The Cisco PIX firewall appliance at Devine Millimet, Attorneys at Law, needed replacement. The SurfControl web filtering they utilized came under question when the service was bought out by Websense. There was no backup or failover solutions in place. Security was scattered, and network protection needed to be brought up to speed. Download this free case study and find out why Devine Millimet selected the Astaro Security Gateway and how they continue to enjoy frequent product and version updates, rather than the typical major upgrade once a year, as seen from other vendors.
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Astaro Outperforms Cisco at Devine MillimetRegional law firm chooses Astaro as their integrated security solution
The Problem DuBois and his team wanted to be able to build The Cisco PIX firewall appliances at Devine redundancy into their network security for active-Millimet, Attorneys at Law, needed replacement. passive failover capability.The SurfControl web filtering they utilized came The Solution AstaroAstaro offers the most complete under question when the service was bought out In addition to the Astaro Security Gateway, and easy to use Internet security DuBois considered new PIX appliances, as well as appliances available. Combining "I was looking for a product Fortinet unified threat management products. "It best of breed applications, the that could do it all... I wanted came down to Astaro and Fortinet," says DuBois. proven quality of Linux and enterprise level performance, an integrated approach." "When it comes to total cost of ownership, Astaro Astaro's award-winning products was just much more cost-effective, and everyone -Robert DuBois, IT Director provide the latest protection with needs that these days." the best total cost of ownership. by Websense. There were no backup or failover Using a combination of Astaro Security Gateway Software, hardware and virtual appliance offerings provide users solutions in place. Security was scattered, and IT 120s, 220s and 320s, DuBois first installed the the flexibility to meet a wide Director Robert DuBois had some big decisions to primary gateways and then installed the backup variety of deployment scenarios. make to bring his network protection up to appliances. This allowed him to case test the Platinum support includes 24/7 speed. appliances, ensure the correct functionality was service. Distributed by a growing The Requirements enabled and then put the standby appliances in worldwide network of more than to test failover. In addition to failover capabilities, 3,000 resellers, Astaro products Devine Milliment, a leading, full service law firm protect over 100,000 networks for Devine Millimet also takes advantage of Astaro's based in Manchester, New Hampshire, wanted to 47,000 customers across 60 firewall, intrusion prevention, SSL VPN pare down its security solutions. "The overall countries. Astaro, headquartered in connectivity, anti-malware and web filtering. Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA goal was to consolidate technologies, consolidate and Karlsruhe, Germany, offers Success with Astaro free downloads of its products at According to DuBois, some of the top advantages www.astaro.com.of using Astaro Security Gateway at Devine Millimet are the ease of use, its unified security functionality and its feature-richness. "Astaro has put security all in one place for ease of management. I don't have to go to multiple places to look at my threat exposure." He is particularly keen on the active-passive setup: "Failover is very cool. People don't even know Devine Millimetthat you fail over. It's amazing. I really like this Established in 1947, Devine feature." Millimet has grown to its present Devine Millimet headquarters in Manchester, New status as one of the largest full-Hampshire. Finally, DuBois also enjoys Astaro's frequent service law firms north of Boston product and version updates. "I think continually with offices strategically located in trying to make the product better in increments Manchester and Concord NH, and equipment and lower my total costs," explains is a good philosophy versus some companies in Andover, MA. Devine Millimet DuBois. "I was looking for a product that could do that only do major upgrades once per year. was named one of the Best Places it all. I didn't want to piece a solution together. I We're in an evolving world. I don't want to wait a to Work in 2008 by Business NH magazine. For more information wanted an integrated approach." Additionally, year for a feature that should be just a tweak." about Devine Millimet, visit www.devinemillimet.com. ... [download for more]
