Future of v17 and v18

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

Bump

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 

Bumping this thread ...

PJR

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

It's just my opinion, but i think once they release v18 the development of new features will be quicker. But of course they first need to release v18. I hope it will be really soon... 

Hello TheBalmasque,

what's up to you, really soon, this autumn?

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: 

community.sophos.com/.../sluggish-ui-performance

The cloud is fantastic if you have large bandwidth and big budget, just think of all the small businesses with low speed links. You still need some protection for your link to the cloud from your office/home.

Ian

The cloud is fantastic if you have large bandwidth and big budget, just think of all the small businesses with low speed links. You still need some protection for your link to the cloud from your office/home.

Ian