Astaro picks on PIX by tying recycling to competive upgrade offer

Security appliance vendor Astaro in BurlingtonGo Green Global Recycling to offload all the Cisco PIX equipment that it collects through a competitive trade-in promotion.

Under the promo, you can get a discount of 20 percent off the priced of the Astaro Security Gateway when you hand in an outdated PIX unit. The Cisco PIX 535 Security Appliance is slated for end of life on July 28.