when I was at Windstream, FOrtinet was their FW of choice. PAETEC was
just integrated into Windstream (where I came from) and we used
Watchguards. Having been trained on both, the problem with the
Fortinets, IMHO, is the inconsistency between CPE and Cloud interfaces.
ALso, everything is done in the browser and its very clunky and
confusing at times. WG has a client (even though they are slowly trying
to go to a browser based client) but the interface in the client is
consistent across the product lines. Also, there is an inconsistency on
the Fortinet when using the interface on the device itself versus the
management system. One other item was some things could only be done in
the CLI.
Having said that, when I was in the Security Operations Center of
Windstream, I wrote the following three papers distributed to our team
internally:
o/Duplicated Networks with Fortinet firewalls and Remote VPN dialups///
o/Social Networks and Fortigate Web Filters///
o/Fortigate Site-2-Site VPNs with Meraki Remote Peer///
I agree the Mikrotik firewall is not something I would use since it has
no UTM and i find it confusing. Also to define a simple rule to do BOTH
TCP and UDP, for example, you have to create multiple rules. On WG and
Fortinet it is much easier.
THe Fortinet HA works very well as I did configure a few of those when I
was there. I am also not a CISCO fan but have to deal with them.
FWIW, I am a WG reseller.
Leon
On 5/13/2017 11:19 AM, Mike Francis wrote:
It is not Cisco or Sonicwall! The list is long. For us we have always
been a Cisco & Mikrotik shop, but felt we were messing a piece of the
security and firewall business. Mikoritk has a great firewall, but it
is not active o what you would consider an Enterprise firewall. Cisco
has a great firewall, but it is expensive and complex.
We got involved with Fortinet through a client who needed support for
several hundred units. Once we started dealing with Fortinet we
quickly realized how powerful what they have built really is. The
Unified Threat Management is very advanced and very scalable. There
are several pieces that make it a true Enterprise solution like the
Forti-manger, the Forti-analyzer etc. On top of that the Next Gen,
IPS, VPN forwarding and processing is very impressive, and so are the
management, the Virtual Domain, the HA config, the Clustering
technology and so on. We also do a lot of virtual routing and their
Fortigate-VM is very nice too. There is a reason these guys are
growing so fast and are on the top of every security vendor list out
there.
Another thing is that they really vet their partners. One thing that I
have noticed in the security industry is that if a IT guys says he/she
is using a sonicwall, that is a potential red flag. +80% of the time
they have no idea what they are doing. When someone says they are a
Fortinet Partner, they have been through the proper training, been
vetted and it is much more likely you are talking to someone who knows
what they are doing.
Thank you,
John Michael Francis II
JMF Solutions, Inc
Wavefly - Internet | Voip | Cloud
INC 5000 #2593
CRN Fast Growth #105
251-517-5069
http://jmfsolutions.net
http://wavefly.com
"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them
anyway. If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do
good anyway. If you are successful, you may win false friends and true
enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten
tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and transparency make you
vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. What you spend years
building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People who really
want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway. Give the
world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best
anyway." By: Mother Teresa
On 5/12/2017 6:20 PM, Jon Langeler wrote:
What's some of the selling points with Fortigate?
Jon Langeler
Michwave Technologies, Inc.
On May 12, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Mike Francis <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
We are a Forigate partner and do a lot of Fortigate business. I will
send you a quote.
Thank you,
John Michael Francis II
JMF Solutions, Inc
Wavefly - Internet | Voip | Cloud
INC 5000 #2593
CRN Fast Growth #105
251-517-5069
http://jmfsolutions.net
http://wavefly.com
"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them
anyway. If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do
good anyway. If you are successful, you may win false friends and
true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten
tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and transparency make you
vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. What you spend years
building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People who really
want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway. Give
the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world
your best anyway." By: Mother Teresa
On 5/12/2017 3:15 PM, Gino A. Villarini wrote:
Need a quote for 30 FortiWifi-30E units
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*/Gino A. Villarini/*
President
Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968
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