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Subscription renewals and geographic location

Can anyone help me with a subscription renewal question please?

 

Are subscriptions tied to geographic region? i.e. if purchasing through a reseller must they be used in the region that they were bought in? 

Is there any reason why I could not (for example) buy a subscription renewal through a US reseller to use in France?

 

 

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emnoc
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I never heard of that, maybe the EU or NA seller can't sell across GEO lines ( rules, VAT issues, partners restriction ). Fortiguard would care less where ever the fortigate sits at & a subscription PN is still  all the same.

 

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gschmitt
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There are also certain countries which don't allow the normal fortigates due to Encryption (this is what the LE (Low Encryption) devices are for)

 

But I am not sure if this affects the Subscription selling :\

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emnoc wrote:

I never heard of that, maybe the EU or NA seller can't sell across GEO lines ( rules, VAT issues, partners restriction ). Fortiguard would care less where ever the fortigate sits at & a subscription PN is still  all the same.

I should probably clarify that this isn't something I've encountered yet, more of a pre-emptive query as we will be looking to renew soon and there are significant pricing differences by region.

emnoc
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FWIW: The prices difference is directly impacted by region for  forticare. I think if the unit is registered for one area that's where Fortinet will support it, but for fortiguard-srvsc I don't think it matters A subscription is a subscription, the same fortiguard network is just that a network.

 

FTNT made announcements back in Jan and Jun of 2015 & the prices went up by 10% iirc. This is a small bean to count for a SOHO or small office but a SP/ENT network with 100s+ of devices could be impacted from a maintenance budget.

 

Can you provide the SKU  ( the FC number  )  that your looking at and /or the price differences on  whatever your comparing?

 

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emnoc wrote:

Can you provide the SKU  ( the FC number  )  that your looking at and /or the price differences on  whatever your comparing?

The price differences are down to exchange rate differences (GBP / USD) but become fairly significant when looking at 2 / 3 year deals given the current rates; currently it's about a GBP 330 difference.

The bundle we're looking at is a standard 8x5 UTM on a FGT-60D; I'm afraid I don't know the SKU / FC number (sorry).

emnoc
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So it's just the pricing due to conversion, that's good to know. I going to germany in a few days, I should investigate this more. Don't know how well off the  EURO / USD . A penny saved , is a penny saved ;)

 

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Just to follow up on this.

 

I've just successfully applied a subscription pack purchased from a US reseller to a UK based unit. All seems well and we've saved a considerable amount.

emnoc
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Qs;

 

How much did you save,  and was it purchased from a amazon or other  online vendor?

 

I'm very curious

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emnoc wrote:

Qs;

 

How much did you save,  and was it purchased from a amazon or other  online vendor?

 

I'm very curious

I believe we purchased from a US Fortinet reseller (found from the lookup) - we purchased a 3 year pack and saved about GBP200. Not small beer.

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