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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAs a supplier of fabric networking, Extreme offers a portfolio of Ethernet and IP fabric solutions. Whether to transform a campus, data center, metro, or WAN, Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches (ExtremeSwitching) fabric technologies aim to ensure a faster, more flexible, and more secure foundation for businesses.N/A

    Forcepoint DLP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
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    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
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    Ratings
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Data Encryption00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
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    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Extreme Networks Wired Access - SwitchesForcepoint DLP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.8
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Extreme Networks
    If you have a big environment with a lot of edge switch needs and department groups, then Extreme's fabric connect can save a lot of management time. If your environment is small then you may want to stick with the traditional model since fabric connect costs more. Also if you make lots of configuration changes all the time then fabric connect will be helpful. Otherwise, making an occasional change you don't need fabric connect.
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    Forcepoint
    -Where companies need to secure their attachment, which goes outside, means from their company to outside -Where companies need to ensure their client's personal information -Where companies need DLP. They need to look for Forcepoint only, as they have the upper hand over the rest of their competitors.
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    Pros
    Extreme Networks
    • Uptime has been fantastic. We have had no issues with our switches shutting down or crashing
    • Policy, We have the ability to enforce Policy at the port
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    Forcepoint
    • It has predominantly protected us from unauthorized parties and has provided us with better visibility and control over our data.
    • This software has also successfully prevented us from both malicious and accidental tasks, which are quite flexible actions when it comes to the violation of data loss prevention policies.
    • This product has been successful in improving compliance and even mitigating compliance violations, which further facilitated IT security.
    • I think there is room for improvement, as the user interface is slightly rough and difficult to adopt in the beginning. The software also hangs up at a few instances, which leads to some wasting of time and annoyance, but other than that, this software is good. The technical staff should work on the complexities for a better user experience.
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    Cons
    Extreme Networks
    • They are working on it, but a single console to manage the policies across all switches.
    • For those with a Cisco background, the CLI commands are different with Extreme so you have to get used to that. Nothing necessarily wrong though.
    • If you want a chassis core switch/router then those are becoming less available and won't find many options with Extreme.
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    Forcepoint
    • Forcepoint technical support--specially for users who go with essential support--is challenging to get support on time. You need the ticket to be raised long beforehand to get support from TAC. However, in the case of enterprise support, its is not like this technical person will come on a priority basis.
    • However it comes with higher prices, especially for SMB, it is allowed to pay that amount for support only.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Extreme Networks
    Great product, great support and very happy with the reliability.
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    Forcepoint
    We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
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    Usability
    Extreme Networks
    Very easy to use, the CLI is a little different than competing products, but the GUI is very intuitive.
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    Forcepoint
    For us, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention was difficult to administer, did not work well when it did work, was incredibly expensive for the feature set you get, and was difficult to uninstall when we moved on from the software. Once it was fully set up, it worked occasionally for us.
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    Support Rating
    Extreme Networks
    There hasn't been a single problem with the code or hardware that hasn't been resolved in a timely fashion. You get technicians who know the product and who will work with you to get things fixed. That being said, I never ran into a problem with Cisco tech support either. I love that both groups were willing to teach me as they fixed things.
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    Forcepoint
    Support from Forcepoint has been lacking. When calling in with a high priority issue we rarely are able to work with a technician immediately. The queue waits are very long and when you get through there are no support engineers available and we need to wait for a call back for hours it seems.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Extreme Networks
    We upgraded to Extreme Switches from Cisco SG500 and SG250 small business switches. Extreme Switches offer a much easier to use GUI management platform called Extreme CloudIQ, which makes visibility into our network much easier and user friendly. Performance wise these offered higher uplink speed as well.
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    Forcepoint
    User friendly solution that makes it easy to deploy and manage. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention very effective to protecting our valuable data on endpoints and where data lives like in the Cloud, server and on-premises disk drives and its valuable to just set policies once and start utilizing Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention solution.
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    Return on Investment
    Extreme Networks
    • Extreme [Ethernet Switches] have a long-life. You can easily get 7 years in main production life depending on when you buy in the product life-cycle.
    • Extreme [Ethernet Switches] are expensive, no doubt, but we also don't have "weird" network problems or other issues with the network randomly going down.
    • If you use fabric connect switches then the ease of managing many switches is of no concern.
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    Forcepoint
    • The exchange of financial documents with customers creates extreme risk as data loss could result in financial and reputation damage to the customer. The cost of deploying Forcepoint is fractions of pennies compared to the potential financial impact of data loss.
    • There is some administrative overhead associated as false positives are inevitable, requiring a manual review and a potential loss of productivity.
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