>
> Too bad we could get the shareholders to recognize the value in poor
> revenue figures vs. high site figures. Until that happens, no amount of
> talking about pricing models is really going to solve the real problems
> associated with the relatively high cost of securing your Internet
> connection. And please don't jump on me saying you can do it yourself
> cheaply; education costs, book costs, software costs, hardware costs,
> labor costs (even if it is one of your own employees), then add the cost
> of the risk that it hasn't been done properly, then add the costs
> associated with losing the person who rolled it....it adds up and can be
> just as expensive if not more than buying a premade solution.
>
Great points Russ.
I would like to add my 2 cents though (of course). I don't think that
firewalls are going to cost a fortune for much longer. As they penetrate
into the NT world and economies of scale kick in, these prices are going
to drop. One day these could be $995 products.
However, no matter how cheap or easy they appear to be, there is still
an underlying understanding that people can't put a price on. There
will still be high-priced consultants to explain these things, audit
connections, etc. In other words, even if I only spend a few hundred
bucks for a firewall, I could still end up spending thousands to get it
working with my network properly and securely.
-Rick
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