George_j

If you purchased SG appliance it will be with the SG software. There are already XG boxes available with the XG software. As i said above, when they stop developing the SG(probably in 2 or 3 years) all of us will be able to lead the XG software on the SG appliances. All of that is as per Sophos words.... Also another thing which I was advised. all of the Cyberoam appliances could be loaded with the Sophos software hope that the above make sense. cheers George

Peter the email was from [email protected] with the below text I hope that this helps you Dear Bloxx Partner, We are happy to share with you the exciting news that Bloxx is now part of Akamai Technologies, the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable and secure for its customers.As part of the Akamai family, Bloxx remains fully committed to serving our partners and customers to ensure that you continue to receive the highest level of technical support and customer service. All existing customer contracts will be fully honoured until the expiration of their current term.However, the current Bloxx product set will no longer be available for sale or refresh. In addition, as a result of Bloxx now becoming a part of the Akamai family, renewals will only be offered until January 31, 2016. We understand you may have a number of questions relating to this change in ownership and we are fully committed to ensuring we provide timely and comprehensive answers. In the meantime you can find some useful FAQ’s here.For any technical issues, please continue to use the existing Bloxx technical support and customer service ticket, email and phone options. If you would like to schedule a time for a more detailed discussion, please submit a request by emailing [email protected] and we will reply as soon as possible.Thank you again for your patience as we transition into this new and exciting chapter in our company’s history.Regards, Charles SweeneyCEO, Bloxx

We received an email from Bloxx when the acquisition was done and letting us know. You should receive that email. As far as i am aware it was sent out to all Bloxx customers and Partners. I didn't pay any attention to it but was contacted by our reseller.

Hi guys, Please be advised that the SG series comes with the SG software, however there is a rumor that at some point Sophos will stop developing that. At some point there will be a migration path to XG software. On the other hand the XG appliances comes with the new software. As those appliances are mixture of Sophos and Cyberoam(Sophos acquired them 2 years ago) features. They are still developing the software for the XG appliances and as Blue_Cookeh advised it's not so good as the SG at the moment. If you have any further questions please pop me a PM. Please note that probably the Sophos UTMs are the easiest to managed and installed. have a great weekend cheers George

Hi Talksr, Emdrum is right, i totally agree with him. If you are interested send me a PM and will pass your details to that guy.

Have you consider Buy out option..... it might be a bigger upfront payment but at least will have the perpetual licenses. That could be done at the end of your current agreement. Also that gives you automatically the latest version of the product which you are buying. Unfortunately that is only for the on premise licenses. There is no further information even from the Distribution about the Microsoft intension. It's too early at that stage.

Also another thing to bear in mind, which might be quite useful: [TABLE=width: 549] [TR] [TD][TABLE=width: 549] [TR] [TD]DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk OLV E 1Y Acdmc Ent DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk OLV F 1Y Acdmc Ent According to you is there any difference? I will save you some time you see the 2 colored letters E and F correct? So that tiny difference will spare you the hassle ITGURU. That is the difference between 1 and 3 year agreement. Level E - 1 year agreement. Level F - 3 year agreement. The only difference between those is the annual cost, the difference is around 3pounds pre license.... So that could explain the great offer which you received......[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 549] [TR] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Hi Guys, I would like to jump into that as well. I am AM and work for one of the Microsoft Partners. So i could confirm that is possible to reduce the number of users with the amount which you need! That is a trick done from one of the resellers in order to maintain the margin, without providing the customer with relevant information! I could say one thing - you could play around with the licenses the way you would like... of course there are some exceptions as the Desktop CaLs should meet the amount of the Office 365 for stuff(if used). if you need any further information please let me know. have a great day.