Today we have officially released Sophos UTM Manager 4. The next evolution of the product formerly known as Astaro Command Center (ACC), Sophos UTM Manager (SUM) 4 lets you centrally montior, configure, and report on multiple Sophos UTM installations. Like ACC, SUM is offered completely free of charge, simply download it and run it on your own hardware, almost any virtualization platform (Eg. VMware) or inside the Amazon Cloud using our pre-built AMI
Reminder: Astaro Security Gateway V7 is End-of-Life December 31st, 2012
With just two months to go until the sun sets on Astaro Security Gateway V7, this will serve as one of the final reminders. Version 7 of Astaro Security Gateway will be end-of-life on December 31st 2012. If you do not have an ASG V7 installation, you are unaffected by this announcement and can disregard it.
UTM 9.003 Up2Date Released
We've recently published UTM 9.003 as a two part Up2Date labelled 9.003-15 and 9.003-16. You can see more about this two-part package by reading on for the full details inside.
ASG 8.306 Up2Date Released & UTM 9 Appliance One-Touch Upgrade News
With this GA release of ASG 8.306, in addition to dozens of bugfixes we have also put in place the needed mechanics for valid hardware appliances to perform a one-touch upgrade from Astaro Security Gateway to Sophos UTM 9. However, upgrading will happen at staged intervals
UTM 9.002 Up2Date Released
This week we have issued Up2Date 9.002 for our UTM 9 platform. This is a stability release designed to further polish the UTM 9 platform and make it ready for an influx of thousands in the coming weeks as we publish the Hardware Appliance Up2Date that enables the one-touch upgrade from Astaro Security Gateway V8 appliance users*. *A note on ASG 8.306: We plan to release 8.306 later in September which will add in the ability to one-touch upgrade.
UTM 9.001 Up2Date Released
Following the GA release of UTM 9, we have our first Up2Date available today. This is a bugfix release designed to enhance the stability and performance of your installation. For ASG V8 appliance users – work is progressing on the next Up2Date for that platform which will enable the one-touch migration for elligible platforms.
New Sophos Partner Program and Portal live!
In July we launched our new global Sophos Partner Program, supported by the new Partner Portal. As a result the Astaro Partner Portal is going to be shut down on 13 August 2012 and will no longer be updated
Sophos UTM 9 Released
Today, after months in development representing thousands of hours of work, I am proud to announce that Sophos UTM 9 is being released. The next major version for the product formerly known as Astaro Security Gateway, UTM 9 is a major new version that offers over 60 new features and abilities. Received with much fanfare at various partner events and by our beta testers, excitement surrounds the ability to manage the security of your endpoints directly within the UTM itself
Reminder: Astaro Security Gateway V7 End-of-Life
As originally announced last year to our partners , Version 7 of Astaro Security Gateway will be end-of-life on December 31st 2012.
Sophos UTM Manager 4 Public Beta Begins
With UTM 9 fast approaching it's mid-July release date, we'd like to invite you to test the next major version of our central management tool. Previously called Astaro Command Center, it is now named Sophos UTM Manager (SUM). You can test out SUM 4 with UTM 9, and also see how it operates against your older installations; things should be backwards compatible.