Sophos boosts network security performance with series of hardware appliances

OXFORD, ENGLAND: Sophos announced a major refresh of its network security gateway hardware with the availability of the new Sophos SG Series appliances.

These high-performance hardware appliances - based on the 4th generation Intel Core processors - deliver up to four times the speed of the previous UTM generation appliances and leapfrog competitive offerings, as proven in recent independent testing.

"The new Sophos SG Series appliances are the fastest UTM and Next-Gen Firewall devices we've ever produced," said Guenter Junk, senior VP and GM, Network Security Group, Sophos. "They run our latest operating system, version 9.2, and are optimized to get the most out of latest performance innovations from Intel to ensure our customers and partners get an unrivalled performance and protection combination."

The new SG Series includes models to meet the requirements of small offices to large, distributed enterprises. These 1U appliances are available today in the mid-range 200, 300 and 400 models. They all deliver over 10 Gbit/sec firewall throughput to easily handle the demands of multi-layered protection.

The SG Series is the 6th generation of Sophos security gateways built on an Intel architecture, to enable Sophos customers to quickly benefit from the frequent performance and protection enhancements. They utilize Intel technologies including high-speed LAN interfaces, high volume Solid State Drives and AES-NI acceleration.