SonicWALL Global Management System and ViewPoint virtual appliances

SonicWALL has announced its security virtual appliance portfolio, with the first two security virtual appliances (Global Management System Virtual Appliance and ViewPoint Virtual Appliance) now available. Its enterprise-class anti-spam Email Security Virtual Appliance will be available later this quarter.

As enterprises continue to consolidate IT assets and to take advantage of cloud-based computing to drive down costs, they are accelerating the deployment of solutions as virtual platforms. SonicWALL’s release of multiple security-focused virtual appliances gives enterprises more flexibility while improving the security and productivity of their corporate network.

The appliances can enable mid-sized and large enterprises to benefit from scalable security solutions in virtualised environments. The company’s extensive VAR channel can now ‘be the cloud’ and deliver security-focused virtualised solutions to businesses of all sizes.

The GMS Virtual Appliance is based on GMS version 6.0. The solution provides enterprises and managed service providers (MSPs) with a flexible and intuitive solution to centrally manage and rapidly deploy all of their SonicWALL firewall, anti-spam, backup and recovery, and secure remote access solutions.

Enterprises and MSPs use GMS to manage thousands of appliances simultaneously and to centrally create and deploy security policies, provide real-time monitoring and alerting functionality, and to deliver intuitive compliance and usage reports from a single management interface.

The ViewPoint Virtual Appliance provides granular reporting on one or more of the company’s security devices, allowing administrators to closely track network utilisation, monitor security activity and view web usage.