VPN-1-UTM Edge X8 Appliance integrates firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, and antivirus tech nologies into a single solution, enabling businesses to provide connectivity for its remote sites without compromising security. All VPN-1 UTM Edge gateways can be centrally deployed and managed with SmartCenterTM or Provider-1, ensuring consistent policy management across both central and remote networks. To prevent remote offices from becoming security's weak links, VPN-1-UTM Edge X8 Appliance provide the same level of firewall, intrusion prevention, and antivirus protection relied on at the main campus. They secure all popular Internet services with Check Point's patented Stateful Inspection and Application Intelligenc technologies. It supports more than 150 predefined applications, services, and protocols out-of-the-box, including Web applications, instant messaging, peer-to-peer applications, VoIP, and multimedia services. To ensure that remote offices stay secure.