Check Point next month intends to announce its major software upgrade of the year — a package that will include VoIP improvements and enhanced auditing — in a move industry experts call critical to the company's long-term success. As big network vendors encroach on Check Point's territory and threaten to undermine its position as a dominant security software player, the company must demonstrate how its network security scheme stacks up, experts say Cisco and Juniper "are threatening Check Point big time," says Jon Oltsik, senior information security analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group. Similarly, the security features that Microsoft is adding to its servers and operating systems add pressure, experts say.
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