Microsoft Holds Line on ISA Server 2004 Price

SAN DIEGO - Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration access server 2004 out the door in time T echEd meeting here, but the company has not launched as scheduled pricing of second-generation firewall, and the W eb V PN cache server.

"We hope that this will be, if you get bit, but they are very, very close to bits" Gedeman Coke, the company vice president for Microsofts security business and technology sector, a group of technologies Product review this week. TechEd conference participants received a release candidate version of the ISA Server 2004, in their meetings bag.

Microsoft usually have to wait until a product is released to manufacturing the price of the Warring States period. However, lead product manager Jonathan perrera said, the standard version of the ISA Server 2004 the cost of 1,499 US dollars per processor. This is the same price, Microsoft has charged the standard version of the ISA Server 2000. Recently, Microsofts Software Assurance customers to 20% of the price break on the ISA Server 2000, until May 31, but the transaction is cleared like sales more than one signal, a lower price for ISA Server 2004.

Pricing has not yet been determined for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition, which will ship some time after the standard version. ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition costs 5,999 US dollars per processor.