Yesterday, Watchguard in partnership with Lamco International and iPlus Intelligent Network, Inc. donated PhP4 Million worth of network security products to selected schools in the Philippines.
In an exclusive media briefing held in Makati City, Philippines, Watchguard VP for International Sales Terry Haas personally turned over Firebox X55e-w firewall to the recipients. The Firebox X55e-W is an entry level firewall that can handle 10 – 15 users; and it is the wireless version. The box retails at about PhP50,000.00 according the representative of iPlus.
The schools in Metro Manila get the first batch of the donations which includes De Lasalle Univeristy, San Beda College, Technological University Of The Philippines, University of the East and University of Makati among others.
Other schools throughout the Philippines will also benefit from this donation, the next batch will be done in Cebu and Davao City.
Here’s the quick specs of Watchguard X55e-W:
| WatchGuard Model | FireboxEdge X55e-W | ||
| Ideal For | Branch offices and single-location businesses with up to 50 users requiring an affordable, reliable appliance capable of fully integrated unified threat management. | ||
| Hardware | |||
| Model Upgradeable | N/A | ||
| Interfaces | 6: 10/100 1: DB-9 Serial802.11b/g Wireless | ||
| DMZs | 1 | ||
| Security | |||
| Application Proxies | HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, POP3, SIP, H.323, TFTP | ||
| Intrusion Prevention (DOS, DDOS, PAD, port scanning, spoofing attacks, address space probes, and more) | |||
| Wireless Guest Services | 802.11b/g, WPA, WPA2, WEP | ||
| User Authentication with transparent Windows authentication | |||
| Performance | |||
| Firewall Throughput | 100 Mbps | ||
| VPN Throughput | 35 Mbps | ||
| Concurrent Sessions | 10,000 | ||
| VPN Tunnels | |||
| Branch Office VPN Tunnels (Max.) | 25 | ||
| Mobile VPN with SSL Incl/Max | 55/55 | ||
| Mobile VPN with IPSec Client Licenses (Bundled) | 5 | ||
| Mobile VPN with IPSec Tunnels (Max.) | 55 | ||
| VPN Authentication | |||
| Management | |||
| Centralized (Multibox) Management. Optional licenses enable Drag and Drop VPN and one-touch Edge updates. | |||
| Networking Features | |||
| Dynamic NAT | |||
| Static NAT | |||
| One to One NAT | |||
| VLAN | 50 | ||
| Policy-Based Routing | |||
| WAN Failover | |||
| Multi-WAN Load Balancing | |||
| Server Load Balancing | |||
| Traffic Management/QoS | |||
| High Availability (Active/Active) (Active/Passive) | N/A | ||
| Dynamic Routing | N/A | ||
| VoIP (SIP and H.323) Support | |||
| Additional Security Subscriptions | |||
| spamBlocker with Virus Outbreak Detection | 3-Year UTM Bundle Service Subscription | ||
| Gateway AV/IPS with Virus Quarantine | 3-Year UTM Bundle Service Subscription | ||
| WebBlocker with HTTPS URL filtering | 3-Year UTM Bundle Service Subscription | ||
| LiveSecurity Service | 3-Year UTM Bundle Service Subscription | ||
This article originally appeared at - pinoytechblog
