Palo Alto Networks today launched a managed firewall service for Microsoft Azure environments. The next-generation firewall (NGFW) can be accessed via a console running on the Microsoft cloud platform or in an on-premises environment using the company’s Panorama console for managing firewalls.
Tanya Shastri, senior vice president for product management for next-generation firewall at Palo Alto Networks, said Palo Alto Networks already makes an unmanaged instance of its next-generation firewall available, but more organizations are now looking to use it to also manage those firewalls on their behalf. more here