HPE Ethernet Switches Other Solutions Considered

IftekharShaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Tech Geek logo Tech Geek

My network is quite large. Currently, I'm working with educational institutions researching various switch brands, including HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Cisco, and even some Chinese brands.

While other products might offer similar features, I find HPE to be the most reliable. HP servers, switches, and routers are generally superior, in my opinion.

Cisco is dominant in my country. Most users prefer them over HP. However, HP is gaining traction. I use Layer 3 switches, and Cisco performs well, too. But for me, it lacks a certain guarantee of reliability that I find with HP. Overall, it's a good product.

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Reidar Lænø - PeerSpot reviewer
Area manager at Region Midtjylland

We also use Cisco. Cisco and HPE are similar when it comes to access and activation.

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Lutz Kirchner - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO / CIO at German Top Secure Data Processing GmbH

We also have Ubiquiti. We use them in our branch offices as a connection throughout the office network because they are very easy to manage. It's one of the best UI experiences I've had in the past years.

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SC
Regional IT at PMGL

We transitioned to Fortinet due to a company policy that came in to change from HPE to Fortinet. However, at the HPE level, I don't think Fortinet is on the same level. You won't compare HP with Fortinet. If you're going to compare HPE, then you have to go to Cisco Enterprise. But we try to stay just a little bit below the very high-level enterprise systems that HPE and Cisco have.

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MS
Consultant and technical support at joudeh center for computer and modern software

We use Fortinet and Cisco for larger businesses because we may lack information about the scalability of Aruba's and HP's higher-level products.

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AhmmadMubarak - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at AZHD

We have recently compared the solution with Huawei and Juniper. We looked at options to see which would be best for a proposal. We may change, or we may stick with HPE. Right now, Huawei is cheaper than HPE. 

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SherifHanna - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director - CEO at AINSystems

These switches are not as stable as those from Cisco.

We were looking at some switches from Alcatel-Lucent, but they are not popular in Egypt.

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it_user251244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Data Center Eng at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We looked at -

  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Alcatel Lucent
  • HP
  • Aresta
  • Erickson

We chose HP because they met most of the criteria that we were looking at, and they were able to come up with some solutions that were a little outside of the box when things didn’t quite fit. They were more proactive on the sales/engineering side and with pre-solution support.

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AB
CIO at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

I have also been working with Cisco solutions, which are really great but there is a problem with integration. If everything is Cisco then it is very smooth, but if you mix vendors then it's a problem. This is the reason we did not choose Cisco here.

I have also worked with other kinds of switches like D-Link, but they are not for a business like ours.

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it_user285354 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Network Architect at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

We tried Cisco, we tried Dell. Again, it's more robust and the most important factor was a price. I just look at the technology and see if it meets your needs for your data center and not in HP, looks like they did, they did meet our needs, what we needed for our data center, for our campus, branch offices and it's been working out great.

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it_user251229 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT Operations with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Extreme
  • Cisco
  • Lower end switches – Linksys
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MC
ICT Manager at a engineering company with 11-50 employees

There were three options, but we prefer HPE, it was our first choice.

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BA
IT Manager at a maritime company with 51-200 employees

Whenever we purchase a new switch, we give everybody a chance. We have evaluated Cisco and Huawei hardware.

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it_user154293 - PeerSpot reviewer
Level 2 Network Security Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
I have helped clients weigh out the pro’s and con’s and in the end it always came down to cost and 9 times out of 10 HP won the cost battle. View full review »
it_user147576 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Planet Technologies

No, due to the cost.

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it_user359700 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Yes, we have used competitors. We have used Dell, which is absolutely lousy. D-Link has some high-end switches, but they just don't come close.

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it_user362733 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Networks and Infrastructure at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated Cisco, but they were very expensive in terms of total cost of ownership.

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it_user360837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We do pricing reviews to make sure that we're still getting good value for the money, and we are. We haven't really got any issues with the products, so there's not really any reason to change to those.

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it_user105492 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Analyst at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
We evaluated Cisco. View full review »
it_user363333 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure/Applications at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

We looked at Cisco again, but they're expensive yet have a good reputation.

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it_user360441 - PeerSpot reviewer
Maintenance Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We looked at HP first and didn't really consider anyone else.

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it_user362208 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Consultant/Partner at IP Netpartner aps

We evaluated Cisco and Juniper. They are considered high-end providers, but HP can more or less do it all. For small, medium, and enterprise businesses, HP has a very good product range.

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it_user151515 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Yes. I continued to consider Cisco as well as evaluating other "1st tier" vendors such as Extreme, Brocade/Foundry and Juniper View full review »
it_user364623 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Head of Department of Computer Science at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were looking at not only the network piece, but all parts of our infrastructure, including solutions from Dell, IBM, and EMC.

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it_user283434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

We also looked at Cisco.

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it_user268164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

No other options evaluated.

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it_user368631 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Communications at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

We didn't really evaluate other options.

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it_user143979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network QA Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Buyer's Guide
HPE Ethernet Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about HPE Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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