The City of Stirling's testing is part of a best practice approach to IT which includes a virtualisation and sustainability program reducing the information technology environmental footprint.
WatchGuard keep the City of Stirling's network traffic moving with up to 2.3 Gbps firewall throughput and 600 Mbps VPN throughput powered by Fireware XTM Pro.
Peter Bennington, chief technology officer, Corporate Information Services, City of Stirling said it employs 850 staff running recreation centres, libraries, child care facilities and municipal facilities at 26 different locations.
"Depending on what firewall you put in, it can be a significant overhead. WatchGuard is cost-effective," he said.
"It is robust, works well and its ease of use ensures that the IT team can focus on planning for tomorrow's City of Stirling rather than working behind the scenes handling day-to-day technical problems," added Bennington.
The council's WatchGuard infrastructure is rounded out by two Firebox X Core 1250 and two Firebox X Core 1000 devices.
These integrate application layer content inspection, and include WAN and VPN failover to increase performance, redundancy, and reliability.
With a population approaching 193,300 and a total land area of over 100 square kilometres, the City of Stirling is one of Western Australia's major local government authorities and the largest local government authority by population in the state.
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