"WatchGuard is committed to providing our customers with industry-leading security appliances that are impenetrable and provide the highest reliability along with the best ease of use in their class," said Joe Wang, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies. "Through these latest updates, WatchGuard customers will benefit by gaining access to new features aimed at improving overall performance, increasing reliability while enhancing the ease of use in our products' management capabilities. WatchGuard will continue to deliver products aimed at giving our customers strong, reliable UTM security appliances."

The Firebox X Core and Firebox X Peak appliances are receiving a boost to their appliance software, adding new capabilities that increase the performance and reliability of the appliances. WatchGuard's Fireware 9.1 introduces a robust set of function enhancements and management features to give network administrators more options for managing the security of their installations. Fireware 9.1 adds to an already robust UTM solution. With an all-new quarantine capability for spamBlocker, virus scanning for FTP and POP3 traffic, and unlimited file size scanning for AV, WatchGuard's UTM appliances deliver robust best-of-breed functionality.

Firebox X Core appliances are aimed at medium-sized businesses and are capable of 300+ Mbps firewall throughput. Firebox X Peak appliances can support larger enterprise solutions with 2.0 Gbps firewall throughput.

WatchGuard Firebox X Edge e-Series UTM security appliances start at $480.00 (US MSRP) for the wired model and $580.00 (US MSRP) for the wireless version. UTM bundles for the Edge start at $699.00.

WatchGuard Firebox X Core e-Series appliances with Fireware 9.1 start at $1,459.00 (US MSRP). UTM bundles for Core appliances start at $1999.00. WatchGuard Firebox X Peak e-Series UTM security appliances start at $5,900.00 (US MSRP). UTM bundles for Peak appliances start at $9,299.00 (US MSRP).