Rick Rutledge

Network Systems Administrator at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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Over 8 years ago

Answered a question: Comparison of Barracuda F800, SonicWall 5600 and Fortinet

Remember a high end fighter jet is only as good as the pilot, so my point here is YES, fortigate is a very good firewall, but be prepared to get some training, and get some security training so you know what threats your protecting from and not just rely on the fact that…

Over 8 years ago

Answered a question: Comparison of Barracuda F800, SonicWall 5600 and Fortinet

So in this situation I would have to agree with william-yragui as you have not established what your end result is. I do have to say that each of these products are good at what they do in their own environment, what I mean is when setup (and paired) with a SEIM or…

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on Features we most use are the SD-WAN and auto failover for dual ISP connections. Seem to work in harsh environments very well.

Not at this time only 2 ISP OR WAN CONNECTIONS

Almost 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Cisco Meraki MX: Features we most use are the SD-WAN and auto failover for dual ISP connections. Seem to work in harsh environments very well.

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Almost 9 years ago

Cisco Meraki MX

Features we most use are the SD-WAN and auto failover for dual ISP connections. Seem to work in harsh environments very well.

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Over 8 years ago

Firewalls

Comparison of Barracuda F800, SonicWall 5600 and Fortinet

Over 8 years ago

Firewalls

Comparison of Barracuda F800, SonicWall 5600 and Fortinet

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Almost 9 years ago

Firewalls

Features we most use are the SD-WAN and auto failover for dual ISP connections. Seem to work in harsh environments very well.

About me

I have updated the entire company WAN/LAN infrastructure with new Cisco Meraki Networking equipment, Meraki Firewall MX-series, Meraki MS-series switches, Meraki-wireless campus wifi networking and setup SD-WAN for 9 remote locations, for approx. 450 users and Devices. I have virtualized all servers and our DR site with VMWare ESXi 6.5 clustering using multiple Nimble ISCSI SAN storage server arrays.

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TechData Santa Clara
Bakersfield College