Re: [FW1] What's up with Nokia?

[Brett Calabrese <brettc@mail.sportsline.com>]

I have no idea but you might try going to www.nokia.com and searching their site.
Check http://www.iprg.nokia.com/contactus.htm, there you will find information such
as;

Nokia
232 Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1318

  1-408-990-2000
  1-408-743-5675 (fax)
    info@iprg.nokia.com

Chris Brenton wrote:

> I'm posting this here because I know a lot of Nokia types monitor this
> list. ;)
>
> I'm faced with a small problem. I work for a reseller that has been
> pushing FW-1 for a number of years. In the past when I've needed
> speed/stability, I pushed clients towards running FW-1 on Sun. Over the
> past year or so however I've seen the Sun platform develop more and more
> problems running FW-1. Some of this has been due to the base OS itself
> while others have been due to conflicts between the two products. I'm
> also running into fewer organizations that are willing to support a Sun
> box. In short, Solaris does not seem to be as good of an OS for running
> FW-1 as it was a number of years ago.
>
> I've seen a lot of positive feedback on the list regarding Nokia and
> want to take one of these boxes for a spin. My original thought was to
> replace the current FW-1 box we use to provide a secure ISP connection
> for many of our clients. If the Nokia could deal with this type of a
> traffic load (1,500+ concurrent sessions), I would have no problem
> getting our sales group to start pushing it out to clients.
>
> Here's where I hit my first snag. While we sell FW-1, we're being told
> we're not a Nokia reseller and therefore must buy the product though one
> of our competitors (at full price of course ;). Obviously I've met with
> some resistance within my organization with regards to putting money in
> the pockets of our competitors.
>
> So my questions would be:
> How does one go about becoming a Nokia reseller?
> What are the requirements?
> Who do you have to talk to? (the person who pushed us off to a
> competitor could not answer this)
>
> I'm also curious if you guys are shipping 4.x code yet.
>
> Any and all help greatly appreciated,
> Chris
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