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About 7 years ago
Answered a question: Sophos XG 210 vs Fortigate FG 100E
Hello
I would recommend the Sophos solution, key benefits I would say would be
Sophos EndPoint integrates very well with Sophos XG, currently heart beat helps with quarantining devices going between zones (LAN to WAN, LAN to DMZ etc). The next version will actually help…
About 7 years ago
Answered a question: Sophos XG 210 vs Fortigate FG 100E
Hello
I thought I posted a response yesterday but can't see it so I'll repost (and include some other points)
I would recommend the Sophos solution, key benefits I would say would be
Sophos EndPoint integrates very well with Sophos XG, currently heart beat helps with…
Almost 8 years ago
Answered a question: What do you recommend for a corporate firewall implementation?
My notes
If it's technically possible and affordable you could consider going with a different provider that lets you have a central firewall and your offices connect to this firewall via a mpls network. That way you have point of entry and you can build one set of rules
If…
Over 8 years ago
Answered a question: Advantages of Palo Alto over Cisco ASA FirePOWER?
Pretty much Palo Alto sets the benchmark on the following:"Layer 8 application filtering", policies can be defined to pick up and block applications going in and out of the organisation
Identifying users, this includes using Exchange Activesync to identify mobile devices…
Almost 9 years ago
Answered a question: I am looking into getting a Cyberoam UTM, what do you think?
I'm speaking from the sophos point of view (sophos utm architect and doing my XG architecture course now) who owns cyberoam now and has developed their next gen firewall based on their technology. Support from AU has been fine and their KB articles will answer 95% of the…
Over 9 years ago
Answered a question: Cyberoam or Fortinet?
My knowledge of firewalls is currently limited to Sophos UTM's, SonicWalls and a little PaloAlto
My understanding is Cyberoam is now part of Sophos and I believe the next versions of the UTM OS will be incorporating the Cyberoam "Layer 8" application firewall. I'm super…
Almost 10 years ago
Contributed a review of HPE BladeSystem: Ahead of other vendors. Minor improvements are needed for registration of licenses and access to updated drivers.
Almost 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Cisco UCS B-Series: Remote access to the server is very useful but the RAID controllers lack a lot of functionality
Almost 10 years ago
Contributed a review of SonicWall TZ: It's simple to deploy which means you can quickly & effectively have a secure network but the reporting tool needs work
About 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Vidyo: Affordable Video conferencing - both for deployment as well as telecommunication requirements. Has room to improve.
About 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Microsoft Azure: Learning curve to get it up and running but it's scalable and flexible.
About 10 years ago
Contributed a review of VMware vSphere: Cost effective and best solution available. Compatibility with non-standard devices should be improved.
About 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Sophos UTM: Sophos's web filtering & SMTP filtering is much better than SonicWall which we previously used.
About 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Citrix Endpoint Management: Gave the company the option to implement BYOD for mobile phones, but The MTC was very finicky.
Reviews
Almost 10 years ago
HPE BladeSystem
Almost 10 years ago
Cisco UCS B-Series
Almost 10 years ago
SonicWall TZ
About 10 years ago
Microsoft Azure
About 10 years ago
VMware vSphere
About 10 years ago
Sophos UTM
About 10 years ago
Citrix Endpoint Management
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Almost 9 years ago
Unified Threat Management (UTM)