Symantec fires up firewall appliance for smaller firms

Symantec plans to formally announce next week a new firewall security appliance, in a move to attract companies with remote users or branch offices.

The Symantec Gateway Security 400 series is the third product to be added to the company's firewall appliance line in the past 13 months, as the security vendor looks to further expand its offerings beyond its consumer business and focus on corporate customers.

"The 400 series fills a gap," said Barry Cioe, senior director of Symantec's product management. "We have customers with remote and branch offices that can't afford to spend thousands of dollars for every one of those sites. But they still want a certain level of security."

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