In June 1993, the co-founder Gil Shwed security company called Check Point Software Technologies, with partners Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer. It introduced its first product, Firewall-1, in April 1994 and began to generate revenue in the third quarter of 1994. The company quickly became the most successful Israeli high-tech company in history with a market capitalization of more than $ 10 billion by mid-2001 (with a peak of $ 27 billion in 2000). Over the years, the Swede and his management team has developed a highly effective strategy and executed their strategies very well. However, by 2001, they knew that their rapid success began to lead the company into a new phase of growth phase, they will need to prepare both internally and externally. In particular, Mr. Swede and his team wondered how Check Point can continue to grow the top line, reflect the major competitors, such as Cisco, continues to meet the needs of its existing customers, meet the needs of its rapidly growing base of new customers, and ensure that it communication and knowledge transfer processes were aligned with future growth. "Hide
by George Foster, Victoria Chan, Antonio Davila, Ning Jia, Corrine Putt Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 32 pages. Publication Date: September 11, 2001. Prod. #: IB26-PDF-ENG
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