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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today unveiled VPN-1 Edge™, a new line of turnkey Check Point VPN/security appliances specifically tailored for easy, cost-effective deployment of security to remote site business locations. Centrally manageable and easily incorporated into existing infrastructures, VPN-1 Edge is ideal for a broad range of business scenarios with remote sites numbering from few to thousands -- such as retail sites connecting to corporate resources, franchise locations, small remote offices, and business partner extranets.
VPN-1 Edge is supported by powerful SMART™ centralized management and runs VPN-1 Embedded NG, based on Check Point's VPN-1 NG software. VPN-1 Edge appliances complement Check Point VPN-1 Express™ and Check Point VPN-1 Pro™ by extending Check Point's market-leading protection to the very edge of the network, ensuring seamless perimeter security. Additionally, VPN-1 Edge appliances eliminate the security concerns often associated with 'always-on' broadband, enabling remote sites to now take advantage of broadband speed and reliability.
"A large number of remote sites have limited local IT and security expertise and require a solution that is a homogenous extension to the organization's central locations, balances ease of deployment and offers centralized management, enterprise-class security and VPN features -- all at an attractive price point," said Mark Bouchard, Senior Program Director, META Group Technology Research Services.
VPN-1 Edge is available in two series - the 'S' series, ideal for telecommuters and small remote offices and the 'X' series, ideal for sites requiring site-to-site VPN. The 'X' series also delivers additional capabilities such as high performance, high availability, support for multi-ISPs and automatic recovery. Highlights of VPN-1 Edge include:
