It’s summer and many people are enjoying their vacations or at least the quiet time.\nSophos has now decided to make the licenses 30% more expensive 6 months before the End-of-Life of the XG Firewall and this already from October 1st. <\/p>\n\n
The reason for this is to motivate customers to upgrade to the successor, the XGS Firewall<\/a>.\nWe also observed the same procedure with the End-of-Life of the UTM. <\/p>\n\n Customers with a license and a fixed term have the option of renewing their firewall at the current price until October 1.\nUnfortunately, customers with a monthly license do not have this option. <\/p>\n\n Sophos emphasizes in the information email that the XG series was previously exempt from price changes, which makes this adjustment necessary.\nNevertheless, I am of the opinion that this adjustment could have been dispensed with for another nine months. <\/p>\n\n But for as long as I can remember, Sophos has had promos for the firewall, which have been renewed time and time again for several years.\nThere are also always promos for switching from SG to XGS or XG to XGS, which is necessary in this case. <\/p>\n\n For existing customers, Sophos is offering a series of hardware refresh promos that will allow them to upgrade to the XGS series before the End-of-Life of the XG series on March 31, 2025.<\/p>\n\n \u26a0\ufe0f Important note<\/strong> for all users of XG Firewall Desktop Appliances, following models:<\/p>\n\n According to our End-of-Life calendar<\/a>, it may be worth waiting a few more months to upgrade to the XGS desktop models rather than upgrading immediately.<\/p>\n\n It is now also possible, for example, to downgrade from an XG 430 to an XGS 2100 if the license costs have become too expensive and, of course, the IT requirements have changed.<\/p>\n\nPrice increase for the XG Firewall<\/h2>\n\n
Change promo from XG to XGS<\/h2>\n\n
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Import backup from XG to XGS<\/h2>\n\n