Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that it has been honoured 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 of 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 honoured to be recognised with this distinguished award for its innovative and quality-proven UTM-1 Total Security appliance.”
UTM-1 Total Security appliances are all-inclusive, turnkey solutions that integrate all the best-of-breed security functionalities that a small, medium-sized or enterprise business needs to secure its network. Each appliance includes integrated centralised management, along with complete security updates, hardware support, and discounted customer support for up to three years. UTM-1 Total Security appliances are extremely channel-friendly as they enable Check Point authorised 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, Virtualisation, Storage, Wireless, Servers, Portables, Display, Connectivity, Security, Business Software Enterprise, Business Software SME, Desktops, Printing, Editor's Choice and Tech Innovator.
For each category, CRN Test Centre 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, California. The conference brought together over 115 solution providers and 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.
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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 (http://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.
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 jewellery 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 capitalisation of $2.5 billion.
Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies (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, customised 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% of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organisations of all sizes.