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About 7 years ago
Answered a question: Comparison of Barracuda F800, SonicWall 5600 and Fortinet
I've utilized both SonicWALL and Fortinet in many implementations over the years. Fortinet does a better job in large, multi-tenant deployments and has excellent stateful packet inspection throughput. If you're planning to do SSL decryption and inspection, SonicWALL is the…
Almost 8 years ago
Commented on Review about Dell SonicWALL TZ
As an update on this topic - there are new versions of SonicOS planned for the middle of this year which are reportedly going to increase the throughput ratings by as much as 50%. The new features essentially unlock the horsepower that the gen6 platform promised through…
About 8 years ago
Commented on Review about Dell SonicWALL TZ
Just a couple of notes for others who may be considering. I've implemented probably 800 or more SonicWALL devices. The TZ is a great product and in fact is identical from a management perspective to the higher-end NSA series. My suggestion is that they will run as…
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Network Architect / Business Owner with 28 years of overall experience integrating (in order of involvement), 3Com 3Share/3+ Open, Banyan Vines, Novell Netware '86 (through NetWare 5.x), Windows (all versions from 1.0 to Server 2016). Have been providing consulting and engineering services for organizations of all sizes, from the smallest "mom and pop shops" to the "Fortune 50". Have been a leading member of industry-award-winning teams developing solutions for companies such as "Ernst & Young". Currently the co-owner of Exigent Technologies - a technology consulting firm focused on the delivery of managed services to SME's.
Specialties: Business Owner, Contracts Management, Project Management, System Architecture (Network, Server, Application), Network Security, Network Routing and Switching, Application Integration, Operating Systems, Enterprise Email.
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