From the presentation it sounds like the main advantage is that they'll manage the firewall for you. I was doing some temporary job for a client last year, German manufacturing plant that needed someone local to do a couple of server upgrades, and they used Sprint for this because they didn't have local support. They had 7 servers and 35 users in this plant. Amy Harbor Computer Services Small Business Computer Specialists Client Blog: http://smalltechnotes.blogspot.com/ Tech Blog: http://isainsbs.blogspot.com/ Help: http://helpdesk.harborcomputerservices.net/ Website: http://www.harborcomputerservices.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:34 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: A Day in the Life - Challenges and Solutions to Securing Exchange Servers http://www.ISAserver.org More better, looks like a "hardware" firewall. Makes PIX converts :)) Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls -----Original Message----- From: Amy Babinchak [mailto:amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:32 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: A Day in the Life - Challenges and Solutions to Securing Exchange Servers http://www.ISAserver.org What's all this hub-a-bub about appliances anyway? Amy Harbor Computer Services Small Business Computer Specialists Office (248) 546-6056 Mobile (248) 890-1794 Client Blog: http://smalltechnotes.blogspot.com/ Tech Blog: http://isainsbs.blogspot.com/ Help: http://helpdesk.harborcomputerservices.net/ Website: http://www.harborcomputerservices.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:27 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: A Day in the Life - Challenges and Solutions to Securing Exchange Servers http://www.ISAserver.org Hey guys, I see some of you in there now. Ask me some hard questions! Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls -----Original Message----- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:12 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Cc: [ExchangeList] Subject: [isalist] A Day in the Life - Challenges and Solutions to Securing Exchange Servers http://www.ISAserver.org LiveMeeting starts in 20 minutes. Hope you can make it! http://livemeeting.viewcentral.com/events/cust/single_event.asp?cid=nete ng&pid=2&cbClass=3&lid=2 Thanks! 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