NEW YORK, November 22, 2004 - Nokia (NYSE:NOK) today announced that recent tests conducted by The Tolly Group support Nokia's position as the high-end security platform leader. Test results show the IP2250 running market-leading VPN-1® Pro perimeter security solution from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) outperformed the competing enterprise-class security platform, the NetScreen-5400, from Juniper Networks Netscreen (Nasdaq: JNPR). The IP2250 offers significantly greater performance in key areas critical to network traffic with more than three times the mixed object code HTTP traffic throughput, up to twice the firewall throughput in industry standard UDP tests, and nearly five times the session rate of the NetScreen-5400.  The IP2250 is designed to support up to 800,000 firewall connections, and deliver up to 7.5 Gbps of throughput for large-sized packets.  The complete test results can be found at:  http://www.tolly.com/docdetail.aspx?DocNumber=204150

 

The IP2250, running Check Point VPN-1 Pro NG software, was tested against the NetScreen-5400 in a number of areas, including firewall throughput using various packet sizes ranging from the 64-byte packets to 1,518-byte packets, per-second session rate, as well as throughput and TCP connection rate in a mixed object size HTTP traffic load environment.  Unlike previous industry tests, this Tolly Group report looks at real-world traffic impacting large enterprises, e-commerce, data look up or ISP-type sites in addition to lab benchmarks.

 

"High-end flagship security appliances that roughly share the same price points should also offer comparable performance when it comes to throughput, session rate and connections supported under real-world traffic loads," said Kevin Tolly, president/CEO of The Tolly Group. "Considering that there is not a huge chasm in the pricing spread of the devices tested, users will be able to wring greater performance, and ultimately more bang for the buck from the Nokia IP2250."

 

Test results concluded:

 

- Nokia's IP2250 offered an average throughput of 1.1 Gbps for a mix of HTTP traffic packet sizes, which was 3.4 times greater than the 328.4 Mbps average offered by the NetScreen-5400.

 

- The IP2250 achieved almost twice as much zero-loss throughput than the NetScreen 5400 - 7.7 Gbps for large 1518 byte packets versus 4.1 Gbps.  The IP2250 also offered more than double the throughput when tested with 512-byte frames (which is more reflective of real-world average packet sizes), achieving 7.3 Gbps versus 3.7 Gbps for the NetScreen firewall.

 

- The IP2250 sustained 32,900 successful TCP sessions per second, five times the session rate of 6,920 TCP sessions/seconds handled by the NetScreen-5400.  This is very important to support enterprises running web sites requiring high volumes of connections.

 

 

Nokia/Check Point Relationship

 

"A significant number of Check Point customers rely on the Nokia IP Security platform to protect their most critical network infrastructure and business assets," said Paul Weinstein, vice president of business development for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.  "This third-party, benchmark of Check Point and Nokia solutions is further proof of our shared commitment to delivering intelligent security solutions targeting the world's largest enterprises and organizations."

 

Nokia and Check Point have enjoyed a successful seven-year partnership leveraging Check Point's VPN/Firewall products on Nokia's proven IP Security platforms.  Nokia and Check Point continue to work together to remain strong partners in the $1.6 billion VPN/Firewall market.  Both companies anticipate strengthening their joint position in the marketplace, as well as to continue providing strong products that lead the market in security and mobile connectivity, such as the IP2250 using Check Point's VPN-1 Next Generation with Application Intelligence tested in this competitive analysis.

 

"We enjoy a fruitful relationship with Check Point, and will continue jointly selling Nokia security platforms with Check Point software.  Together, we have delivered over 180,000 security appliances, capturing 30 percent of the global IT marketplace, and leading the industry in providing secure access to corporate data for the mobile workforce," said Greg Shortell, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Nokia Enterprise Solutions. "We will continue to work together to provide industry leading solutions."

 

"The Tolly Group study confirms that Nokia is meeting the needs of our enterprise customers by providing the highest quality security appliances at the best total cost of ownership," said Elie Habib, senior vice president of security and mobile connectivity, Nokia Enterprise Solutions.  "Our mission is to see growing interest in, and adoption of, our proven IT security platforms by customers around the globe, coupled with industry leading VPN/firewalls from Check Point.  We believe this independent analysis confirms our leadership in the global IT security market."

 

About The Tolly Group

The Tolly Group, an independent testing and strategic consulting organization based in Boca Raton, FL., offers a full range of services designed to furnish both the vendor and end-user communities with authoritative and unbiased information.  Additionally, The Tolly Group is recognized worldwide for its expertise in assessing leading-edge technologies. For more information on The Tolly Group's services, visit its Web site at www.tolly.com, E-mail info@tolly.com, call (561) 391-5610, or fax (561) 391-5810.

 

About Check Point

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets.  Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's Zone Labs (www.zonelabs.com) division is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of 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 over 350 leading companies.  Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 countries.

 

About Nokia

Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry.  Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses.  Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations. www.nokia.com.

 

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