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Cisco Based on 368 reviews.	StarWind Based on 16 reviews.
Overview
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers.	Information Not Available
Sample Customers
Springpath [EOL]: Sigma Designs, Superior Document Solutions Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series: BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Ready Pac Foods, Bryant University, Bellevue Group, KPIT Technologies, City Harvest	StarWind Virtual SAN: Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School StarWind Storage Appliance: Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon StarWind HyperConverged Appliance: Sears Home and Franchise Business StarWind Virtual Tape Library: Volvo, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi
Popular Solutions
Cisco ASA 75 reviews Cisco Wireless 20 reviews Cisco Catalyst Switches 17 reviews	StarWind Virtual SAN 13 reviews StarWind HyperConverged Appliance 2 reviews StarWind Storage Appliance 1 reviews
Top Comparisons
Nutanix vs. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series Compared 42% of the time. Nutanix vs. Springpath [EOL] Compared 41% of the time.	DataCore Virtual SAN vs. StarWind Virtual SAN Compared 25% of the time. VMware vSAN vs. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance Compared 19% of the time. Red Hat Ceph Storage vs. StarWind Virtual Tape Library Compared 20% of the time.
Top Industries
Comms Service Provider 17% Financial Services Firm 14% Manufacturing Company 7% University 5%	Energy/Utilities Company 28% Construction Company 19% Manufacturing Company 18% Financial Services Firm 7%

Quotes From Member Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

Dmitriy Ronkin
Networking Specialist at Transportation
What is most valuable?: Versatility and streamlined IOS Availability of expertise on the market (resources) •...
Read full review of Cisco Ethernet Switches »
WiFiSuperman
Senior Network Engineer/Mobility Specialist at CCSI - Contemporary Computer Services, Inc.
What is most valuable?: Cisco ISE now competes with any other product in the space because of its centralized and...
Read full review of Cisco Identity Services Engine »
Dmitriy Ronkin
Networking Specialist at Transportation
What is most valuable?: Viptela (router) SDN-based services: Hybrid networking. Combination of low-cost...
Read full review of Cisco SD-WAN »
Enrique Camberos
Partner and Chairman
What is our primary use case?: We did only a short evaluation focused in training to show the main functions of the...
Read full review of Meraki SD-WAN »
Vasilis Karkampounas
Network and Infrastructure Operations Manager at a individual & family service
How has it helped my organization?: The Cisco solution has improved the new infrastructure development giving us...
Read full review of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers »

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Brian Witherow
IT director at a non-tech company
What is our primary use case?: We use this product as a backup and storage solution. We have the need to back up...
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FAFCO
Director of Technology at FAFCO, INC.
What is our primary use case?: We use StarWind for storage on our Hyper-V cluster. We started with their free...
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Anonymous User
IT Operations Manager
What is our primary use case?: We are a small school with 700 users. We replaced an eight-year-old HP system (two...
Read full review of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance »

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Customer Service

Shaikh Muhammad Adeel
Sr Network Engineer at a tech services company
10 out of 10.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Nabin Dev
CCIE, Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company
Cisco TAC (technical assistance center) is one of the best tech support teams around.
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Akshay Balaganur
Founder and Lead Network Consultant at a tech services company
Tech support was good in the past but now it is becoming diluted. Cisco used to have a lot of experienced folks, but...
Read full review of Cisco Catalyst Switches »
Nuttawat Apiaekpathom
Senior Advanced Technology Engineer at a tech services company
I would rate technical support as an eight out of 10.
Read full review of Cisco Umbrella »
Fabio Vilches
System Engineer
We had to use technical support once. They were great.
Read full review of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series »
Bartosz Kowalski
Systems Engineer at a financial services firm
Customer Service: 10/10. Technical Support: 10/10.
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Juan Facundo Martinez
CISCO and AVAYA Product Manager at a tech services company
It has good support services.
Read full review of Meraki MX Firewalls »
Nick Nelson
Consulting Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 8/10. Technical Support: 9/10.
Read full review of Cisco Sourcefire Firewalls »
Vijay Khatri
Senior Network Engineer
Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: Tech support is still lacking on TACACS troubleshooting on ISE.
Read full review of Cisco Identity Services Engine »
Samuel Sancho Chamizo
Senior Network and Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Cisco Support is very good, you don't have problems using it. Technical Support: 10/10.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Tareq Musmar - CCIE Security #30689
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Great support. The engineers know what they are doing. Technical Support: 10/10
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Alin Prodea
Network Security Administrator at a tech company
Customer Service: 10/10. Technical Support: 9/10.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Nathan Chadwick
Technology Associate at a financial services firm
AT&T handles our technical support, since it's leased through them.
Read full review of Cisco Firepower NGFW »
Anonymous User
Forensic Analyst at a pharma/biotech company
Technical support has been excellent. I would not hesitate to work with them again. The engineer I worked with was...
Read full review of Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise »
Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a government
Customer Service: 8/10 for both the vendor and supplier. Technical Support: 9/10 for both the vendor and supplier.
Read full review of Cisco Wireless »
Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm
Customer Service: 9/10. Technical Support: 8/10.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Anonymous User
Director of Technical Services at a tech services company
Customer Service: It's great. Technical Support: It's great.
Read full review of Cisco Catalyst Switches »
SolutionMgr902
Solution Manager - Pre Sales - West Europe at a tech services company
I would give technical support a rating of 9/10.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer, Security Engineer at a tech services company
It's mediocre.
Read full review of Cisco Nexus »
Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a mining and metals company
Technical support is great. They are very responsible, know the bugs and workaround.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Javier Jaime
DIRECTOR
Excellent.
Read full review of Meraki MX Firewalls »
Danut Agache
Computer Networking Consultant and Contractor
Very satisfied.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a financial services firm
We've used it a lot, and someone is always available because our employer is the first customer in Canada.
Read full review of Cisco ACI »
DChow
Advisor at SCIS Security
We would rate customer service and tech support after the Cisco acquisition a 5 out of 10.
Read full review of Cisco Umbrella »
Anonymous User
System Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 4/5 Technical Support: 4/5
Read full review of Cisco UCS B-Series »
Anonymous User
System Administrator at a K-12 educational company or school
On the rare occasions we have used it, technical support has been prompt and professional, if a bit lacking in...
Read full review of Cisco Umbrella »
Vishal Punjabi
Consultant
Technical support from OEM is a six out 10, as RCA report has still not been shared to date.
Read full review of Cisco Firepower NGFW »
Tareq Alansari
Manager at a tech vendor
I tried to get support, to get a solution for this "time" problem I mentioned. We have other Cisco products and the...
Read full review of Cisco Wireless »
Anonymous User
Regional Manager - Pre Sales at a tech services company
Technical support is very good.
Read full review of Cisco ASA »
Net823Eng2
Network Engineer at a media company
Normally the Cisco tech support team are good. But, we have had some problems with tech support with this product....
Read full review of Cisco ASA »

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Lukasz Zasko
VMware Administrator, VMware vExpert at a financial services firm
Very good. I've got standard support but the reaction time is always 1-2 hours.
Read full review of StarWind Virtual SAN »
FAFCO
Director of Technology at FAFCO, INC.
Their customer service at every level, both in terms of our account and technical support is very good. Everything...
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Andrew Wolf
Civil Engineer at a construction company
Customer service has been excellent. Any questions we have had have been answered quickly.
Read full review of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance »
Christopher Vlach
Operations Manager at a insurance company
In eight years we have never needed support for an issue with the software. I have called a handful of times to have...
Read full review of StarWind Virtual SAN »
Dan Reynolds
Senior System Administrator at a construction company
Tech support is fantastic. As I mentioned I consider StarWind tech support one of the main features. And if the poo...
Read full review of StarWind Virtual SAN »
SimplifyTech
CEO at a tech services company
Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software.
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Anonymous User
IT Operations Manager
They have proactive support which prior to using StarWind, was a new concept for us. It's incredible. We spend less...
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Anonymous User
User
Technical support has been fantastic on the very few occasions we've had to call them. The engineers aren't just well...
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Technical Support

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