Is It Time To Upgrade Your Firewall?

Knowing when is the right time to upgrade your firewall(s) can come with many questions. We’ll help answer your most basic & advanced questions to assist in your upgrade or license renewal journey.

The Basics

What Is A Firewall Upgrade

A firewall upgrade is an upgrade of firewall hardware to either a larger current generation model or an upgrade from an older model to current generation model firewall.

Why Do Businesses Upgrade

Businesses can upgrade for a variety of reasons. The most common reasons are increased user base, the need for increased network speeds and the need for increased security with current generation firmware.

Will There Be Cost Savings

Along with improvements in technology, businesses also potentially benefit from saving money when upgrading firewalls. Certain manufactures offer incentives to replace current equipment with the newest generation. Please reach out to the Firewalls.com solutions experts to see what savings may be available.

When Is The Right Time To Upgrade

Poor Performance, Overloaded CPU, out of date OS or firmware, Network Growth? These are just a few of the reasons that could point to it being time to upgrade your firewall. Reach out to our Solutions Experts to see how we can make this process easy for you.

Am I Just Getting Better Hardware

Hardware is not always the only improvement. Many times our preferred vendors also introduce a redesigned OS or release a newer version of the current OS that only runs on the newer hardware models. These can come with improved security, new features and better optimizations to help secure your network while keeping production to a maximum.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Businesses benefit from cost savings, improved network performances, and access to the latest technology when upgrading to a new firewall.

Along with improvements in technology, businesses also potentially benefit from saving money when upgrading firewalls. Certain manufactures offer incentives to replace current equipment with the newest generation.  Please reach out to the Firewalls.com solutions experts to see what savings may be available.

Certain manufacturers allow you to transfer licensing to your upgraded firewall while others may give you a credit towards your new firewall purchase based on the licensing you have remaining.  Please reach out the Firewalls.com Solutions Experts to see which route is best for you.

It is not recommended to use migration tools.  Upgrading your firewall is a great chance to clean up your firewall rules, optimize performance and review your security posture.  Let our team of Certified Engineers build out a fresh configuration with best security practices to ensure that you have top level security while maintaining performance.

Depending on the manufacture there are multiple ways of discovering your renewal date. The best method is contacting your Firewalls.com solution expert and having your firewall serial number so they can look it up for you.

If you are not on the current generation model it is very likely that your device is scheduled for end of life or is already end of life.  The best method to confirm this is by contacting your Firewalls.com solutions expert.

Depending on the manufacture and your upgrade route the firewall may no longer be usable to secure your network.  By working with your Firewalls.com solutions experts they can inform you of exactly what will happen with your current firewalls.

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