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Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

Shlomi_Feldman — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:00:53 GMT

Hi CheckMates,

I am glad to share with you that today we officially launched our Quantum SD-WAN product.

You are invited to visit the SD-WAN Web page at https://www.checkpoint.com/quantum/sd-wan/

Shlomi

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Alejandro_Flore — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:05:02 GMT

It was just about time! reading ebook already...

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

Danny — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:16:41 GMT

Finally!

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the_rock — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:12:18 GMT

Hey @Shlomi_Feldman ...just curious, will this require additional license? I sure hope not : - )

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Magnus-Holmberg — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:06:02 GMT

Not only a licens, it’s subscription based licens….

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:06:52 GMT

Great...lol

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the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:08:36 GMT

I know this might be slightly off this topic, but I wish that CP would have licensing structure like most other major vendors, it would make life so much easier for everyone.

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Magnus-Holmberg — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:23:38 GMT

I have not compare the prices so far.
But for me SD-WAN is pointless as a work for a service provider.

This subscription for everything sucks.

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:24:54 GMT

No kidding : - )

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Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:57:07 GMT

yes Quantum SD-WAN requires a license, similar to any other blade

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Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 03:00:57 GMT

Hi,

It would be very helpful if you could provide further information about your comment "have licensing structure like most other major vendors"

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the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 03:40:51 GMT

Here is what I mean by that...say Fortinet, once you purchase an appliance, you have subscription valid for 90 days and if you wish permanent license, you can choose validity (I believe 1, 3 or 5 years) and it covers everything (no need to buy separate license for different blades/features).

With Cisco, its pretty much the same. It might be a bit different with certain products, for example Cisco Firepower or Umbrella, but in a nutshell, its same principle.

I cant say for PAN with certainty, but few years ago, when I was more involved with it, it was like that...once people buy Palo Alto appliance, you purchase the valid support and license would have covered anything you wanted to enable on the firewalls.

Trust me, Im not the only one who thinks CP licensing is complicated/convoluted, for the lack of the better term. AMAZING products, but if I lived 1000 years, licensing would still confuse me, no offence : -)

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:21:53 GMT

If this is the case with PAN and Fortinet, how come they got a separate SD-WAN price in their catalog?

last I checked it was around 20% of the cost of the host appliance

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:30:12 GMT

I will admit whem Im wrong, but last time I worked on sd-wan on those vendors, customers informed me they did not have to pay anything additional for it. Maybe these days its different.

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:36:34 GMT

I believe the truth is somewhere in the small details. will contact you directly as I am really keen to learn this issue better

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Ruan_Kotze — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:00:35 GMT

Fantastic news, have been eagerly waiting for this for a while now! Any estimation on when Spark will be supported?

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Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:28:28 GMT

centrally managed Spark is supported

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the_rock — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:17:02 GMT

Sure thing, any time!

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

MikeB — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:05:22 GMT

Any plan to support locally managed Quantum Spark??

Re: Quantum SD-WAN - Official launch

Shlomi_Feldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:08:33 GMT

hi Mike,

the answer is yes. We are working on it as part of our roadmap. If you got a business case which might need this support, please drop me an email and we could discuss it in more details