Check Point completes acquisition of FaceTime’s application database
ConvergenceAsia staff
25/11/2009

Check Point Software Technologies, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, will add security controls for over 50,000 Web 2.0 widgets and more than 4,500 Internet applications. The addition is a result of the acquisition of the industry's most comprehensive application classification and signature database from FaceTime Communications.

New developments from Check Point combined with the acquired technologies will provide businesses unparalleled granular control over application usage and enable security administrators to prevent threats associated with the use of certain Internet applications. Check Point will offer this new level of security controls as a Software Blade that will be available for all gateways.

Said Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive officer at Check Point, "As the Internet and its use evolved, Check Point has ensured businesses remain securely connected. This granular application control will enable better use of Web 2.0 technologies safely and securely."

"We are continuing to re-invent the Internet firewall," continued Shwed. "Adding the world's largest application classification database is a natural extension of our Software Blade architecture, demonstrating the power of our architecture and solution."

Pricing and availability for this new software blade will be announced soon in 2010.

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