Check Point and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to enable Check Point Security Gateway functionality to boost cloud security for business assets. Amazon supplies the physical platform for a virtual version of Check Point’s security gateway appliance. Amazon had to create an Amazon machine image to accommodate the gateway appliance, Check Point says. The company’s security blade architecture includes more than 30 software security applications including firewall, IPS, VPN, URL filtering and data loss prevention. Customers pay according to how may blades they license, pricing starts at $2,000.”]