Fortinet FortiGate Implementation Team

Jose Gisbert

Manager Network (IT/OT) at a consumer goods company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It was a mixed team vendor - in-house. The vendor expertise was really good and I would rate it on a 9 out of 10.

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Will Alfaro

IT Consultant at Escuela de Comunicación Mónica Herrera

I'm able to handle the deployment myself.

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Dhsrms Fff

Team Leader Network & Security at Rogers Capital

I have deployed Fortinet FortiGate on my own. I have never needed help from any third-party consultant, or integrator. I work as a consultant and integrator for other companies. I provide my service as a consultant.

Fortinet FortiGate doesn't require a lot of maintenance if you deploy the system correctly, it will run well. However, you do need to have some security checks, auditing, and cleanup of the system, every month. It depends on the company policies.

If you already deployed the solution correctly you should not have an issue. Maintenance is required, we do have some customers that are doing morning checks on memory and CPU, it does not take much time.

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EhabAli

Sr. Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB

We implement the solution for our clients. One person can easily deploy multiple Fortinet products through the firewall including FortiAnalyzer for the logs, FortiManager, and FortiMail.

For SD-WAN also, one senior security engineer can do everything for a customer. The maintenance is easy. We haven't faced any critical problems with it.

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Esubalew-Berihun

Network Engineer at Ahad

I integrated the solution myself without outside help.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We set up the solution ourselves, although we did work closely with Fortinet as part of their bundle package.

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Syed Ali Waqas

Head IT at Burraq Cyber Security Solutions

The implementation was completed in-house.

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Denis Orellana

Network Solutions Architect at Yazata Solutions

We are the integrator/consultant for the solution. We are the one in between the client and the internet service provider.

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Abdallah Rukab

Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We implement the solution in-house.

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Network Security & DataCenter Architect at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

The implementation was completed by the vendor.

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Jim Morrill

Network admin at Penobscot Valley Hospital

I pretty much used the support from Fortinet to do it. They're good about their support. I did it myself by being a nuisance to Fortinet. I kept calling them to ask questions. They had to remote on to it and see you do something you don't know how to do.

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Javed Hashmi

Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies

We implement it ourselves. For small projects, one or two people are good enough because we majorly find all the things at the LLD stage. We have a team that works on the LLD and configurations, and then we've got an on-field team that takes those configurations and applies the changes. Normally, if the implementation isn't distributed across the country, not many resources are required. Two or three resources are good enough, but if it's distributed across different regions, then a larger team is required. Once we have the templates, things are posted automatically, so not much to be done at the sites. We just have to do connectivity and configure the policies. As compared to other deployments, we require much less staff for the deployment tasks.

It requires maintenance, but generally, the product is very stable and doesn't require much maintenance. Normally, there aren't many changes. If there are any issues, we definitely need to monitor and check. Most of the issues aren't related to the solution itself if you have implemented it in the right manner, so planning needs to be done in the right manner.

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Leif Thomas

Director, Information Systems at Ohio Art Co

Our implementation strategy was to hire vendors with expertise.

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Ehab.Fawzy Mohamed

Chief Engineer at Hilton Worldwide

We had a third-party company help us with this implementation. They came and did the first setup, and after that, I followed the technical support from Fortinet.

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reviewer1336140

Senior Network Engineer at a government with 201-500 employees

The deployment is completely done in-house. We didn't have any outside assistance.

We did use Fortinet's tech support when we came into some problems. However, we didn't use any extra vendor.

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Heson Ko

Software Development Specialist at Unicomp Information Co. Ltd.

It was deployed through a vendor team of one-two person.

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FirasHamdan

Information Technology Manager at Petra

We implement the solution for our clients.

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Andrew S. Baker (ASB)

Cybersecurity & IT Operations Professional (VirtualCxO) at BrainWave Consulting Company, LLC

In-house deployment all the time.

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Irshad Ali

Presales Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The deployment can be done by one person if that person is dedicated to a single project, but if more projects are running in parallel, you would require a few more people.

It does require maintenance, which includes upgrading the operating system and installing patches. Two to three people would be enough for around 500 site maintenance but not in the 24/7 case. If it's 24/7, then nine people would be required for that.

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Costa Mitsios

Deputy Technical Director at Space Hellas S.A.

We did the implementation in-house.

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Andrei Vaskin

Specialist at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Generally, two to three people are required for the deployment.

For maintenance, our customers have technical staff. They regularly check and ensure that all the functions are working. We are glad to help them if they need any help.

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Girgis Hady

Network Technical Lead/Manager at WadiDegla

There was a partner supporting us. Our experience with them was very good. I would rate its setup experience a four out of five.

For maintenance, we currently have a team of two people, but it may be extended to three or four.

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Raphael Haroun Ikyagh

Network Administrator at Letshego

We used a consultant.

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Ibidapo Ibrahim

Head of IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The implementation was completed by a partner and two people were required. We completed the configurations ourselves.

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Luis Teran

Engineer at Cyber Sea

I did it myself. To create all the policies and configurations needed by the customers, it usually takes me two days or a week at the most if the project is harder.

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Shaik Sayeed

Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG

We have our own team that does the implementation of the solution.

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Shewraj Anoop

IT Manager at SICOM LTD

We have a relationship with the vendor. We discussed what we wanted to do and finally, we selected the product, and after that, it was installed and configured on our premises.

We have a small team of three or four people for deployment and maintenance.

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reviewer1127952

Network Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

We worked with a partner. Usually, when we have a project, we do the initial setup with this partner. After that, we are able to manage the firewall without any outside help.

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Volodymyr Khorenzhyi

Network Engineer at Thunder Software Technology Co., Ltd.

I handled the implementation myself. I did not need a consultant or an integrator.

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David Oparinde

Managing Director with 51-200 employees

We have experts in-house with experience and we did the deployment in-house. They used the deployment resources internally to deploy it.

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Ahmad Aloqlah

General Manager at GlobalTech

We implemented through a reseller and it took couple of days. There were some modifications and configurations that took more time, but the core configuration took a couple of days.

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Gilles Mousnier

Manager GIS at epfam

It was an IT subcontractor who did the implementation. Our experience with them was very good.

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Ashleigh Gilson

Senior Director Information Technology at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Deployment was completed with a consultant.

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Sunil Kumar Nair

Director Of Information Technology at Al Falah University

We implemented the Fortinet using an in-house Technical support team.

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Mike Kajubi

ICT/Presales Manager at Balton Uganda

The implementation was completed in-house.

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reviewer2152560

Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Generally, most of the customers maintain their solution on-premises, not on the cloud. I am a technical guy. I am involved in deploying the solution to our customers. I take care of the HCLM upgrade, inflation rate consideration, automation, and other technical aspects of the solution.

We evaluate the area first and then proceed with the implementation by creating a DMZ zone and policies such as CRM and CAP.

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MahmoudSaleh

Quality Trainer at MOH

We used Fortinet's local partners that helped maintain our financial and management systems.

We have one to two people that do the maintenance of Fortinet FortiGate.

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Michael-Sugg

President at Sovereign Managed Services

I'm currently handling the implementation for a client.

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Chingiz Abdukarimov

Director at a integrator with 11-50 employees

We did not engage a vendor team. Documentation is good enough to implement with an in-house team.

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Amgad Soliman

Senior System & Security Administrator at a legal firm with 51-200 employees

I am the integrator for Fortinet FortiGate solutions at our company.

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reviewer1249359

Executive at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

We managed, with my team, the setup. We also engaged with Fortinet in terms of professional services in order to check the installation and offer some support.

That said, we have many people on our team certified with the biggest firewalls and security infrastructure vendors.

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it_user236517

Senior NetOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We did an in-house implementation, with no third party involvement.

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Anand Navik

Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I am an implementation engineer. I deployed and configured the whole firewall. I also troubleshot any issues. When I had any queries, they were clarified by Fortinet's engineers.

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reviewer1392267

Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

This product was implemented by a Fortinet partner.

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Mohsinoddin Mohammed

Information Security Principal at Alkhorayef

We implemented this solution with this assistance of a partner.

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Md Mohiuddin

Assistant Manager IT at Urmi Garments Ltd

Our vendor team implemented the tool for us; the vendor team is based here in Bangladesh.

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Kirubel Markos

Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have more than six certified engineers in our company that can do the deployment of the solution.

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Rehan Khurram

Systems & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We did the implementation ourselves.

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reviewer1255635

Head of the Satellite Infrastructure and Operation System Department at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The deployment takes place with the help of an integrator. We have an integrator to help us deploy and install all the solutions. They analyze all the features that we need to use, and then we discuss and finalize the solution before starting with the installation.

We have five to six people in the network team.

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Mohamed El-Sherbini

IT Manager at Mada Insurance

I am able to do the implementation myself. There is no need for assistance.

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Charbel Hajj

Senior Supervisor at MEPEQ

We had the assistance of a consultant at first.

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Qaiser Abbas

Sr. Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We implemented this product ourselves, because we are a partner of Fortinet.

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Mushtaq Ahmad

Manager IT at Riphah

The initial implementation was handled by the vendors. They were great at assisting us with the process.

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Kshitij Singhai

Owner at Computech Associates

We are a very small company with seven to eight people. We have a total of three people working with firewalls. They're network and support engineers.

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SitaramPatro

Enterprise Service Manager at Technology Associates Limited

We handle the implementation for our clients as we're Fortinet partners and well versed in the product.

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NipontChartkul

Director, CFO at IT Green Public Company Ltd.

We had a team for implementing Fortinet FortiGate on these projects. We also have many business partners for service work as integrators.

Our partner for the Fortinet FortiGate installation was one of the few consultancies that have exceptionally good service in the market currently.

We have begun Fortinet FortiGate training through the consultant company and now have many partners for service contracts.

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it_user755889

Consultant at MT Pockets Computers

I installed it. I did the product research and was involved in the purchase decision but I did not purchase the product, I was not a vendor of the product, and I did not make any money on it.

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Diana Nongera

I.T. Manager at Pacific Cigarette Company

We were guided by our partner, so we worked on our devices with our partners. They were the ones who helped us and who have been working with us, even for upgrades, and it has not been straightforward.

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Mina Aziz

Senior System Engineer at Effvision

We did the implementation of the solutions ourselves.

We have approximately five engineers that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

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MichaelZhang

IT Director at Guangdong Technion Institute of Technology

We had an external partner to help us and to work together with us to do the initial setup.

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reviewer1441512

Deputy General Manager Information Technology at a media company with 201-500 employees

We implemented it on our own. We are a small team, so a person with a few other duties also manages this solution.

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it_user241101

Network Administrator at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

I deployed it - I'm FCNSA certified.

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Krzysztof Morański

Systems Engineer at Vernity

Typically we, as integrators, will assist the client with the initial setup.

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reviewer1091898

CEO/CTO with 201-500 employees

I have partners that assist with the initial setup and I have network engineers who are doing the job for me. They are working for me as they are my employees. As their boss, of course, I have to know a little bit about how to handle it as well. We handle the implementation process for our clients. We implement it according to ISO and Chinese security standards.

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reviewer1238928

Sales Engineer - Sênior at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I didn't need the assistance of a reseller or integrator. I handled the implementation myself.

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reviewer1420032

Lead Program Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

We implemented it on our own. It took around one hour. We have one or two engineers for its deployment and maintenance.

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it_user249372

Senior Security Consultant with 501-1,000 employees

All implementations were done in-house.

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reviewer1232469

Responsabile ced with 1-10 employees

I have an external technician that manages FortiGate for the company. This person was responsible for the initial setup.

I do simpler network changes myself, such as altering ports on the firewall or the switch.

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IT Specialist at Divante

We hired a consultant to do this for us and to explain how the system works. After a few weeks, we did new certifications and training for this, and now, it works well for us.

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Mohamed Abdel Hassanein

Managing Director at FORESEC

We are a partner, and a technical team qualified for implementing.

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reviewer1450398

Product Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used their Professional Services for the initial installation.

We have a large in-house team for maintenance, although I am not sure how many are dedicated to this particular product.

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reviewer1256787

Technical Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

An integrator helped us with the implementation process they were very helpful and extremely knowledgable. We had them in case something we wrong, however, nothing has gone wrong so far.

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Thameem Ansari

Senior solution architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I installed it myself. You just need one technical guy to maintain and manage the firewall. It is a small product for 200 to 500 users.

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Fernando Neto

Network Analyst at Aloo Telecom

We were given all the support that we needed for implementation. The vendors were fantastic.

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Vineeth Babu P

IT System Administrator at emirates hospital

We did not use an integrator or consultant. Our security engineers completed the configuration.

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Simon Chaba

ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

It was an in-house installation.

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reviewer940329

ICT Systems Administrator at a philanthropy with 11-50 employees

Another company implemented this solution for us, and they also took us through the training and it was okay.

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Silvia Ihensekhien

Chief Information Security Officer at ShipServ Limited

We used a partner to do the implementation of the solution.

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reviewer1451103

Chief Information Officer at a analyst firm with 10,001+ employees

Implemented by our in-house team.

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Effort Moyo

Technical Services Manager at ProComm technologies

We deployed it ourselves. You just need one engineer for its deployment and maintenance.

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reviewer1316841

System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

We used a reseller to help us with the implementation.

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Assistant Manager (Infrastructure) at SISTIC

We implemented it ourselves with some assistance from vendor. Because of the limited assistance from the vendor, we do not know what the level of expertise was.

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reviewer1254792

Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

There is little maintenance required, and what needs to be maintained is easy to do.

Most projects required one engineer. If the project requires several branches, with simultaneous deployments, we can need more than three engineers.

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reviewer1392531

Dy General Manager at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees

You will need one or two integrators for the deployment and it was very easy. The maintenance is simple too.

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reviewer1425057

Documentation Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

My colleague set up FortiGate.

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DaleYeh

Principal Mining Consultant at senhwabio

The installation of Fortinet FortiGate was implemented by our vendor. They are a third-party selling company, not the original manufacturer.

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Matthew Titcombe

CEO & Sr. Information Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We implemented in-house.

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it_user149982

Project Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

In-house.

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it_user275226

IT Director with 501-1,000 employees

We did it in-house.

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MaheshPatel

Sr. Corporate Marketing Executive at Amity Infosoft Pvt. Ltd.

We have implemented in-house.

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reviewer743844

Mgr. IT Infrastructure and Network Operations at a media company with 11-50 employees

We did the implementation through a vendor, who had good experience.

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it_user339975

Project Consultant at a tech consulting company

I always implemented via in-house. I think the most important advice is to always test new configurations in the lab especially, when upgrading firmware.

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it_user234777

IP Senior Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

A vendor team offered five day training but the implementation was in-house.

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Kevin Stephens

ICT Administrator at a mining and metals company with 11-50 employees

We have had experience with enterprise firewalls and notably, we had experience with Fortinet, so the deployment was done in-house. We require four people for deployment and maintenance.

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Yousef Altaj

Tech Manager at Global tec

We always consider:

Price
Product success

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it_user431136

Consultant Information Technology at a tech company with 51-200 employees

I installed and configured the 200D for one of my clients.

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reviewer1776702

Group Manager Procurement/SCM at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

We have a team of about 20 people for deployment and maintenance.

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Leo_Wong

Consultant at Resolve Technology Limited

We actually provide deployment services to our customers that need it. We can handle this aspect for customers.

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reviewer1193787

Network Manager at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We did it the implementation ourselves. We used an in house team of four to do the deployment.

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reviewer1784964

Head Of Technology at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

We handle the deployment and maintenance of this product for our customers. We use the Fortinet tools, such as FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to maintain it.

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reviewer1282434

IT Operations Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I handled the implementation myself. I didn't need the help of a reseller, integrator, or consultant.

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Emmanuel Salamat

Solutions Architect at Universal Access and Systems Solutions

We are resellers of Fortinet products.

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it_user819147

Head of IT at CGP

We implemented Fortinet through a third-party integrator company.

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Dono at a tech consulting company

We used an external company and they had a good amount of knowledge.

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reviewer1084257

IT Infrastructure Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We outsourced it to a local vendor, and it was deployed by the vendor. We do our own internal monitoring, and the vendor does the actual set up. So far, our experience with the vendor has been excellent in terms of response. Their technical staff is also very knowledgeable.

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NomanSaleem

IT & PPN Coordinator at a manufacturing company

I've handled the initial implementation myself many times. I don't necessarily need any outside assistance.

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reviewer1192146

Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have a systems integrator in-house that handles the deployment.

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Derrick Slaton

IT Specialist 3 at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

We used an integrator for the deployment and had a good experience with them. They made it easier to get everything set up.

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Eric TOURE

System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This solution was implemented in-house. I was the one who implemented it.

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reviewer1474071

Data Center Operations and Customer Support Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Fortinet offers help with implementation and we have in the past used their assistance.

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reviewer1456182

Senior Information Technology Auditor at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have a vendor to support us.

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it_user375528

IT NETWORK ENGINEER at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

An in-house network engineer implemented it using the best practice recommendations from the vendor.

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it_user245154

Customer Support engineer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

We implemented the solution ourselves.

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it_user236523

Senior Information Security Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

We implement this through a vendor. I would rate their level of experience 8/10.

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it_user107088

Network Support Analyst at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees

Through a vendor team. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate them 8. The representative from the vendor seems to know the basics of the product but when it comes to troubleshooting he seems to lack information. He had to come back the other day just to provide a solution for a specific issue. View full review »

reviewer1418730

Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The solution is easy to implement, it takes approximately one day for deployment.

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Matteo ZAMOLO

Program director at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees

I configured the solution for my clients. We have a minimal of three technical employees doing the maintenance of the solution.

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Mauricio Lazaro

Director/Owner at Miodesk

We have an internal team for deployment, maintenance, and support.

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reviewer1464204

GM: Information Systems at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees

We had to use an outside resource to set it up.

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reviewer1262043

Junior Support Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 201-500 employees

At the moment, we don't have a deployment strategy.

We have a team of three people who handle all maintenance-related issues.

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it_user929583

Network and Security Manager at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

When selecting the firewall vendor, we are considering the protection and the security features, it's the most important things we are considering. We need a good option for threat protection.

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reviewer1255635

Head of the Satellite Infrastructure and Operation System Department at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The implementation was through a international integrator team

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reviewer1247301

Founder, Chairman of the Board at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We deployed it ourselves. We have our own team. There are three people in our organization who directly use this product.

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reviewer1483797

Service Delivery Engineer - Network Security Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I did the deployments myself with one other technician.

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reviewer1238931

Junior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have an in-house team to deploy this product for our customers. We also give them technical support. Relationships with our customers are very important.

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it_user181989

Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

In house

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it_user241746

Software Test Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

We had a vendor assist us who had decent knowledge about the product.

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it_user234774

IP Core & Security Supervisor at a comms service provider

We used a vendor, ALU to help implement it.

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Mohamed Abdullah

Senior Security Engineer at crystal networks

I integrated it myself.

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reviewer1487706

Head of Technical at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This solution was deployed by a team of four engineers who work under me.

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reviewer991773

Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I think it's very easy to implement this solution because one person can do it. There aren't too many fancy things to do. I think you can implement FortiGate in less than an hour. We implement it by ourselves. Three administrators can do it because our clients aren't big enterprises, just SMEs.

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