[RobertGraham]

Is this only for enforcement?

Changing from IPSO to SPLAT because Nokia doesn't have good support, is in my opinion like deciding that you want to trade in your BMW 540 for a Lincoln Navigator because the Beamer is too slow.

In essence, Nokia has far and away much better support than Check Point. In fact, Nokia will often answer Check Point questions better than Check Point. In the case that you have a very difficult problem, Check Point is the only place to go, since they have access to the source code etc. For most issues though, the company I work for prefers to open tickets with Nokia.

There's no question that Nokia is very expensive, but the money is saved in humans - like you need less of them. At this other company I worked for, we administered 125 Nokias with 2.5 people. It would've required four at least to do the same with Solaris.

I recommend you work with Nokia and try to escalate your concerns. Speak with a manager or whatever. Communicate your great dissatisfaction and see what happens, because it's either a fluke or your expectations are so high that the other vendors will fall way short.

I have no connection to Nokia, this is really my honest opinion. I've worked with SPLAT a little, it's a good platform. But, the consideration should then be out of pocket expenses and not support. If you have Solaris black-belts hanging around with plenty of extra cycles, the change would make sense also.

PS: All the management stations I've ever worked on were all Solaris, if that helps.