"The cooperation between Check Point and Riverbed brings customers WAN optimization together with robust security, all in a single solution," said Amnon Bar-Lev, vice president of field operations at Check Point. "Check Point Security Gateway R70 on Riverbed's Steelhead appliance is a creative approach that leverages virtualization technology and adds to it Check Point's renowned security capabilities."

Running on the RSP will offer customers the combination of Check Point's market-leading security and the core Riverbed acceleration functionality within a single hardware platform -- the Steelhead appliance. Using the RSP, customers can deliver virtualized edge services for branch offices that are both best-of-breed and cost-effective.

Based on Check Point's new Software Blade architecture, Check Point Security Gateway R70 provides businesses with flexible security. The Software Blade architecture empowers businesses with the ability to select the exact security applications or "software blades" they need from a library of over 20 software blades. New software blades can be added without deploying new hardware, reducing deployment times and operational costs.