Check Point

8-ball

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:49:31 -0400

So does this mean it's already available? For a company their size, aren't they behind the 8-ball a little? i.e. Reflex, Stonesoft, Bluelane

Microsoft addresses ZoneAlarm patch snafu

SecurityBlog — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:08:19 -0400

Microsoft is re-issuing one of its advisories from this week's Patch Tuesday after some ZoneAlarm users complained they had dead Internet connections after installing the fix. Tuesday's MS08-37 update, which fixed a major DNS bug, now has an updated FAQ section that points ZoneAlarm and CheckPoint Endpoint Security customers to their respective Web sites for updates on how to fix the lossed Internet connection. Microsoft itself is not updating the actual patch.

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RE: IBM System x3650

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:40:15 -0500

This result is of no surprise, Checkpoint cheated - The IBM system runs a technology called coreXL which Checkpoint have developed to make use of multi-core CPUs. The issue is that Checkpoint to date have only just allowed their other partners to develope this feature, Nokia and Crossbeam will release coreXL features in '08. As I say a good result but no surprise..

RE: Check Point VPN-1 UTM Gateway

meatpieandtatters — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:54:12 -0500

Big freaking deal! Checkpoint introduces another over-priced and over-complicated piece of technology and we're supposed to be excited? There are at least a dozen other solution providers offering a comparable product and a much better price point. And more importantly, every other vendor offer better support than Checkpoint. They're holier-than-thou haughty attitude may have gotten them to their past prominence, but now it only hastens their fall from grace.

RE: Check Point?s own UTM-1 2050

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:15:32 -0500

I need information on how to configure BGP on the checkpoint UTM 2050.

Value to new Check Point certification?

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:25:02 -0400

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Check Point box plays "Family Guy," too

Paul McNamara — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:47:20 -0400

We're going to let my Network World colleague Tim Greene take over Buzzblog for a moment to fill us in on a geeky YouTube clip that's starting to cause a stir:

Check Point Software's recently introduced UTM-1 security appliance is more than a way to protect networks from Internet threats - it can also be a home media center.
As this YouTube video - "Checkpoint UTM-1 to Media center in my living room" - demonstrates, PC-based UTM-1 hardware can be modified to support the playing of videos - in this case an episode of "Family Guy."

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Adaptive Security Appliance key to Cisco turnaround success in firewall market

Brad Reese — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:57:35 -0400

By the end of 2005, Cisco was getting its butt kicked in the firewall market, even though the Cisco PIX firewall had long been a familiar name. According to The NPD Group/Distributor Track, which monitors the U.S. dollar volume sales of high-tech products through certain major distributors, Symantec held a 55.6 percent share of the firewall segment at the end of 2005, compared with Cisco's 17.8 percent. Dark Reading Risky Business reports that solution providers point to two key events as the impetus for what amounted to a dramatic turnaround in 2006. First, in June 2006 Symantec said it would decrease its investment in security appliances, including the Symantec Gateway Security appliance line, which includes firewall capabilities. Second, in July 2006 Cisco added two new models to its Adaptive Security Appliance unified threat management series, which also includes a firewall. In the wake of these events, Cisco's U.S. dollar volume share for firewalls leapt nearly 20 percentage points in 2006 to 37.7 percent, overtaking Symantec's results, which slipped 21 percentages points to 34.6 percent, the NPD data shows. Check Point Software Technologies is the third best-seller with a 15.2 percent share. "Cisco's SMARTnet support is another reason behind Cisco's recent firewall market gains because customers like having an entire organization that works with them to support complex solutions," said Gary Berzack, CTO of Cisco partner eTribeca, New York. Steve Pettit, president of Blue Spruce Technologies, Greenland, N.H., is seeing "a lot of customers" upgrading from Cisco's PIX firewall to the ASA, and he thinks the ASA series is also taking market share away from Cisco competitors including Symantec and Check Point. Migration Guide from Cisco PIX 500 to Cisco ASA 5500 Series "A big reason for Cisco's firewall market leadership is the trend toward companies looking to consolidate multiple functions within a single appliance, which has helped fuel sales of the ASA line," said Steven Reese, security practice manager at Nexus Integration Services, a Valencia, Calif., solution provider.

Firewalls
Top 3 Best-Sellers*

	2006 MARKET SHARE	MARKET-SHARE CHANGE OVER 2005
Cisco Systems	37.7%	+19.9
Symantec	34.6%	-21
Check Point	15.2%	+5.7

* RANKING BASED ON 2006 REVENUE SHARE; HIGHLIGHTED VENDOR GAINED GREATEST SHARE FROM 2005 TO 2006
SOURCE: THE NPD GROUP/DISTRIBUTOR TRACK (INCLUDES GTDC DATA)

You may find of interest the Miercom Lab Test comparing the Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance against the following Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliance competitors: Check Point VPN-1 Pro, Fortinet FortiGate 1000 and Juniper Networks NetScreen-208. Do you have an interesting story about how the Cisco ASA has had a dramatic impact on Cisco's fortunes in the firewall market? http://www.BradReese.Com

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