We had help from the Fortinet team and we deployed in about two to four weeks. We had a time zone issue because I'm located in Zambia and we needed to be available on this side for them to set up the solution, so we set up Teams meetings to work together online. Also, they offered training to us so that we could get certified to manage the product ourselves.

I can do the maintenance and updates myself, but I have been able to push some of the basic deployment tasks down to local technicians. I am able to do everything else on my own.

Typically, we can complete a project in one to two days. However, there are instances where we assist our partners, who may require additional time, such as when applying a solution or utilizing a specific tool. The duration of the deployment largely depends on meeting the unique requirements of each customer.

I deployed it virtually on a VMware server. I set it up, onboarded the devices, created the policies, and added the necessary configurations.

Deployment varied depending on user dependencies, but it took around ten days. There were three people involved in the deployment.

Moreover, it doesn't really require much maintenance besides regular updates.

The deployment took a month because we had some dependencies on the client. That's why it was delayed a bit. Only one person is needed to deploy the solution.

We implemented this solution by ourselves. The solution requires one or two engineers to deploy and maintain it.

We implement the solution for other clients.

We do the implementation and the amount of staff needed depends on the size of the infrastructure and hardware vendors involved. If it is a smaller environment with a single vendor then the process could take two to three days.

If the customer size is very large and they are using the different sites and cities, and many different network infrastructures, the implementation would take time and you would have to manage everything well. When you have a complex network, it can take approximately15 days to implement. The number of vendors they're working with can increase the implementation time duration. If companies only have one vendor, it's easy, but two or three different vendor integration is a little bit harder and takes time. 

Customer's needs are very important, because some customers, only want that 1x configuration. However, other customers want 1x configuration, custom portal pages, and many endpoint compliance rules. The more features the more time it will take.

We implemented through a team provided by the vendor. I would advise to test implementation in a small building before make a campus-wide deployment.

Vendor team on site, which we paid for. In house is available but would have been very time consuming to learn and implement. I would not recommend quick start but instead have a tech on site for a minimum of 5-7 business days to fully understand the product. Its not until you are in full production will you see issues and have questions. As questions, learn how the product works deep down.

We used a managed service provider to help get everything up and running.

The process was frustrating. The managed a lot of our network as is, and they've done several of these setups. They moved from the previous version to the newest version, and they have even stopped recommending it as a solution because they don't want to do this again with another customer.

Three of our engineers were involved in the deployment. One of them focuses on security and the others take care of networking.

You need professional engineers to set up the solution. Only trained and experienced people will be able to handle the implementation.

We used a consultant to assist with implementation. They were good. We didn't have a problem with them.

I handle the implementation for our customers but I rarely perform maintenance.