Nokia Exiting the Security Appliance Business

One of the largest firewall security appliance vendor’s (Nokia appliances with Check Point software) recently announced that they would be selling off their security appliance business to an unnamed financial investment firm. This will mean significant confusion for Check Point customers running on the Nokia platforms in terms of what level of support, warranty service, product enhancements, etc. that they can expect to receive in the months ahead.

A source close to Nokia Security stated: For customers, it should be business as usual. Operationally speaking, most of what makes up the Security Appliance business in Nokia is already fairly independent of the rest of Nokia. The relationships with Check Point, Sourcefire, and others will continue and likely strengthen. The only real change will be the name on the front door, though you will likely to continue to see the Nokia brand in use for a period of time while the marketing folks roll out the new branding.

If you find your company in this situation please contact Positive Control Networks at lvance@positivecontrolnetworks.com for more information…