RE: OT: this is rich

These are the same jokers who came up with the "air-gap firewall";
waddaya expect?

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:06 PM
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Subject: [isalist] OT: this is rich

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Talks about companies that have more dollars than sense. Over 15 grand
for a whole 50 users. Why, they're giving these things away!

Today's focus:  Whale slims down for SMBs

By Tim Greene

Whale Communications is announcing a new model of its 
Intelligent Application Gateway designed for small businesses or 
small sites in larger business networks.

The Express Edition SSL VPN and application-security device 
offer a slimmed-down version of the features that come with 
Whale's Enterprise Edition, but with the intent of meeting most 
needs of small and midsize businesses at a lower price.

The Express, for example, cannot create policies for custom 
applications. A toolkit for doing so can be purchased with the 
Enterprise edition.

Also, Express clears out standard caches when an SSL VPN session 
ends in order to wipe traces of the session from the remote 
computer. Express can be customized to look for non-standard 
caches that custom applications might set up.

There's a long list of other differences, but the bottom line is 
that the Express is designed to be easier to set up, do a solid 
job and cost less than the more sophisticated Enterprise 
Edition. The cost of an Express Edition for 250 concurrent users 
is $34,000, while an Enterprise Edition for the same number of 
users costs $43,000.

REALITY CHEQUE==>>That's a significant savings, but it also allows small

businesses to buy into the technology at a price they might be 
able to afford. The Express Edition for 50 concurrent users 
costs $15,200. <<==REALITY CHEQUE
 
Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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