One of the biggest names in network security is bought out.

This week we have received the good news that Check Point has completed the purchase of Nokia Security Appliances Business Unit.

In practical terms this means no difference to you as you will continue to receive the same levels of support as before. Virtronix will continue to support your security and your company's needs. Check Point is immediately supporting the terms of Nokia's security appliance support agreements until those agreements expire. Customers who choose to renew support after their Nokia contracts expire will be offered virtually identical support programs - Check Point Access and Check Point Essential. The minor changes to these offerings result in similar or better service level agreements and similar or lower prices.

In addition Check Point will honour the Nokia support policy which commits to providing for 5 years support after the model's End of Sale date.

This will make little or no difference to your choice of architecture. You will however see benefit in that IP appliances are available immediately from Check Point and will support both Check Point R70 release, based on the Software Blade Architecture and Check Point NGX R65. The system is somewhat simplified in that Check Point is the end point for answers to any questions and there is a much more closely knit supply chain.

All in all this will make it easier to work with Virtronix and with Check Point.

If you have any other question about the purchase, or Check Point's new R70 version please call us on 0870 0117 455.email us or visit the Virtronix website for more information.