Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client- End-of-Life

The imminent Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client End-of-Life has left many users uncertain about their next steps and exploring alternative DNS protection. In this article, we look at how WebTitan compares to Cisco Umbrella and provide information on how you can migrate to a new protective DNS solution. Whether considering the fate of Cisco Umbrella Roaming Clients or contemplating a switch, now is the opportune moment to transition to a reliable protective DNS solution.

Cisco Umbrella has seen various announcements over the years, including End-of-Life for legacy pricing and mandatory transitions to other products. The latest development is the impending End-of-Life for the Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client. For users with the Roaming Client installed, migration to Cisco Secure Client is unavoidable; this means potential price increases and labour-intensive client replacements.

Facing migration, consider WebTitan as a trustworthy and affordable alternative. WebTitan DNS filter is the number one Cisco Umbrella alternative in the market, specializing in protecting managed service providers and small and medium-sized businesses from advanced security threats, such as malware, phishing, viruses, ransomware, malicious sites, and malicious content at the source. 

What our customers that migrated from Cisco Umbrella have to say : 

“Overall, our ability to spot and remediate security issues has improved greatly. We can block malicious activity, protect the network and users, and safely manage web usage across the organization.”

Todd Russell IT Director

"When we decided to trial WebTitan we were happily surprised. Straightaway, we dropped Cisco Umbrella and moved to WebTitan, and it is impressing us every day."

Ryan Lochhead Technical Director

Cisco Umbrella and WebTitan are DNS layer filters with best-of-breed advanced AI-driven threat protection built on the same core principles. For a detailed comparison between Cisco Umbrella and WebTitan, visit article here 

Migrating from Cisco Umbrella to WebTitan is straightforward and offers a smooth transition. Explore more about WebTitan and make an informed decision about your organization's DNS protection needs.

To learn more about migrating to WebTitan, book a free demo today.

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Cisco - End of Life Update -  effective July 31, 2022.

Cisco recently announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) contracts with OpenDNS, effective July 31, 2022. This is a crossroads for MSPs and an opportunity to evaluate what aspects should be considered when choosing an alternative to Cisco OpenDNS.

To support MSPs impacted, TitanHQ are offering our DNS security solution free of charge for 2 months of your next contract, on a 12-month deal.
What’s more we'll beat competitive quotes by 10% Total Contract Value. 

Interested in learning more? Chat to us today

About WebTitan

WebTitan DNS filter is the main OpenDNS alternative.

Managed Service Providers are moving from Cisco OpenDNS to WebTitan because of better pricing, no need for minimum users/monthly targets, private cloud options available with WebTitan, and fantastic support from product experts both before and after the sales process.

DNS filtering serves two primary purposes, providing IT teams with visibility into online activities by staff and allowing restrictions to be placed on online activities to prevent certain types of websites from being accessed.

Managed Service Providers are moving from Cisco OpenDNS to WebTitan because of the better pricing, no need for minimum users and monthly targets, private cloud options with WebTitan, and fantastic support from product experts both before and after the sales process.

What does WebTitan DNS filtering from TitanHQ give the Managed Service Provider:

• Margin making capability.
• Private, scalable, multi-tenant clouds in the UK, in AWS, and fast. Private IP with secondary backup.
• Malware and phishing link killer for your customers.
• Microsoft, T-Mobile, Virgin, ViaSat and Datto all use WebTitan primarily for its security capabilities.
• Save on truck roll cost and engineering + support costs with our DNS Filter. Stop unhappy, time-consuming customers.
• Real-time LIVE updating of malware and malicious threats.
• Active database of 650 million users driving the AI-driven protection in this product
• Ease of deployment, rollout, and ease of use. We’ll hold your hands on rollout and scale you into the product it needs to be. We’re a partner who will grow and slow together
• No punitive terms or measures, no sharp practices.
• Full industry-leading support from real techies who sit beside the product owners over both phone and email. Pre and post-sales support.
• API for the MSP in particular when not using an RMM. Automation capabilities for them.
• The power of reporting with full AzureAD integration. Ease of user identification and reporting. They can show their customers the volume of malicious attacks they have prevented.
• Easy filtering at multiple levels and the capability to recognize users in many different ways. Offers remote employee & student protection filtering for Windows, Mac's and Chromebooks.

Managed Service Providers are moving from Open DNS Cisco Umbrella to WebTitan because of the more competitive Cisco Umbrella comparison pricing available, the lack of a requirement for minimum users and monthly targets, private cloud options with WebTitan, and fantastic support from product experts both before and after the sales process. WebTitan client testimonials speak for themselves. View WebTitan Testimonials.