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Sample Customers

KerioControl

Triton Technical, McDonald's

Popular Solutions

KerioControl

2 reviews

GFI LanGuard

1 reviews

KerioConnect

1 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

2 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

4 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

2 reviews

Top Industries

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

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Most Helpful Reviews

Constantnos Achilleos
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
The solution is used for site-to-site VPN connections and it is valued for its cost efficiency and easy connectivity....
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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
Small medium-sized businesses are our primary focus, particularly in warehouse distribution and retail sectors. We...
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Thanu Kishore
Technical Executive at Satcom Infotech
My experience with GFI LanGuard involves patch management where, whenever we visit customers, they request patches...
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Marek Jaworski
Senior Engineer, Team Lead, Network Operations at a comms service provider
As a company dealing in satellite technology, we use it for small to big satellite links, and for some remote islands...
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Michael Livingston
IT Director at Thomas George Associates Ltd
We use it for sending outgoing faxes.
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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BharatUjenia
Sr. Group Manager - Enterprise IT at WNS Global Services
We use this solution for SSL encryption and web inspection. It's our first line of defense in terms of my internet...
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Chetankumar Savalagimath
Delivery Manager at a tech services company
Presently, I am using the Threat Intel solution for reputation checks in our daily SOC operations and threat hunting....
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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
My major use case for McAfee Complete Data Protection is for DLP. McAfee Complete Data Protection helps to prevent...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
We are working with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Trellix products in our environment, but not...
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Customer Service

Timur Assembayev
Network Specialist at Wattum
I have not had the need to use the support from KerioControl because I have found all the answers to my questions...
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Ashish-Gautam
Senior Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
GFI's technical support is good.
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Dedi-Husni
Cybersecurity Lead at PT. Alpha Citra Siber Indonesia
The technical support from KerioControl is very helpful. I would rate technical support a nine out of ten.
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Saham Hendinejad
Chief Executive Officer at Quby
I've never contacted technical support in the past.
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Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at a tech services company
I opened a case with technical support and the person who was assisting me was very helpful. I was able to resolve my...
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Gilbert Mwiinga
Baobab College logo System Administrator at Baobab College
We've been talking to them about the content filtering issue. The ticket was escalated, but we had to wait for two...
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Anuradha Buluwala
Head of Technical at Connex Information Technologies Pvt Ltd
The support has been responsive in my experience.
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Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at a tech services company
Technical support is always easy. Anytime we have an issue or we need clarification, there is a number to call or...
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AlonHodir
CEO at Shalom Hartman Institute
I had only about two occasions when I needed to contact GFI customer support and they were very helpful and quick.
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Justin Braegelman
IT Support at Rural Computer Consultants, Inc
The GFI technical support can be very time-consuming to get down to the root of the problem, but they are very...
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Alex Kimondo
ICT Manager at MEDS
Technical support is an area where I've always had problems because, especially in East Africa, there's a bit of a...
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Alex Kimondo
ICT Manager at MEDS
At the moment, there is no proper local support for Kerio Control here in Kenya. It is hard to get service or...
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Denis L
Sales Solutions Engineer at a tech services company
I am a distributor so I often will act as the support.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider
I haven't used support since GFI bought the company but some people I work with have said that the GFI technical...
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MarcoVivaldelli
IT Director CEO at MARVIV SRLS
Their technical support is very good. We haven't had any problems with them.
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Masoud Saedvand
Cisco Network Engineer at golrang
We do not have experience with customer service and support as we can't access them in Iran, so we search for our...
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Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at a tech services company
The technical support is good.
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Jay Greiner
Head of IT at Glorious Way Church
I've only had to use technical support once and it was on a VPN. They updated the VPN protocol and I had a question...
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Owenmpk
IT Support Professional at Valley IT Support, Inc
The technical support was very good originally but fell short when GFI took over. It is now getting better.
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Anonymous User
Head of Networks at a recruiting/HR firm
I would rate GFI's technical support a six out of 10. It's difficult to log a support ticket with them. You have to...
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Arie De Kruijf
EMP Specialist at Global EPM BV
GFI's technical support is way too slow in terms of response times. Their knowledge is okay. They should know their...
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BrianCook
Information Security Officer - VP at Unified Technology Solutions, Inc.
I would like to see a little improvement in their technical support when you have a problem. I may be a little jaded...
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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
I rarely encounter problems, but when I do, I post a support ticket on the website and they reply very quickly.
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MarkKupferberg
Vice President at a manufacturing company
I don't deal with technical support directly. However, I would say my IT person puts it somewhere in the middle. My...
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Thanu Kishore
Technical Executive at Satcom Infotech
I have had a good experience with GFI LanGuard's technical support.
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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
The technical support is good as a reseller. We have direct connection with the technical support, we can send them...
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastucture - Cloud Admin at Primary S.A.
Here in Argentina they are terrible, as they will not answer emails and will not reurn the phone calls. Otherwise...
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Frank Raasveld
Owner at Fr@nkonnections
In every software, sometimes there are problems. One of the strong things about Kerio was the support knowledge and...
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Anonymous User
Freelance IT Specialist at a computer software company
I haven't contacted technical support in the past, to be honest. I'm the kind of person that I would rather look...
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JozefKacala
Sales engineer for EMEA region at OneClick
I have not used the support from GFI LanGuard.
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
Inspira provides both technical support and maintenance. They have a specialist, a special engineer, who handles it...
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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
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Syed M Sarfaraz Hussain
System Administrator at CyberGen
We do not have experience with customer service and support.
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AdnanButt
Service Security Specialist
Technical support is good. We've been largely satisfied with them so far.
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Kamal Abdelrahman
Country Manager at a tech services company
I would rate McAfee technical support as a seven. Improvements could be made in response time or quality as all of...
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Binu Haneef
System Administrator at Sky News Arabia
The technical support from McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator was very good with technically efficient professionals...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and...
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Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
Technical products are bound to get stuck due to the technical processes involved. Sometimes, certain new issues crop...
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Sanjit Achary
Senior Manager at a tech services company
We've been in touch with technical support in the past. They've been quite good. We've been satisfied with their...
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RajuBhatt
retired
I've never had to reach out to the support.
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Sabina C
Sr. IT Business Analyst at Citigroup
I didn't need to contact technical support for McAfee Total Protection.
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a security firm
We've never escalated any issues to technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.
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Anonymous User
Service Management Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I've never had an issue with McAfee. I've never had to reach out to technical support.
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Daniel Colombani
Lead: Incident Response, Investigation & Vulnerability Management at a government
The technical support is great. When we put in a ticket, they respond in a few hours. If we put in that the server is...
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Anonymous User
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 5/10. Technical Support: 4/10.
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Anonymous User
Computer Framework at a healthcare company
I can't comment on technical support, because we really did not use it other than for downloading new versions or for...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer Info & Security at a comms service provider
Customer Service: It's ok. Technical Support: It's satisfactory; a few engineers from the McAfee Firewall tech...
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Anonymous User
Computer Technician at a leisure / travel company
We do not call McAfee directly because they couldn't provide us with the help we needed onsite because we needed...
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Anonymous User
Presales System Engineer
Customer Service: 8/10 when they needed to help us. Technical Support: 7/10.
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Altaf Siddiqui
Network Engineer at IBoss Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
The solution's customer support team's response time is good. We raise the ticket on a support portal and communicate...
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Joke
Security Analyst at a financial services firm
Technical support is okay. We get support from a McAfee partner here in Nigeria who liaises with the OEM too. We've...
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
McAfee technical support is ok, but we do not contact them very often. Every year, they impose certifications on us,...
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Anonymous User
System Engineer at Inbox Business Technologies
Their support is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I have never any issues with their support. They...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security at a tech services company
Technical support was good for what we needed. We just needed some support on the original install and set up, and we...
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Anonymous User
Information System Security Coordinator at a comms service provider
I'm happy with the technical support.
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DucDoan
Security Manager at a tech services company
For the most part, technical support has been great. When we've had technical problems, they've helped us. I've found...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
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Anonymous User
Lead Cyber Security Consultant at a security firm
The most important thing is how they enable our team. They provide us with good support during the pre-sales stages.
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Ilan Amir
Global IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company
I'm working with a security company called Intensity. After doing my own PoC, and also checking an IBM solution, I...
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