To deliver to our current customers, we had to buy something new. However, in the future, we would like to check what kind of opportunities are on the market.

We evaluated other solutions including one by F5.

I'm a die hard fan of Radware DefensePro. I'm using it and recommending it everywhere. When I evaluated security products for the enterprise sector, we tried Symantec products.

There are other vendors that offer similar solutions, but we came to the conclusion that Radware would be the best for us. It helps us to sell the service, not only to customers who use our internet access but to others as well.

We did not evaluate other options. 

We did not evaluate other options. We are a Cisco Gold partner, and this is their recommended and compatible product that works specifically with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense.

Before choosing Radware DefensePro, we did an extensive evaluation of all of the solutions that were available. This is a fantastic solution and it met all of our requirements at the time, which is why it was chosen.

We looked very briefly at specifications for other solutions but I was already familiar with what this product could do.

We also evaluated Arbor DDoS. Licensing of Radware is quite simple and straightforward, while Arbor DDos is a bit complicated.

When we looked at changing the platform, two things came to mind. One is the scalability issue, in terms of adding more appliances into a cluster form to have better throughput. Secondly, we looked at the cost.

We looked at F5 and Arbor Networks.

The initial cost is over $100,000 for one appliance. That said, in year two, you won't have that cost. With Radware, you pay upfront, and it's your own. Cloudflare, their main competition, is on the cloud and is $37,000 a year. The costs never come down. If you have Radware for three-plus years, you'll begin to see your costs come down as you don't have to keep repaying for licensing.