Re: Cisco vs Juniper Security (OT)

Well you ask a ccie study group about if they prefer cisco and what do
you expect the answers will be

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On Oct 10, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Muhammad Nasim
<muhammad.nasim_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I diffreent world or still in the same planet name "EARTH"
>
> I gave interviews (although I am CCIE Security Alhumdulilah) but
> people
> asked me for Juniper Prdocuts very deep and they are very much trust
> Juniper
> products then Cisco (Security devices I mean)
>
> Yes Cisco is very big player overall no doubt about that
>
> But atleast in Middle-east ( I can tell you about UAE AND KSA) that
> Cisco is
> running for its money and Juniper is really catching the market very
> fast
>
>
> Both players will reamin in the market with their goods and bads but
> as
> security engineer I need to know atleast both Juniper and Cisco stuff
>
>
> Thanks
>
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> 2009/10/10 Iwan Hoogendoorn <iwan_at_ipexpert.com>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would probably still use Cisco because cisco is my relegion ...
>> But I havent actually done research on the Juniper security suite ...
>> I heard they have some great products available and some better the
>> cisco ... but then again M am planning to do some more juniper stuff
>> after the CCIE voice and probably I can give a straght answer... but
>> for now i'll go with the cisco stuff because I don't know juniper
>> stuff well enough to judge ...
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Iwan Hoogendoorn
>> CCIE #13084 (R&S / Security / SP)
>> Sr. Support Engineer IPexpert, Inc.
>> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:57 AM, mark jackson <markcciejackson_at_gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>> That will remain to be see with the possible Junioer buy of
>>> Riverbed.
>>> Although I feel that is more for their WAN optimazation product
>>> line.
>>> I have used both and although Juniper does allow for ease of use,
>>> Cisco remains (in my mind at least) a top player hands down.
>>> Cisco's security product line is more refined, widely regarded as
>>> top-
>>> notch and used in more enterprise environments. Even when not an end
>>> to end architecture.
>>> But truth be told what it boils down to is budget, ROI and staffing.
>>> Least not forget executive management (at the cto levels) comfort in
>>> whomever's product line. I think it's safe to say that no decision
>>> maker is going to go with a brand they have not had experience with
>>> out of fear of failure among other things.
>>> Thanks kindly.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> Please excuse spelling errors
>>>
>>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Johnny Phan <johnny_d_phan_at_hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To use Cisco or Juniper as a security device? This was a semi
>>>> heated debate a
>>>> few months ago. Things have changed so I think it's time to
>>>> revisit
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> Various engineers sided with Cisco and others with Juniper. There
>>>> seemed to
>>>> be some consensus though. Many people said that management is so
>>>> much easier
>>>> using the netscreen. Others said that Cisco support is tremendous.
>>>> Now we
>>>> can get that out of the way, let's revisit those issues. I am not
>>>> talking
>>>> about using another device management software. I am talking about
>>>> straight
>>>> out of the box, standalone device.
>>>>
>>>> The Juniper Netscreen is being phased out by devices runing JunOS,
>>>> especially
>>>> on the higher end devices, such as the netscreen 5400 being phased
>>>> out and
>>>> replaced by SRX. So now that Juniper have moved away from their
>>>> bread and
>>>> butter, I would imagine more people will now lean more toward
>>>> Cisco.
>>>>
>>>> I could be way off on this of course since I am not in the security
>>>> world.
>>>>
>>>> Let the fighting begin, again.
>>>>
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