SonicWALL today announced the availability of SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The new appliances add to the existing SSL VPN SMB and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand SonicWALL’s virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and email security. Combining scalability and reliability, the SSL VPN solutions are the perfect choice for securing a growing mobile workforce.
The SRA Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance represent a new platform for installing and maintaining SSL VPNs for companies of all sizes. Now, enterprises can benefit from the reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) achieved through the easy-to-deploy, hardware-free solutions from SonicWALL. The SSL VPN solutions allow customers to reap the benefits of virtualization without significant time and cost investment. Providing secure access to critical applications and resources is crucial to improving productivity and collaboration in today’s competitive market. Through the use of endpoint control, the SonicWALL Aventail solution provides the ability to identify the user and interrogate the endpoint. Based on the information collected, the SSL VPN solution provides the proper level of access to network resources and confidential data based on the policies defined by the security administrator.
Touted as a cost-savings solution, once installed, it can easily be customized and require no dedicated hardware to support it. It is pre-configured solution which reduces the complexity with simplified product selection, product integration and product support. The new solution also complements the existing SSL VPN hardware lineup, the new SRA Virtual appliances contain many of the same core benefits, like Lower TCO, Granular access and control and increased productivity.
