AHEAD vs. LevelBlue Managed Security Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AHEAD
Score 8.0 out of 10
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AHEAD 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
LevelBlue Managed Security Services
Score 10.0 out of 10
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LevelBlue Managed Security Services, including the former Trustwave Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a rapid threat detection and response service where experts identify, investigate, and eliminate cyber threats.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
AHEADLevelBlue Managed Security Services
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(42 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.4
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
8.6
(3 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(3 ratings)
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User Testimonials
AHEADLevelBlue Managed Security Services
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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LevelBlue
The company has become a true believer in Trustwave services because they ensured the solution we implemented addressed our specific requirements. Adopting this platform provided significant improvement in visibility with a user-friendly dashboard and now the company can take greater control internally when investigating an alert and analyzing data over time
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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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LevelBlue
  • Manages and monitors traffic to provide security
  • Reports in timely manner on all incidents
  • Web portal access to review reports and suggestions
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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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LevelBlue
  • There is no option to include rules type functions, which would be very useful to save configuration time.
  • The support is not as helpful as I would like, nor its documentation.
  • A friendly graphical interface would be very well accepted.
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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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LevelBlue
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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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LevelBlue
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Alternatives Considered
AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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LevelBlue
We have not really looked at other products.
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Return on Investment
AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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LevelBlue
  • Protects valuable data and defends against increasingly sophisticated threat actors
  • We have achieved increase in customer trust and distinguished the company from our main rival
  • Freed the company's roughly 10 employees to focus on expanding the business internationally
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