Check
Point�s superiority in securing the network infrastructure and our
leadership in the UTM appliance marketplace,� said Amnon Bar-Lev,
vice president of world wide field operations at Check Point.
�Check Point is honored to be recognized with this distinguished
award for its innovative and quality proven UTM-1 Total Security
appliance.� UTM-1� Total Security appliances are all-inclusive,
turn-key solutions that integrate all the best of breed security
functionalities that a small, medium-or enterprise business needs
to secure their network. Each appliance includes integrated
centralized management, along with complete security updates,
hardware support, and discounted customer support for up to 3
years. UTM-1 Total Security appliances are extremely channel
friendly as they enable Check Point authorized resellers to extend
the expertise they already have in Check Point security to
companies and locations that require a turnkey, easy to deploy
security solution. The result is customers get easy-to-manage,
turnkey security with the backing of the knowledge, expertise and
value-added services provided by Check Point�s network of over
3,000 worldwide channel partners. The Tech Innovator awards were
awarded in the following categories: Managed Services; Voice over
IP; Virtualization; Storage; Wireless; Servers; Portables; Display;
Connectivity; Security; Business Software Enterprise; Business
Software SMB; Desktops; Printing; Editor�s Choice and Tech
Innovator. For each category, CRN Test Center technical editors
evaluated each entry on characteristics such as whether it
delivered new functionality, used innovation to solve a problem in
a new way, or overcame previous technical limitations using a new
approach. The product that bridged the widest gap between problem
and solution, using new technology or methods, was named the winner
in each category. The awards were presented at the XChange Tech
Innovators conference in San Jose, CA. The conference brought
together over 115 Solution Providers, the latest 'cutting-edge'
technology solutions along with the most sophisticated products and
live displays in the industry. Event highlights included:
educational sessions led by senior editors and analysts of
Everything Channel, networking opportunities and the VARBusiness
Tech Innovators Awards Gala. About VARBusiness
(www.varbusiness.com) For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic
resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector
(or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness
integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic
insight for technology integrators through industry-defining
research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web
services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated
decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers.
VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to
unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution
Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of
numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.
Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and
accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and
recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers
technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global
brands and market intelligence combined with an unparallel audience
loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels.
Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything
Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need
to achieve measurable and significant results. About United
Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) United
Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media�and marketing
services company that informs markets and brings the world�s buyers
and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the
information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves
professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals�to
doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to
pharmacists around the world.�UBM employs�more than 6,500�people in
more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US
include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel,
PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services.
UBM�is�listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market
capitalization of $2.5 billion. About Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
(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. �2003�2008 Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. All other
product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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