Woking, Surrey: 27th October 2008 - As users and resellers of the discontinued range of Cisco PIX™ security appliances look for a migration path, leading security VAD Wick Hill is promoting a range of opportunities for users to switch to WatchGuard Unified Threat Management systems (UTMs).

Wick Hill believes the WatchGuard Firebox X UTM range provides superior flexibility and upgradeability to Cisco’s ASA 5500™ series replacement security appliance product, as well as offering an extremely high level of security, reliability and performance.

WatchGuard has a different approach to UTM
Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, commented: “With some of the lower end Cisco appliances, if you want to add extra security functionality you actually have to buy an additional appliance! In a UTM world, we believe that users want a single appliance solution.”

He added: “With the WatchGuard Firebox, you buy what you need at the time and can add all the extra security functionality you want by simply upgrading the licence. Scalability was highlighted as important by 74% of the respondents in the recent National Gateway Security Survey 2008(1).”

As an added inducement to switch to WatchGuard, Wick Hill is offering resellers very attractive trade-in options which range from a 25% discount to a free box with selected UTM bundles.

1. For details of the The National Gateway Security Survey 2008, see http://www.wickhill.co.uk/company/press/pdfs/National%20Gateway%20Security%20Survey.pdf