[isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
- From: "Ball, Dan" <DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 14:22:19 -0400
It was about $3K for us, with the educational discount. Does that
solution include hardware?
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ray Dzek
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:41 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
That was a couple of years ago. I don't know the cost of RainConnect.
So from your comment $5-7k is a reasonable facsimile?
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Thomas W Shinder
Sent: Tue 5/23/2006 9:55 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
Hi Ray,
Thanks for the tip! I didn't know the Linkproof was so reasonably
priced.
Thanks!
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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MVP -- ISA Firewalls
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Dzek
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:27 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
We used a Radware Linkproof. It is a DNS based load balancer.
It uses DNS smoke and mirrors to tell inbound connections which
connection to use. I think they are around $5k. The hardware was
awesome, and so was the company to work with. Our network has grown
quite a bit in the last year and so ISA and the Linkproof are kind of a
side note in our network anymore.
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Ball, Dan
Sent: Tue 5/23/2006 5:37 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
So, what do you recommend as a replacement? We have the latest
version installed, but it's only a matter of time before it stops
working without new releases...
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John T (Lists)
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:39 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
While a great product, I believe the downfall was 2 fold:
Pricing: The pricing of the product put it into the enterprise
class but the enterprise class already has tried and trued options that
work great. The product would have been great in the medium size class,
but the pricing put it out of reach.
Design: By design, certain features required particular
configurations and control, but many did not want to give that kind of
control to the product.
John T
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:47 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] RainWall/RainConnect discontinued...
Got this email today:
May 22, 2006
Dear valued RainWall and RainConnect customer:
This letter is to inform you that after careful consideration,
EMC has decided to halt the sale of RainWall and RainConnect, the high
availability solution for Microsoft ISA Server and CheckPoint firewalls.
EMC customers of the Rainfinity Global File Virtualization
(GFV), formerly known as RainStorage, are not impacted by this
announcement. Rainfinity GFV customers will continue to receive
engineering and technical support for one of EMC's most successful and
strategic new products. For any Rainfinity GFV questions, please
contact an EMC Sales Representative.
Customers with a current RainWall or RainConnect Support
Agreement will receive continued technical support assistance throughout
the duration of their Support Agreement. EMC will continue to honor
existing multi-year Support Agreements. EMC will continue to evaluate
the business requirements for ongoing firewall application and operating
system currency.
Customers can renew existing Support Agreements or technical
support pro-rated to December 31, 2007. End-of-Life service may extend
due to contractual obligations.
As always, we are committed to answering your questions and
quickly resolving any issues that you may have. For assistance
throughout this process, please contact us at:
RainWall and RainConnect Sales/Business Support:
+1-408-382-5000 or 1-877-RAIN-333
Email: rainwall-sales@xxxxxxx
Technical Support: +1-408-382-5069 or 1-800-479-9880
Email: rain-support@xxxxxxx
Sincerely,
EMC
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