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|name= Andrew Wilson
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| company_name = Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
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| location = [[Image:Flag_of_Israel.svg|20px]] [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] (before may 2007 : [[Ramat Gan]])
|nickname=Sandy
| key_people = [[Gil Shwed]], Founder, [[CEO]]<br/>[[Marius Nacht]], Founder
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| industry = [[Network security]]<br/>[[Computer software]]<br/>[[Computer hardware]]
|rank= [[Air Chief Marshal]]
| revenue = {{profit}} US$ 579.2 million (2005)<ref name="2005financials">{{cite web | title=Check Point Software Reports 2005 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results | url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2006/q405earnings013006.html | accessdate=2006-11-14}}</ref>
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| net_income = {{profit}} US$ 319.7 million (2005)<ref name="2005financials"/>
|commands=[[RAF Personnel and Training Command]]
| slogan = We Secure The Internet
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| homepage = [http://www.checkpoint.com/ www.checkpoint.com]
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|awards= [[Order of the Bath|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br>[[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]]
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[[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Sir]] '''Andrew Wilson''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]], [[Royal Aeronautical Society|FRAes]], [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], often known as '''Sir Sandy Wilson'''<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14030877</ref> is a retired senior [[Royal Air Force]] officer.
'''Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.''' ({{nasdaq|CHKP}}) is a hardware and software company that is best known for its [[firewall (networking)|firewall]] and [[VPN]] products. The company was founded in 1993 in [[Ramat-Gan]], [[Economy of Israel|Israel]], by [[Gil Shwed]], Shlomo Kramer, and [[Marius Nacht]]. The company has approximately 1400 employees. Check Point's development centers are located in Israel and in [[Economy of Belarus|Belarus]]. They also have offices in [[Redwood City, California]] and in the [[Dallas, Texas]] area. <ref>{{citeweb |url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244790/index.htm |publisher=''CNN Money'' |author='''Melanie Warner''' |date=July 6, 1998 |title=Check Point Software: Security Software}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10137883.html |title=Wall Street Warms to Check Point Software |author='''Ronna Abramson''' |publisher=''thestreet.com'' |date=January 20, 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15929167_ITM |title=Check Point Aborts Sourcefire Acquisition |quote=Facing intense pressure from U.S. government investigators, Israeli security company Check Point Software Technologies has aborted its acquisition of Sourcefire. |publisher='''eWeek''' |date=March 24, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/10277194/1/check-point-software-warns.html |title=Check Point Software Warns |quote=Check Point Software(CHKP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) late Monday reduced its full-year guidance and said that first-quarter revenue will also be lower than expected. For the first quarter ended March 31, the Internet security software maker said it now anticipates revenue of $133 million to $134 million. |date=April 3, 2006 |author= |publisher=''thestreet.com'' }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/02/19/businesswire20080219006572r1.html |publisher=''Forbes'' |date=February 19, 2008 |title=Check Point Software Announces Participation in First Quarter Investor Conferences |quote=


In 1993 Wilson was appointed [[Air Member for Personnel]]<ref>http://www.rafweb.org/AirMin2.htm</ref> and the following year, on 1 April 1994, Wilson became the first Air Officer Commander-in-Chief of [[RAF Personnel and Training Command|Personnel and Training Command]].
Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the company's expected investor conference participation for the first quarter of 2008. }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb |url=http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/06/business-beltway-check-point-cz_ae_0906beltway.html |publisher=''Forbes'' |date=September 6, 2006 |author='''Andrew T Gillies''' |quote=He may be an American, but Jerry Ungerman displays Israeli-style stoicism when it comes to the effects of war on his company, Check Point Software Technologies. The developer of computer security software has 600 employees in its hometown of Tel Aviv. |title=Check Point Software: Battle Hardened }}</ref>

== Products ==
Check Point's products fall into the following main categories:
* Network Security - this is Check Point's core business of products such as the VPN-1 software and UTM-1 appliances, as well as the Sofaware line of embedded firewall products.
* Data Security, which comprises of the software developed by Pointsec and Reflex Magnetics prior to being acquired by Check Point. These products are now being rolled into Check Point's single agent for Endpoint Security.
* Endpoint Security
* Security Management, which includes products such as Provider-1

==Acquisitions==
* Protect Data the holding company for PointSec Mobile Technologies, in a cash deal valued at $586m. Prior to their acquisition by Check Point, Pointsec Mobile Technologies acquired Reflex Magnetics<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2006/pointsec112006.html
|title=Check Point Announces a Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Protect Data
|date=[[2006-11-20]]
|accessdate=2008-10-12
}}</ref>.
* Zone Labs, makers of the Zone Alarm personal firewall software, in 2003, for $205 million in cash and shares<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2003/zonelabs121503.html
|title=Check Point Software Technologies to Acquire Zone Labs
|date=[[2003-12-15]]
|accessdate=2008-10-12
}}</ref>.
* NFR security, an intrusion prevention system developer, following it's failed plan to acquire Sourcefire<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2006/nfrsecurity121906.html
|title=Check Point to Acquire NFR Security; Expands Intrusion Prevention Capabilities to Fortify Enterprise Networks
|date=[[2006-12-19]]
|accessdate=2008-10-12
}}</ref>.

In 2005, Check Point tried to acquire intrusion prevention system developers [[Sourcefire]], but later withdrew its offer after it became clear US authorities would try to block the acquisition<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2006/sourcefire032306.html
|title=Check Point and Sourcefire to Explore Alternative Business Relationship
|date=[[2006-03-23]]
|accessdate=2008-10-12
}}</ref>.

==External links==
* [http://www.checkpoint.com/ www.checkpoint.com] — corporate website
* [http://www.sofaware.com/ www.sofaware.com] — SofaWare corporate website
* [http://www.zonealarm.com/ www.zonealarm.com] — ZoneAlarm division website
* [http://www.opsec.com/ www.opsec.com] — [[Open Platform for Security]] website
* [http://forums.checkpoint.com Check Point Official Forums]
* [http://www.cpug.org/ CPUG: The Check Point User Group]


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Revision as of 19:54, 12 October 2008

Andrew Wilson
Nickname(s)Sandy
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1962–1995
RankAir Chief Marshal
Commands heldRAF Personnel and Training Command
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross

Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Wilson KCB, AFC, FRAes, RAF, often known as Sir Sandy Wilson[1] is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

In 1993 Wilson was appointed Air Member for Personnel[2] and the following year, on 1 April 1994, Wilson became the first Air Officer Commander-in-Chief of Personnel and Training Command.

References

  1. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14030877
  2. ^ http://www.rafweb.org/AirMin2.htm
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