Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance End of Life
Cisco has announced that a variety of Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) would no longer be available for sale after September 16, 2013. In the tech industry this idea is referred to as End of Life. If you own a Cisco ASA 5510, 5520, 5540, or 5550 you will be affected, however, if you have an active SmartNet contracts for these devices have the ability to continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until September 30, 2018.
Cisco ASA 9.1 is the last software release that will be supported on many of the ASA appliances that have reached their end of sale date so we encourage you to keep your SmartNet contracts active for these devices. For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, the last date to order a new contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing contract is September 16, 2014.
Cisco’s ASA 5500-X series of Next Generation Firewalls
Trade In Your Old Cisco Equipment
Most customers can take advantage of Cisco’s Technology Migration Program to trade-in eligible product, which allows you to receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For information about this program, contact your IT Resource Sales Account Manager at 616.837.6930, or email our sales team.
