* What the Nokia IP 260 and IP 265 offer midsized businesses
Check Point and Nokia are combining their software and hardware to offer midsized businesses a VPN gateway that supports SSL and IPSec VPNs.
Check Point and Nokia are combining their software and hardware to offer midsized businesses a VPN gateway that supports SSL and IPSec VPNs.
Called the Nokia IP 260 and IP 265, the former with a hard drive and the latter with flash memory, support up to 500 end users.
The software on the devices is Check Point’s Express, a bundle of Check Point security features more sophisticated than the company’s small-business gear but less complex and less expensive than its large-business packages.
The two devices can be upgraded with add-ons, including support for SSL VPNs that can be used for remote access.
The devices come packaged with the Check Point license included in the purchase price, something that will simplify life for customers. Buying an appliance from one customer but having to deal with another to pay license fees is a headache no IT department needs, but particularly those in smaller businesses where IT staff may be in short supply.
Nokia’s Web-based management platform can be used to manage the devices remotely and set security parameters.
Check Point came out with the Express bundle of features two years ago in an effort to give businesses without the financial resources of the larger corporations a set of firewall-VPN features they could afford. The software can be purchased separately and deployed on Windows, Linux and Sun servers.
Prices for the two boxes range from about $4,800 to about $9,000, depending on what options customers buy and how many end-user licenses they sign up for.
