Check point

Citation

(2003), "Check point", Work Study, Vol. 52 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2003.07952cab.008

Check point

TI Automotive, a leading supplier of brake, fuel and air-conditioning systems for the automotive industry, is deploying security solutions from Nokia and its global partner Check Point Software Technologies including virtual private networks (VPNs) and Internet firewalls to securely link and protect over 40 manufacturing and business centres across Europe. The move has seen a reduction in the company's network costs of 60 per cent and a quadrupled increase in the company's data bandwidth capacity. TI Automotive supplies over half the world's car production every year, and it counts General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Renault and Fiat amongst its major clients. Peter Stewart, TI Automotive business systems director, Europe, comments: "We required secure, robust and scaleable network solutions which were also cost-effective at the same time. We also needed a solution that we could manage internally, and which allowed us to rapidly integrate existing and new sites. The network includes 24 key plants and 18 satellite offices, located near customer plants for JIT (just-in-time) or sequenced deliveries. The system also allows TI Automotive to securely connect to its customers' networks, including their extranets where appropriate, and to enable cost-effective file exchanges in formats such as CAD (computer aided design)."