The Virtual Email Appliance from Sophos provides solid, easy-to-use email content management and protection. With this appliance deployed in a VMware environment, administrators can quickly and easily roll out email policy for data leakage prevention and regulatory compliance - all while protecting the enterprise from spam, viruses and phishing attacks.
Deploying this appliance is easy with any type of VMware. The initial installation is done by deploying the VMware Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template and then manually configuring a few network settings. Once those few steps are complete, the appliance is pretty much ready to go. All configuration and management is done through the appliance's web-based interface, which has a clean, organized layout with intuitive controls.
The real power of this appliance is in its easy-to-use policy configuration templates. Many policies can be created quickly by simply clicking through a few steps on a wizard, and the policy or rule is ready to begin filtering mail. Adding to its ease of use, this appliance comes with prebuilt rule and policy configurations, so when building policy usually all that is necessary is simply clicking the appropriate radio button for the rule type.
Documentation included a virtual appliance setup guide, as well as a built-in help and administrator guide. The setup guide provides clear, step-by-step instructions to download and install the virtual appliance, while the help and administrator guides detail all information for managing and configuring the appliance. We found all documentation to be easy to follow and included many examples and clear instructions.
Sophos provides phone and email support at no additional cost to customers, as well as access to an online portal with many assistance resources, including a knowledge base and user forums.
At a price just under $2,000 (with up to 10 Virtual Email Appliance instances included free with subscription), we find this product to be an excellent value for the money. The Virtual Email Appliance from Sophos offers easy-to-use functionality along with a comprehensive feature set.
Deploying this appliance is easy with any type of VMware. The initial installation is done by deploying the VMware Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template and then manually configuring a few network settings. Once those few steps are complete, the appliance is pretty much ready to go. All configuration and management is done through the appliance's web-based interface, which has a clean, organized layout with intuitive controls.
The real power of this appliance is in its easy-to-use policy configuration templates. Many policies can be created quickly by simply clicking through a few steps on a wizard, and the policy or rule is ready to begin filtering mail. Adding to its ease of use, this appliance comes with prebuilt rule and policy configurations, so when building policy usually all that is necessary is simply clicking the appropriate radio button for the rule type.
Documentation included a virtual appliance setup guide, as well as a built-in help and administrator guide. The setup guide provides clear, step-by-step instructions to download and install the virtual appliance, while the help and administrator guides detail all information for managing and configuring the appliance. We found all documentation to be easy to follow and included many examples and clear instructions.
Sophos provides phone and email support at no additional cost to customers, as well as access to an online portal with many assistance resources, including a knowledge base and user forums.
At a price just under $2,000 (with up to 10 Virtual Email Appliance instances included free with subscription), we find this product to be an excellent value for the money. The Virtual Email Appliance from Sophos offers easy-to-use functionality along with a comprehensive feature set.
