Symantec Gateway Security 400

The Symantec Gateway Security Appliance 400 series provides firewall, intrusion prevention, intrusion detection, antivirus policy enforcement, content filtering, virtual private networking (VPN) and gateway networking functionality in a single appliance designed for remote and branch office sites. In addition, the Symantec Gateway Security 400 Series can function as a standards-based, secure wireless LAN (WLAN) access point. With the Symantec Security Management System and the Symantec Event Manager and Advanced Manager for Security Gateways plug-in, Security 400 Series appliances offer the appropriate tools to allow enterprise customers to centrally manage hundreds or thousands of appliances via policy-based management. It is distributed in Australia by Ingram Micro and Express Data.

RRP: SGS 420 - $899; SGS 440 - $1029; SGS 460 - $1459

Packeteer 1200 Series

Packeteer is offering the 1200 Series appliance for managing WAN application traffic at remote and branch offices. It provides an integrated, four-in-one product with Layer 7 classification, control, com­-pression and enterprise-wide central management and reporting that meets the price and performance demands for controlling WAN performance and application QoS in enterprises with 10 or more remote sites and branch offices. The 1200 can: deliver network monitoring, application-level control, and compression at link speeds up to 2Mbps within the same platform; automatically identify and respond to new applications and new or suspicious hosts on the network; and provide per-flow data on hosts and applications to troubleshoot network issues in real-time. It is distributed in Australia by Express Data and LAN Systems.

RRP: From $2795

SonicWall Pro 5060

The SonicWALL PRO 5060 is a multi-service, gigabit security gateway that integrates gateway antivirus, spyware protection, intrusion prevention, content filtering, firewall and IPSec VPN into a single solution. Available in 10/100/1000 copper and copper/fibre interface configurations, the PRO 5060 incorporates networking and security features such as ISP failover, WAN redundancy and load balancing, as well as object and policy-based management. The 5060's gigabit speed Deep Inspection Architecture delivers network protection from the most sophisticated blended threats in real-time. It is distributed in Australia by ACA Pacific, Dovetail and Lan 1.

RRP: $17,135

3Com OfficeConnect VPN Firewall

The 3Com OfficeConnect VPN Firewall prevents unauthorised access to private networks. It uses encryption to help secure connections across the Internet.Traffic shaping prioritises outbound and inbound traffic on user-definable service ports, ensuring sufficient bandwidth for voice and multimedia. Designed for small businesses with multiple remote sites and workers, the firewall can initiate and terminate up to 50 simultaneous VPNs for both site-to-site and user-to-site communication. VPN firewall supports IP security (IPSec) DES, 3DES and AES-128 protocols as well as PPTP and L2TP protocols. The VPN is distributed in Australia by Ingram Micro and LAN Systems.

RRP: $499

NETGEAR FVX538 ProSafe 200

The rack-mountable FVX538 SPI firewall offers a complete security solution for SMBs that require fast, secure VPN access for remote and branch offices at a cost-effective price. This standards-based firewall delivers SNMP, QoS, and can serve as a DHCP server. The solution initiates up to 200 3DES or AES IPSec VPN tunnels and offers DoS protection, and Intrusion Detection. The high performance CPU and security co-processor ensures maximum firewall and VPN throughput. This multidimensional security appliance has built-in 8 Port 10/100 and 1 Gigabit LAN switch with Auto Uplink. The NETGEAR FVX538 is distributed in Australia by BMS, Express Online, Ingram Micro, J. Mills, Synnex, TecVic and Tecksel.

RRP: $949

Juniper NetScreen-5GT Wireless

The Juniper Networks NetScreen-5GT Wireless is designed for securing remote offices, retail outlets and broadband telecommuter environments. The wireless firewall delivers enterprise-level security applications, routing protocols and resiliency features to help organisations deploy 802.11b/g networks in a secure manner. It offers administrators up to four configurable Wireless Security Zones (patent-pending), each with a SSID that can be used to provision appropriate levels of security for different types of users. The solution includes standard Ethernet connectivity with ADSL as a hardware option. It is distributed in Australia by ChannelWorx and Ingram Micro.

RRP: NetScreen-5GT ADSL World for 10 users - from $1230