http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10127973-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
For those of us that have been Checkpoint administrators, or worked with their products on the IPSO platform, this is huge news. It leads me to lots of questions..
1.) What happens to IPSO? Will they keep it around? I for one that that IPSO added quite a bit of value that SecurePlatform (SPLAT) by Checkpoint lacked in a Security Operating System (SoS).
2.) What happens to the Edge devices? I for one would be happy to see them go. They always seemed to be totally underpowered, and management upgrades of the devices was always a dicey proposition.
3.) If IPSO isn't part of the deal... As I believe Nokia uses it on a couple other devices to deliver products like their SSL VPN, Mobile Web Caches, etc, what happens to the folks that are running IPSO / FW-1 clusters today?
Lots of questions, few answers. But I do believe that this is definitely a good thing for Checkpoint. I don't know what Nokia is getting out of the deal other than some badly needed cash.
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