Hey AlanT,
Hope you can update us on the future of v17 and future of v18?
Since v17 is released i'm sure alot of new improvements are in the pipeline.
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Hey AlanT,
Hope you can update us on the future of v17 and future of v18?
Since v17 is released i'm sure alot of new improvements are in the pipeline.
Hey tom greene
Make sure to keep an eye out on our Release Notes & News and Sub-groups for new updates and upcoming betas for future releases.
I'll also tag AlanT and talex in case they wanted to chime in with any further information.
Regards,
FloSupport | Sophos Community Engineer
I don't think you will get any more info till they are closer to v18. v17.1, 17.2 etc are in the pipe and AlanT touched on whats coming in this thread https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/sophos-xg-beta-programs/sfos-v170-beta/f/sfos-v170-beta-feedback/97040/what-s-next-for-v17-x
I think Sophos has put some good work in the last releases like 17 oder 17.5. They simpley need to close some already completed feature request on their idea platform. [:O]
But yes, i think v18 will bring the "most wanted" or highly requestet features.
Hello Balmasque,
Unfortunately after I read one PDF document ( not classified as confidential ) which compares the features and properties of UTM9 vs. XG, I really do not share your optimism. This document mentions 24 key features of UTM9 vs. XG but only 13 will be implemented in version v18 and other no less important 11 key features will be implemented in the v18+ version.
So in my opinion, "the game will be balanced" in the summer of 2020.
But maybe Sophos surprise us ...
Regards
alda
The game may balanced with UTM in 2020 (I'm forced now to doubt it). But Sophos is loosing ground compared to the competition.
The "Unified" principle is being catch-up by everyone in the industry. On-Premise "Unified" is being killed by everyone in the industry and will soon mean "in the cloud" almost most certainly. Hybrid or not ... May we like it or not.
Just look at Symantec Endpoint Protection in the cloud ...
2020 will be too little too late.
PJR.
Hi,
in another thread i read it is currently scheduled for H2 2019:
Hello TheBalmasque,
I think it corresponds to what I wrote, I think the autumn of this year is H2 2019, or am I wrong? I think we all have an experience with the published (predicted) terms that Sophos publishes. In my opinion autumn this year a very optimistic term. If I remember well, the v17.5 MR1 that should allow APX access points was scheduled for mid-December last year. And now is the end of January and support for APX in XG still is not available, right? It is planned for next week, but maybe could be delayed for a week ...
At the latest in two months we will know who was right. The first milestone is planned at the end of March, so we will see ....
Regards
alda