http://www.monashreport.com/2007/01/18/juniper-networks-security-appliance/ Technology ... politics ... marketing ... strategy ... life Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:11:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.monashreport.com/2007/01/18/juniper-networks-security-appliance/#comment-4941 The Monash Report»Blog Archive » Check Point Software’s unusual appliance strategy Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:22:58 +0000 http://www.monashreport.com/2007/01/18/juniper-networks-security-appliance/#comment-4941 [...] Check Point Software is the traditional leader in the firewall market, having seized large market share in its early days by innovating convenient, GUI-based policy management tools. Except in niches, its competitors today are mainly networking giants Cisco and Juniper. (Juniper acquired Netscreen in 2004.) Unlike most other security software vendors, Check Point continues to focus on being a packaged software vendor (but see below). Even so, almost all Check Point software is sold either on appliances or as a “virtual appliance.” I’ll explain. [...] [...] Check Point Software is the traditional leader in the firewall market, having seized large market share in its early days by innovating convenient, GUI-based policy management tools. Except in niches, its competitors today are mainly networking giants Cisco and Juniper. (Juniper acquired Netscreen in 2004.) Unlike most other security software vendors, Check Point continues to focus on being a packaged software vendor (but see below). Even so, almost all Check Point software is sold either on appliances or as a “virtual appliance.” I’ll explain. [...]

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