Akamai is much better than other solutions, such as ColorTokens and Illumio. It is more user-friendly and has more features. In fact,  Illumio is actually implementing a lot of the features that Guardicore has had for years.

Guardicore Centra is much better than our previous solution, which was a bit of a nightmare to administer and look after. In that respect, this solution is much better, as there is less chance of things going wrong.

Guardicore Centra is definitely more secure and agile. It is probably less cost-effective compared to what we were doing, which was free. 

We were not able to find a different solution that does what GuardiCore can in one box. There were multiple solutions combined that had to be adopted. We had multiple solutions that were meant to address what GuardiCore does. That's how I was able to justify the cost.

Before choosing this product, we worked with auditors and compliance. They could not find a comparable product. We looked at other solutions, but we could not find a better alternative.

We generally used internal firewalls on individual servers with no solution, in terms of overseeing all the firewalls.

In terms of agility, Guardicore Centra is massively easier to control and manage. The security is good. With just the network logs, you get a better view of any active threats rather than in normal firewalls where you may not find out until sometimes after the fact. You can get notified as well.

I'm also familiar with FireEye. I need more time with the products in order to effectively be able to compare them.

This product did not replace a similar system. Also, I did not require human resources for this same task. Our company is approximately 70 years old and our network started very small. As the company grew, we maintained the same flat network that included both the data center and the users. When I looked at it, I considered two solutions for separating them. The first was the traditional firewall and a physical LAN, whereas the second approach was using Guardicore. I felt that this was the easier approach.

We did not use another solution previously.

I am currently working with Micro-Segmentation on Guardicore, not Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation.

Earlier we worked more in the firewall space. That is, we worked with Check Point a lot. It was maybe for a period of five years. Then from firewalls, which is a UTM solution, we are trying to move into the new world technologies. That would be things like dedicated security solutions that cover more than what firewalls do.  

As an employee, I am not sure what my organization has gone through in making evaluations and comparisons. I am sure that they have evaluated other products like Illumio, Cisco Tetration, and Guardicore. I do not know, out of all their testing and research, specifically why they found Guardicore to be more a valuable solution. I think these people may be more focused on what they are doing rather than how it is getting done.  

We didn't previously use a different solution. We were already used to Gaurdicore's plan.