Hi, would like to know how many companies are using watchguard??
Is it alot?
How good is it? compare to others brand like cisco, juniper, sonicwall etc

my company using watchguard x700 series, pretty reliable, never had any breakdowns

You're doing a POC on WatchGuard?
Well, you won't get the figures here since typically no responsible SysAdm or NetworkAdm will gloat about what fw is deployed.

What you can do is to get the WatchGuard Account Manager to connect you with other WatchGuard customers, than you may ask them etc and go through reviews etc.

From my experience, WatchGuard is ok for SME's, but not for a full scale Enterprise especially a telco or ISPs.

A good firewall is a firewall that does basic packet/application level filtering. Yes, are Watchguard does do them quite well.

Another, even as important thing to think about is:

1. What are you planning to do with it? A first level? 2nd?, think about the design...
2. Are you comfortable to manage it? (Is the company gonna send you to some training?)
3. Will it scale enough for future expansion?
4. Will it work with your existing environment?
5. Support/Maintenance?

Some of the "soft" requirements that you MUST think about ...

In my view, any firewall is as good as the person who implements it

Oh by the way, Cisco's firewall suck! Bad interface, complicated, complex, simply ugly...

If you run lots of MS IISes...you might wanna consider using MS ISA Server

Cheers
Sanjay - Microsoft MVP - Enterprise Security

Hi:

WatchGuard is a reliable and powerful firewall. It's come with UTM services and also Gigabit port for middle range model. WatchGUard is widely use by Private SME and Government in Malaysia. Please feel free to contact me should you need any assistant. We are appointed WatchGuard Professional Partner in Malaysia.

Cheers,

Kenny Wong

what is a snapgear? is it a firewall or VPN? not sure about it though,
will it act like a watchguard?

This post has been edited by blackmachine: Nov 15 2011, 04:18 PM