SBS
- From: "Amy Babinchak" <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:28:58 -0400
It's not a matter of suspending reality. It's a matter of perspective.
The reality is that ISA can be installed more neatly and cleanly when
it's has it's own hardware and doesn't have to share. The reality is
that small businesses are installing firewalls beyond the router that is
provided to them by the ISP or the Norton Security Suite. Most small
businesses are backing up their data and yet they recognize that this is
a bad thing. They don't have a clue that not having a firewall is a bad
thing so convincing them to spend money on one is difficult if not
impossible sometimes.
The alternatives to using ISA on SBS aren't any better for the price.
I've got 6 year old unsupported, out dated Sonicwall firewalls and some
Symantec firewalls out there at client offices that I can't convince
them to replace because nothing bad has happened yet. It's not that I
think these are lousy products, it's that once they are in place I can't
get the business to update it. So even if it was a decent product to
begin with in a couple of years, it's lousy. At least if the firewall
comes with the server package they stay up to date.
It really all comes down to cost. I spoke on ISA last night to our local
SBS user group and an ISA hardware vendor showed up to push his wares.
Nice equipment I'm sure but the lowest price point is $4300. Hmmm, how
am I going to sell that to a small business? $1500 for SBS and it comes
with ISA2004. When we have a $600-1000 ISA price point, then small
businesses will move it off their SBS box but not until that happens.
Amy
Harbor Computer Services
Small Business Computer Specialists
Client Blog: http://smalltechnotes.blogspot.com/
Tech Blog: http://isainsbs.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.harborcomputerservices.net/
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