In July we launched our new global Sophos Partner Program, supported by the new Partner Portal. As a result the Astaro Partner Portal is going to be shut down on 13 August 2012 and will no longer be updated
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Sophos UTM 9 Released
Today, after months in development representing thousands of hours of work, I am proud to announce that Sophos UTM 9 is being released. The next major version for the product formerly known as Astaro Security Gateway, UTM 9 is a major new version that offers over 60 new features and abilities. Received with much fanfare at various partner events and by our beta testers, excitement surrounds the ability to manage the security of your endpoints directly within the UTM itself
Reminder: Astaro Security Gateway V7 End-of-Life
As originally announced last year to our partners , Version 7 of Astaro Security Gateway will be end-of-life on December 31st 2012.
Sophos UTM Manager 4 Public Beta Begins
With UTM 9 fast approaching it's mid-July release date, we'd like to invite you to test the next major version of our central management tool. Previously called Astaro Command Center, it is now named Sophos UTM Manager (SUM). You can test out SUM 4 with UTM 9, and also see how it operates against your older installations; things should be backwards compatible.
Up2date 7.512 Released
Following the release of an Up2Date for our Version 8 line, we also have a release for Astaro Security Gateway Version 7 which is designed to address a connectivity issue with SwissCom DSL that was introduced due to changes by that ISP. We'll also take this chance to address some published vulnerabilites for SSL and fix a few bugs. Keep in mind that ASG V7 is due to sunset at the end of this year in December 2012 and will be end-of-life at that time
Up2date 8.303 Released
Greetings! We have released an Up2Date for the Astaro Security Gateway 8 which will bring your installation to version 8.303. This Up2Date will improve Active Directory integration when operating with Web Protection, improves the Web Security reporting in many areas, and resolves some issues reported in the past weeks. You should apply this Up2Date in order to ensure the best performance and stability of your Astaro Security Gateway installation
Create your malware monster: And the winners are…
Over the past few weeks, hordes of strange and frightening monsters invaded our website. Fortunately only in a metaphorical sense – however they would have had a day thanks to our Complete Security package which eliminates all threats thoroughly
Complete Security Buzz at CeBIT 2012
CeBIT 2012 was a great success. The world's largest tradeshow showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments was the perfect platform for Sophos and Astaro to showcase our products and the Complete Security Strategy.
The Sophos-Astaro Roadshow 2012
We would like to thank everyone who visited the Sophos-Astaro Partner Roadshow events and hope that you were able to take enough valuable information home with you. It was especially pleasing for us to greet so many new (and familiar) faces and open the IT security “Complete Security” chapter