According to a press release, Check Point has also extended its patented SecureXL acceleration technology to all UTM-1 appliances, significantly boosting firewall throughput performance. Now, customers can activate additional software blades to expand all layers of security for uncompromised protection and performance with a simple software upgrade to R71.
“With Check Point’s new levels of performance, we are able to deliver all-inclusive protection on a single appliance without the customer having to choose between performance and enhanced security.” said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director – India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies. “Customers can now deploy Check Point Antivirus and URL Filtering software blades on their existing gateways through a simple software upgrade. In a market where performance and throughput are critical this is an easy decision for most companies.”
Performance and throughput are important factors for businesses to remain protected, maximizing all levels of security without impeding the flow of business. Check Point’s new streaming technology enables a record performance for antivirus and URL filtering software blades:
* Up to 15 times antivirus throughput improvement, with over 1Gbps for a 2-core system and 3Gbps for a 4-core system
* Up to 80 times antivirus and URL filtering connection capacity improvements with over 500,000 million concurrent connection