Check Point's Greg Smith. (5 Minutes With).(History of firewall technology)

THE MARKET FOR FIREWALLS HAS BEEN CHANGing, with some talk--inaccurate, in our view--of the death of the firewall, and other talk about the evolving and multiplying firewall. Internet World checked in with Greg Smith, the director of product and service marketing for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., to discuss the evolution of the firewall.

Not surprising for a firewall company, Check Point is bullish on the sector. "Companies are quickly adopting multiple firewalls within the corporate network to segment the network, protect data centers and workgroups, etc.,"