{"id":8837,"date":"2025-04-02T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/?p=8837"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:05:56","slug":"network-in-a-box-an-easier-way-to-sell-the-sophos-network-stack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/2025\/04\/products\/network-in-a-box-an-easier-way-to-sell-the-sophos-network-stack\/","title":{"rendered":"Network-in-a-Box: An Easier Way to Sell the Sophos Network Stack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having network infrastructure from multiple vendors makes security management unnecessarily complex, slows down troubleshooting, and can increase costs.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Network-in-a-Box bundles take the guesswork out of network deployment. Whether you need to outfit a retail chain or equip a mid-sized office, we\u2019ve hand-picked the optimal hardware and software components to address common network security and connectivity needs while still giving you the flexibility to customize the bundle to your exact customer requirements.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What bundles are available and what do they include?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Targeting either SD-branch or headquarter office environments, there are five bundles:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SD-Branch Network-in-a-Box <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remote Office\/Retail<\/li>\n<li>Branch Office<\/li>\n<li>Power Branch Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Headquarters Network-in-a-Box <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Headquarters (HQ)<\/li>\n<li>Power HQ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each Network-in-a-Box bundle includes everything you need to build a secure, reliable network:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a powerful firewall with Xstream Protection<\/li>\n<li>one or more switches with support and services<\/li>\n<li>one or more wireless access points with support and services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Visit <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/trials-and-offers\/network-in-a-box\"><strong>sophos.com\/network-stack<\/strong><\/a><strong> to find out more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to quote Network-in-a-Box<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the Sophos quoting tool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under <em>Product Selection<\/em>, type network in a box in the search field.\n<ul>\n<li>A keyword such as NIB will also work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the magnifying glass to show all available bundles.<\/li>\n<li>Check the box next to a bundle and click <em>select<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The products included in the bundles will be shown.<\/li>\n<li>Adapt as necessary and click <em>save<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For eligible orders, you can apply discounts using our existing firewall promos.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you use the Firewall Sizing Tool, Network-in-a-Box bundles will also be suggested if they fit.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how easy it is to quote the new bundles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is a soft bundle?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Soft bundles do not have SKUs on the price list and do not need to be stocked by our distributors. They&#8217;re simply &#8220;containers&#8221; within the quoting tool that include pre-selected products and can be selected like any other product when quoting.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to a hard-coded bundle, a soft bundle can be flexibly adapted to suit the requirements of the project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where can you find out more?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/trials-and-offers\/network-in-a-box\">Network-in-a-Box webpage<\/a> (or use the vanity URL Sophos.com\/network-stack)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10929&amp;renderMode=Collection&amp;q=%22Sophos%20Network-in-a-Box%22\">Solution Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10929&amp;renderMode=Collection&amp;q=%22Sophos%20Network-in-a-Box%22\">PowerPoint Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reach out to your local Sophos distributor or account manager if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-configured soft bundles accessible via the Sophos quoting tool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3000009047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[110],"coauthors":[41],"class_list":["post-8837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products","tag-sophos-firewall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/featured-image-sophos-niab-visual-partner-blog-icon-1600x960px-v2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8839,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions\/8839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8837"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}