We evaluated IBM Guardium, and we chose this solution because it is agent-based, and you don't have to install it at the network level. You can just look at one machine, which provides for better control. Our customers have not been very responsive to it yet.

There are two or three competing products that are active in this region, and Fortinet FortiDB is another one of them that is doing quite well.

Someone else did the bake-off; I handled the technical implementation part.

We didn't evaluate any other products.

Our evaluation was based on the service attached to the package and customer reviews.