Same here...tried to acquire a ASA5505 and backordered until sometime
in June....Sonicwall won some business with that little tidbit.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Joel Snyder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Word I keep running across is that Cisco is basically out of everything
>>that matters:
>
> I have heard the same thing, but only in regard to ASA hardware.  A Cisco 
> competitor sent me an email last week saying that they had won a big deal in 
> part because Cisco screwed the pooch by being unable to provide gear in a 
> timely manner.  Another, different, firewall competitor sent me a note three 
> days ago wondering why no one in the tech press was covering the ASA 
> shortage.  Finally, a customer told me last night that they were trying to 
> buy an ASA but the seller (used) raised the price by 25% because of a 
> shortage of used Cisco firewalls.
>
> Maybe that stack of 2501s in my garage is worth something again :-)
>
> jms
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