Network Appliances, they’re expensive. Or are they?
January 13th, 2009
Having worked in the I.T. field for quite some time I have seen my fair share of hardware and software products that have enabled my clients to perform their daily business more easily and with greater efficiency. I have installed SonicWall appliances, Windows servers ranging from NT, 2000, 2003 and even the latest 2008, setup WANs and LANs ,and I have had good ideas for all kinds of different business solutions. It wasn’t until recently that I realized just how much more one could do with open source.
Lets compare two major products in the networking category: the SonicWall and the Untangle application. They both act as routers for a network to provide internet but they also perform complex functions to protect the network.