"Its performance and reliability are valuable."
"The brand name and the service support by Cisco are most valuable."
"I have found the solution to have good scalability. Cisco is the pioneers on switching technology, they are very good."
"One main feature of this solution is the POE switches."
"Tech support has always been good."
"I know this solution for many years. I know the GUI and commands, and they are useful for me. I have all the functions that I want."
"What I like the most is the performance and the latency that Cisco provides."
"We only deal with Cisco products, they are very good."
"It works really well, I think the equipment is solid, and the help is great."
"It can integrate well with other Fortinet products."
"Integration is good, as well as price and technical support."
"The most valuable feature of this product is its simplicity."
"The technical support has been very good."
"It is very user-friendly. There is no need to use command lines to configure it or to do anything in it. You hardly use command lines, which makes it different from Cisco. In Cisco, the CLI is your best friend. Fortinet has the lowest TCO, so you can use its integrated components without having to buy additional licenses. They provide centralized management without needing to buy or acquire additional licenses. You have an integral or complete vision through a single pane of glass, and you can see everything from one single console without having to buy additional licenses, which is a plus. It works the same way when you add wireless. You can see everything from FortiGate. It has a security processor, which is another plus. It does not have a standard desktop processor. It has a multi-threat security processor, and it is built by Fortinet. So, all the components that you include in a Fortinet solution are proprietary and work in an integral way. It has one single solution, whereas other brands, such as Palo Alto and Check Point, have been acquiring certain solutions, and they're not fully integrated. With Fortinet, everything is integrated. If you start building on Fortinet, everything that you expand to the local LAN or WAN is integrated. You don't have to pay for professional services and other things to do that. Their technical information is also very good. Most of their information is based on how-to, and it can be found online, which is something my clients like."
"Ability to manage FortiAP, FortiClient, and FortiGate all from a single console"
"The most valuable feature would be network management, separating the network management component from security. It can do both but we promote it on its own. It's a good solution to do network management."
"The local support resources for Cisco in Bangledesh are very poor and should be increased."
"Very highly priced in comparison to other similar products."
"In terms of features, they tick all the boxes as of now. That could be because we tailor the solution around the product. I have not seen anything that pulls me back or is not working well for me. However, there could be better integration with the network monitoring systems. It doesn't mean it is currently not there, but there could be better discoverability with some of the network monitoring systems to be able to have more visibility. When you're setting up a control room, you can have more visibility into what is going on in the network. It has been doing that, but it can do that more."
"You have to be Cisco-certified to work on Cisco products, so we can't get into Cisco to do even basic configurations."
"One thing we did have to work around is, on the broadcast side, we're reliant on the PTP protocol, precision time protocol, and the Cisco switches in general, don't support that."
"Because of the cyber attacks, they should focus more on VoIP."
"The typical areas of concern for Cisco Ethernet Switches are not technical but cost including support costs. I’ve never liked the fact that end users cannot download security patches without a support contract. I’ve had trouble getting approval to renew Cisco support contracts due to the cost."
"Its management should be improved."
"The product could use more security related features."
"It could be simpler but compared to the competition, it's not so bad."
"The security of the solution could be a bit better."
"Currently issues with some of the switches and problems with the firmware."
"In Fortinet, the packet reconstruction in the SD-WAN solution needs a little bit of improvement. When it comes to the Secure Access to the switches or the mix of Fortinet solution, the very small ones do not have the capability to use fiber cables. So, the small FortiGates have to work with the copper cables and cannot use fiber cables. Even though they have the capacity and throughput on all technical connectors, they don't have the interfaces, which is one of the good things with Cisco. They just add models to it. You buy the independent models, and you add them."
"It would also help if they lowered the cost of their service."
"The installation is not difficult. However, some features have to be activated from the CLI."
"When we started using the solution, it was quite complex but then it became easier to use. It takes a while to get used to the interface."
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Cisco Ethernet Switches is ranked 1st in Ethernet Switches with 60 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 10th in Ethernet Switches with 8 reviews. Cisco Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Ethernet Switches writes "Stable and scalable solution for all business sizes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access writes "A security solution with good technical support". Cisco Ethernet Switches is most compared with NETGEAR Switches, Juniper Ethernet Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Brocade Ethernet Switches and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, Meraki MS Switches, NETGEAR Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Ethernet Switches vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access report.
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