Success Story - Check Point

Quala
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QUICK FACTS
ROI
Customer Profile
n Founded in 1980, Quala manufactures mass market
products for relevant leading brands in Latin America
n Employs nearly 6,000 people
n Manufactures 9 million units of finished products
supplied to over 180,000 direct customers
Industry
n Manufacturing
Business Challenge
n Renovate and strengthen its security and
telecommunications infrastructure
n Prioritize traffic and optimize the network
n Provide secure point-to-point communication
and enable IPSEC-based remote access
Check Point Solutions
n Software Blades
n Acceleration and Clustering
n Firewall
n Advanced Networking
n IPSEC VPN
n SmartEvent
n SmartReporter
Why Check Point
n Technological leadership and pure focus on security
n Convert the data accumulated by security and
network devices into understandable information
n Easy, integrated security management
“Our return on investment was accomplished
in one year.”
Oscar Agudelo, Head of Corporate Technology, Quala
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“With Check Point we reduced internal communications
costs by 60%, while increasing the network’s transmission
capacity by 500%.”
Oscar Agudelo, Head of Corporate Technology, Quala
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
Quala’s internal communications are Internet based including: VoIP, video conferencing,
business applications, collaboration tools, file transfer, and instant messenger.
Therefore, Quala needed high-performance networks a\nd desired a strategy to
renovate and strengthen its security and telecommunications infrastructure.
That involved:
n Strengthen security perimeter to prevent unauthorized users from accessing
the network
n Eliminate conventional telecommunications based on unsafe connections
n Reduce communication costs while increasing network capacity
n Easily manage administration and monitoring of network events and incidents
Selection Criteria
4 Protect business critical Internet
based applications and services
4 Ability for a virtual private
network IPSEC VPN to replace
dedicated channels
4 Turn servers into highperformance
security gateways
4 Simple security management
SELECTION PROCESS
Why Check Point
“Following an internal study, we chose
Check Point because of their technological
leadership and exclusive focus on
security solutions.”
Oscar Agudelo
Head of Corporate Technology
Quala

Quala
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THE CHECK POINT SOLUTION
Check Point’s integrated security addresses Quala’s three critical security areas
To achieve secure communication among its offices in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela,
Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, Quala implemented the Check Point Software
Blade Architecture.
Cost-Effective Network Optimization with the IPSEC VPN and
Advanced Networking Software Blades
Dedicated channels were replaced by the Check Point IPSEC VPN, virtual private network that operates
over the Internet and is administered centrally by Check Point Security Management. Quala also uses
the Advanced Networking blade to prioritize traffic and optimize the network. “We replaced our costly
dedicated channels with a VPN operating via the Internet,” says Oscar Agudelo.
Corporate Headquarters
High Performance Integrated Security
In cooperation with Etek International, a Check Point business partner and distributor in Latin America,
Quala deployed Software Blades based on the Secure Platform Operating System. Quala bundled
the Advanced Networking blade, Acceleration and Clustering blade, and the IPSEC VPN blade to
create a security gateway.
Valuable Security Management
Meanwhile, the Check Point SmartEvent Software Blade for Event Analysis and SmartReporter
Software Blade for Event Reporting convert the data accumulated by security and network devices
into understandable information which is used by Quala to validate the effectiveness of its policies
and plan network capacity, maximizing the use of its security investment.
CONTACT CHECK POINT
Quala Remote Office
SmartEvent
Check Point Products
Internet
Software Blades:
Acceleration & Clustering
Advanced Networking
IPSEC VPN
Quala Remote Office Quala Remote Office
CHECK POINT BENEFITS
Network Optimization
n Enables Quala’s systems administrators to assign
an order of priority for each service offered
n Ensures quality and timely service at every point on
the network
n “Improved communication is a key factor in increasing
cooperation and organizational efficiency.”—Agudelo
Understandable Analysis with SmartEvent
n Ability to analyze bandwidth capacity and quality
of service available
n Administration and monitoring of network events
and incidents
n Collect network activity data and automatically
generate simple, easy-to-understand reports
Secure Corporate Services
n Security infrastructure supports the ERP system
and corporate applications
n Will be able to deploy antivirus, antispam and centralized
security updates
SUMMARY
Secure • Manageable • Streamlined
n Strengthened security and telecommunication
infrastructure
n Centralized management of security infrastructure;
configuration and updates from main office
n Ensured quality and timely service at every point
on the network
Total Value – Rapid Return on Investment
n ROI in one year
n Increased network transmission capacity by 500%
n Reduced communication costs
Worldwide Headquarters: 5 Ha’Solelim Street, Tel Aviv 67897, Israel | Tel: 972-3-753-4555 | Fax: 972-3-624-1100 | Email: info@checkpoint.com
U.S. Headquarters: 800 Bridge Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065 | Tel: 800-429-4391; 650-628-2000 | Fax: 650-654-4233 | www.checkpoint.com