Check Point Software Technologies Propels Mellanox Past One Million Ethernet Switch Ports
June 05 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Security Leader Integrates Mellanox Switches
into its Hyperscale Security Appliances, Driving Mellanox Past the
One Million Port Milestone
Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier
of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for
data center servers and storage systems, today announced the
integration of its Ethernet switches into security leader Check
Point Software’s “Maestro” security platform, which has propelled
Ethernet switch shipments past the one million port milestone.
Check Point builds the world’s leading data center security
appliances and has selected Mellanox Spectrum based Ethernet
switches for its next generation Maestro platform – the industry’s
first truly hyperscale network security solution. This design win
continues Mellanox’s momentum in Ethernet switch platforms shipped
to the worlds leading cloud, storage, and security solutions
providers.
The Check Point Maestro security solution leverages the Mellanox
10, 25 and 100Gbps Spectrum based Ethernet switch platforms. The
Spectrum based Open Ethernet platform enables Check Point to
quickly allow Gaia, the next generation operating system for
security applications, to run on the switch. This flexibility
enables Check Point customers to benefit from the best Ethernet
switch data plane connectivity combined with the most secure and
easy to use operating system for security appliances. In addition,
Check Point’s HyperSync patented technology allows customers to
enjoy full redundancy within a system by utilizing all hardware
resources.
Gaia provides the superb feature set and interfaces that are
familiar to security administrators worldwide, and delivers secure
and easy updates via IPSO and SecurePlatform.
“We are excited that Check Point, the leader in scalable,
high-performance security platforms has selected our Spectrum
Ethernet switches as a critical element of Maestro, the true
hyperscale solution for network security,” said Yael Birk
Hoter-Ishay, Sr. Director of Sales at Mellanox. “This follows the
previous selection of Mellanox NICs and transceivers for its 25, 40
and 100Gbps solutions. Mellanox 10/25/100Gbps switches are a great
match not only due to their superior performance, but also due to
the switch being an open platform, thus allowing customers with
sophisticated needs to tailor the capabilities to their
liking.”
“Check Point Maestro is a revolutionary new architecture that
enables businesses of any size to enjoy the power of flexible
cloud-level security platforms, and to seamlessly expand their
existing security gateways to hyperscale capacity firewalls.
Performance, reliability, fault tolerant, and secure network
connectivity are all critical to our customers,” said Itai
Greenberg, VP Product Management at Check Point Software
Technologies. “After a careful evaluation of the various offerings,
we selected the Mellanox Spectrum family of switches as the best
solution to meet our needs and deliver unmatched security platforms
to our customers. We look forward to continuing the technology
collaboration with Mellanox for product generations to come.”
In the competitive world of high-speed networks, performance is
at a premium. Here, Mellanox has the advantage of manufacturing
switches based on entirely in-house developed Spectrum and
Spectrum-2 silicon – rather than using commodity chips from
merchant semiconductors suppliers. This allows leaner,
purpose-built components that give Mellanox the edge in
performance, efficiency, density, telemetry, and flexibility. Where
many chips are completely hard-wired, Mellanox chips are designed
with a programmable pipeline for faster accommodation of customers’
requirements.
Additional Resources:
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Switches
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About Mellanox
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) is a leading supplier
of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand smart interconnect solutions
and services for servers and storage. Mellanox interconnect
solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest
throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to
applications, unlocking system performance and improving data
security. Mellanox offers a choice of fast interconnect products:
adapters, switches, software and silicon that accelerate
application performance and maximize business results for a wide
range of markets including cloud and hyperscale, high performance
computing, artificial intelligence, enterprise data centers, cyber
security, storage, financial services and more. More information is
available at: http://www.mellanox.com
Note: Mellanox is a registered trademark of
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. All other trademarks are property of
their respective owners.
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