Akibia Wins Check Point Software PURE Security Award
Recognized For Security Expertise and Commitment to Customers
June 25, 2007
Westborough, MA – June 25, 2007 - Akibia, a leading independent IT services firm providing data center and network security solutions, today announced it has received from Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) the Check Point Software PURE Security Award. The award recognizes Akibia for its commitment to providing superior security solutions and its ability to provide best-in-class support to its large and growing customer base.
In recognizing Akibia, Check Point cited Akibia’s innovative capabilities in embracing cutting-edge security solutions and delivering those solutions to its customer base. In addition, Akibia was recognized because it excels as a trusted partner to Check Point and its customers, and has experienced significant growth as a Check Point partner. Akibia provides support and implementation for Check Point products within its complete set of Network and Security services, which include consulting and systems integration services related to reducing risk, ensuring compliance and securing the customer’s IT environment.
"Akibia exemplifies security service excellence," said Amnon Bar-Lev, vice president, field operations and technical services at Check Point. "We are delighted to award Akibia with the Check Point Software PURE Security Award due to their dedication to helping customers reduce risks and improve IT security using Check Point security solutions."
Akibia is one of the premier security solution providers in the United States and EMEA and is also a Check Point Platinum Partner. Akibia’s advanced 24X7 firewall and infrastructure support services, including Monitored and Managed Firewall, and VPN Services, help companies proactively support their Check Point environment. The company’s 24x7 technical support center is staffed by Check Point-certified engineers, who are experts in firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and endpoint security. Akibia’s flexible and innovative approach to delivering technical support allows its clients to customize a solution to meet their unique requirements. Akibia is also the largest Check Point Authorized Training Center in New England.
“We are honored to accept the Check Point Software Pure Security Award,” said Tom Tucker, president of Akibia. “As a trusted advisor to our clients we are committed to creating the best solutions to fit their specific security needs. Because of Check Point’s rich feature set and functionality, our customers leverage Check Point in their security environment.”
About Akibia, Inc.
Akibia provides innovative IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with its customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability and performance of their data center and security infrastructure. Combining expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service, Akibia helps IT organizations maximize the value of their existing infrastructure, while mitigating risk and reducing complexity. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent services company with offices throughout the United States and Europe.
Akibia is a registered trademark of Akibia, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.
About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.
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