Firewall Upgrade

homer911

Some advice please.. - a small charity I assist with IT matters has been informed by their IT Provider that their firewall is no longer supported and needs to be replaced - they are proposing a FortiGate-60D bundle. The cost is over €1k but they say they will configure "for free"

Does this sound excessive? Its a lot of money for them..

Thanks

pizzahead77

What charity do you assist?

There's an organisation called EncludeIT (www.encludeit.org) that works with companies like Cisco for discounted hardware and software. You can get a Cisco ASA 5505 for €130 or a 5510 for €343 if the charity meets the eligibility criteria for the program.

homer911

pizzahead77 wrote: »

What charity do you assist?

There's an organisation called EncludeIT (www.encludeit.org) that works with companies like Cisco for discounted hardware and software. You can get a Cisco ASA 5505 for €130 or a 5510 for €343 if the charity meets the eligibility criteria for the program.

Are you associated with them? Does that include configuration? The it company provides other support for which a contract is in place and that complicates things. The cisco and fortinet firewalls seem comparable

pizzahead77

No I'm not associated with them but a charity I do work for has bought stuff from them including a 5505

You could always ask the IT company if they support Cisco firewalls

homer911

Having looked at the qualifying criteria, they would not qualify I'm afraid (faith-based charity), but thanks for the advice