Comparison archives

Comparing Check Point Skyline with Indeni

What is Check Point Skyline? Check Point Skyline is a new real-time monitoring solution for Check Point devices. It uses OpenTelemetry to report telemetry…

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Solarwinds NPM & Indeni: Firewall Monitoring 

Many Indeni customers are current SolarWinds customers or previously used SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) for firewall monitoring. As a result…

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Real Visibility Doesn’t Require Reaching for the Stars

Visibility has always been key to situational awareness. Imagine navigating the open ocean based on what stars could be seen, and where they were in the…

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Why Security Infrastructure Automation Needs Humans (And Vice Versa)

Calling something “autonomous” implies that it operates without human input. That’s a misguided notion. Take, for example, security infrastructure…

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Best Firewalls of 2019 Reviewed

Both business owners and at-home computer users alike often make the mistake of assuming all firewalls are the same, when it actuality, this couldn’t be…

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Keep Traffic Moving: Lessons from the TSA.

What is Operations Assurance? Picture an airport.  TSA has two important jobs.   The most visible job of TSA is to detect and block questionable…

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Data Communication Platform Comparison: Apache Kafka vs. RabbitMQ vs. REST API

Before finalizing any major platform decision it is well known that extensive research must be conducted. This post highlights the process we went through…

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Where does Indeni fit in your environment?

We get it. The network and security software markets are difficult to navigate. There is an overwhelming list of technologies that you could use to…

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Machine learning for logs, cut through the hype.

Splunk recently announced new machine learning capabilities in its Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise 6.5 release. Does everyone have machine learning…

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Comparing indeni and BackBox: In-depth intelligence vs simplicity

Safeway, a company headquartered in Rosh-Haain, Israel, has recently released BackBox version 4.5. In this new version, BackBox includes “Application…

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Cisco vs Palo Alto Networks: The Hidden Battle

In my conversations with firewall users I often hear references to the “battle of the titans” between Check Point and Palo Alto Networks. Both…

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Check Point appliances refresh: how do you compare?

We often get asked if we have data pertaining to the upgrade processes and cycles of Check Point users around the world. The short answer is, YES. The…

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BlueCat to acquire LiveAction

BlueCat adds LiveAction’s network observability and intelligence platform, which helps large enterprises optimize the performance, resiliency, and security of their networks.