Why Upgrade? R60 to R65?

[spootnicks]

Guys could someone point out key reasons why should we upgrade from R60 to R65? Also, has anyone seen a release note on key features avail in R65, that weren't in R60?

Anything will help!

[cciesec2006]

First right of the bat, SmartDefense Profile, which is only available in NGx
R62/R63/R65 but not R60/R61.

[RayPesek]

Check Point is retiring the certification exams for R60 early next year, I believe, and have released R65 exams. R60, 61 and 62 probably will go the same way as previous versions: while still officially supported, hotfixes will start becoming further and further apart.

R65 has better VoIP support and is more modular. You can add new features without having to go through a full upgrade.

Ray

[Thorpuse]

R65 also has inbuilt content security for Web Filering and AV, and now Messaging Security for AntiSpam (good luck getting an eval license for these though!!!)

It may just be me, but R65 seems a lot more stable as well.

[hotice_]

2.6 Kernel will provide you more Hardware compatibility

[chillyjim]

Originally Posted by Thorpuse

It may just be me, but R65 seems a lot more stable as well.

It also does better in most performance tests that my end users have done.