The ASA is a natural progression from a PIX to me ... And I wouldn't say very complicated to manage if you're already used to the way Cisco does things ...
Pricewise, the Cisco ASA starts under $400 , that's comparable to Juniper, and I guess Sonicwall too ... I haven't touched a sonicwall in 5 years due to really, REALLY poor support I received on a TZ then ... Sounds like you need to get an ASA in your hands to evaluate Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Abandoning Cisco Has anyone else looked at abandoning Cisco for their firewall? We have PIXs and they are trying to get us to move to ASA now that they are phasing out. The ASA is very expensive and from what I hear, very complicated to manage. We are a medium sized business and do not need this IMHO. Has anyone else left Cisco in this role for products like Sonicwall? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
