Actual pricing has not been set for the new Pro 5060, which will support 1Gbps of firewall throughput and 500Mbps of VPN throughput simultaneously, according to product line manager Scott Lukes.
The company will also introduce the Pro 2040 at the low end of the catalog. This device can handle 200Mbps firewall throughput and 50Mbps of VPN traffic over up to 150 IPSec tunnels, according to Lukes.
The 2040 appliance carries a $1,995 price tag, or $2,745 if buyers opt for the enhanced SonicOS, which activates a fourth port, allowing ISP link load balancing and failover or a DMZ-style deployment model.
Lukes said the 2040 will compete with Cisco Systems Inc’s Pix 506E appliances, NetScreen Technologies Inc’s NetScreen 25, and WatchGuard Technologies Inc’s 500 and 700 devices.
SonicWall has been aggressively cutting prices for half a year as part of a turnaround plan that saw it refocus on an indirect sales model and the sub-$10,000 firewall mid-market where it thinks it can compete best.
This article is based on material originally published by ComputerWire
