Company's Security Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) Networks Selected Winner in Two Categories
Reef Point Systems (http://www.reefpoint.com), the security solutions technology leader for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) networks, announced today that it has been named winner of the 2006 Tomorrow's Technology Today Award by Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies. Reef Point won in two categories: Security Gateway and Integrated Security Appliance.
 
This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking network security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. The Reef Point Security Gateway was selected by the editors of Info Security Products Guide as one of the technologies that is making the most positive impact on security in today's highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.

Reef Point is the leading provider of high-performance and massively scaleable Security Gateways that deliver security services required by FMC networks. FMC merges mobile, fixed and wireless networks into a single infrastructure to create better service provider geographic coverage and bring exciting new multimedia services to businesses and consumers using current-generation mobile phones, new dual-mode cellular-WiFi phones, new WiMAX phones, and laptop and hand-held computers. The Reef Point Security Gateways adhere to the industry standards for FMC networks: IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), Wireless Packet Services, Mobile WiMAX and more.

The Gateway is available through Reef Point and its global channel partner Alcatel as part of Alcatel's UMA and IMS solutions for mobile service providers. Through Alcatel, Reef Point is currently participating in a number of customer trials.

"With more and more telecommunications providers getting into the FMC game, the more critical comprehensive, in-network security has become," said Rick Justice, Chief Editor of Info Security Products Guide. "Reef Point has a unique solution to ensure the availability of new converged multimedia services -- providing a broad level of security without compromising performance and scale. We are pleased to have Reef Point in our winners' circle."

"Reef Point is thrilled to be recognized as the technology leader in its class of products by Info Security Products Guide's Tomorrow's Technology Today Award program," said Woody Ritchey, Chief Executive Officer of Reef Point Systems. "The multimedia nature and massive session volume of converged network services requires unique security capabilities in terms of comprehensiveness, performance and scale. With a product purpose-built to meet these extreme requirements, we stand out from the crowd of traditional as well as recent entrants to the security solutions market."

About Reef Point's FMC Security Gateway

Reef Point's Security Gateway is the most fully featured, massively scalable security solution for fixed-mobile convergence available on the market today. This carrier-class Security Gateway secures the network infrastructure and protects network access and application revenue streams by simultaneously delivering every major security function -- without compromising performance, reliability and scalability. The gateway's multi-tiered security safeguards all levels of converged (FMC) wireless and wireline IP networks, including the subscriber device, access network, core IP infrastructure and both voice and multimedia applications.

The Reef Point Security Gateway's robust threat defense includes stateful firewalls with denial of service attack prevention, intrusion detection services, custom malicious packet filtering, dynamic virtual routing with network address translation and rich quality of service capabilities. The gateway's patented Flow Application Streaming Technology(TM) and optimum mix of custom application-specific integrated circuits/field-programmable gate arrays and network processors provides industry leading FMC security service performance, reliability and quality of service. To read more about this award winning technology, please visit: http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/technology/ReefPointSG.html or http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/technology/ReefPointISA.html

About Silicon Valley Communications Awards

Info Security Products Guide, published by Silicon Valley Communications, plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measures they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

About Reef Point Systems

Reef Point Systems (http://www.reefpoint.com) is a privately held company that has pioneered the carrier-class Security Gateway, an industry leading solution that uniquely delivers the extreme security required by fixed-mobile convergence networks. The Reef Point gateway's complete security feature portfolio and massive, carrier-class scalability enables service providers to safely and reliably deploy VoIP and multimedia services across converged mobile, fixed and wireless networks. The solution Maximizes Service Reach, by delivering services over any access technology; Ensures Service Availability by protecting all levels of the FMC infrastructure (subscriber device, access network, IP core and applications) and by enforcing quality of service; and Protects Revenue Streams by defending against theft of service. Reef Point Systems is located in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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