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    AHEAD

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together cloud infrastructure, intelligent operations, and modern applications, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. AHEAD was founded in 2007 and in 2019 merged with Sovereign Systems, and Data Blue. The services formerly available under those brands is now available from AHEAD, LLC.N/A

    eSentire

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AeSentire headquartered in Ontario offers Managed Detection and Response. Through their service, eSentire proactively hunts threats across a client's network, endpoints, cloud and hybrid environments so users can focus on everything else.N/A
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    AHEADeSentire
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    AHEADeSentire
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AHEADeSentire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (42 ratings)
    9.1
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    In-Person Training
    8.4
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
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    8.6
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    User Testimonials
    AHEADeSentire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    They are easily our go to company for anything revolving around VMware suite, whether that is infrastructure related, automation related, or monitoring related. It's a no brainier to get their assistance with a lot of tasks as they can competently implement complex designs. Also on the storage architecture side they are great. I'm sure there is much more but for my team we mainly leverage them in these areas.
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    eSentire
    We need 7x24x365 network monitoring and proactive protection. eSentire can thwart an active attack which is the most critical part of the service. Unless you have your own SOC and have the ability to address potential breaches in your environment, you need a service like this. Most companies can't afford to run their own SOC.
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    Pros
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • The provided pre-req documentation was thorough and well thought out, making it easy to jump into the project.
    • The design session to gather our requirements was very helpful, Sovereign's familiarity with the vRealize product line along with diagramming our desired layout confirmed our decision to bring in assistance with the project.
    • When we ran into some issues with Sovereign's custom code their development team was on top of it and solved the issue in a matter of a few days.
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    eSentire
    • 24x7 monitoring.
    • Provides co-managed solution (in most cases).
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    Cons
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • Coordination of product orders with the vendor although I think the vendor is the bigger issue. Insuring delivery time frames are met is of great importance with these kinds of projects.
    • Communication between scheduled project meetings. There could be more contact between meetings.
    • Provide a customer portal for project tracking.
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    eSentire
    • Proactively provide more detailed explanation of alerts without the need for a request for more info
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    In-Person Training
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    I would not call it training, rather would call it knowledge transfer.
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    eSentire
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    Implementation Rating
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    Having extensive pre-implementaton dialogue really made the process much smoother. We had most of our bases covered and were ready for the equipment installation/implementation, except for the previously mentioned network configuration issues that arose.
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    eSentire
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    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    eSentire
    eSentire is the best product in the MDR space for the following reasons: - They have been around for ~20 years (mature). - They have a proven track record of success. - They have an ecosystem of security analysts at all levels of comptetncy. - They have an excellent retention program that's designed to keep talent at eSentire.
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    Return on Investment
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    eSentire
    • Positive ROI due to minimal security staff expenses.
    • Negative ROI due to some security events not being actioned.
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