WatchGuard just Works

I had a customer I hadn't heard from in a few years needing a VPN solution between his two locations. Setting up two WatchGuard firewalls, I had him up and running in a matter of hours (because one of the locations was two hours away). Simple install, firmware upgrade, and cloud integration. He contacted me a few days later, saying there was an issue because one of the sites he used regularly was blocked. Got into the firewall and, using Traffic Monitor, could see what was blocked and quickly made a rule to allow the traffic to pass. I love the simplicity of WatchGuard while also knowing it gives security on the same level as other larger companies without the complexity that isn't needed. They just work.

I work with Orlantech, Inc. to get the devices, but once I have it, I do all of the installation and configuration, as well as maintenance. I ordered the device from them and I was able to pay and pick up without any hassle. They are also down the block from me and I am a former employee there.

I like the idea of UTS, but there is a little too much of an offering to say that I know I can use it for my customer base. I have use case, like content monitoring to make sure credit card and social security numbers are not passed outside of the network, but I do not have anyone within my current base that will purchase it.

Other than monitoring and configuring physical on prem devices, I do not use cloud products, other than malware scanning. That is seamless, so I don't even think about it.