CASE STUDY
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THE
CHEAPEST OUT THERE, BUT OUR
QUALITY IS SECOND TO NONE AND THAT
MAKES IT WORTH THE PRICE TAG.
A single management interface means the
team can easily visualise and monitor network
performance and they now only spend a few
hours each week on any maintenance.
“We don’t even have to look every day. The
old firewall meant we spent hours each day
troubleshooting but now we have the time
to spend on new projects like upgrading
our infrastructure and carrying out a new
SharePoint installation.
“We were also highly impressed with the
level of support from Alex and the Barracuda
team. We felt like we were on our own before
without much support from our previous
vendor. We are now part of a really great
partnership with Barracuda and Ezenta.”
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Looking ahead
Data analytics is on the roadmap and
Martens is looking at how Barracuda Firewall
Insights can help the team better manage
the network and SD-WAN connections.
Thomas Martens explains in more detail
why the Barracuda solution was a great fit
for Fibertex.
reliable offering, so people feel safe using
our product when it comes to providing for
their customers.
We know that we are not the cheapest out
there, but our quality is second to none and
that makes it worth the price tag.
Can you provide an overview of
Fibertex’s core business objectives? What were some of the unique
cyberthreats you experienced
when operating with the previous
solution? Have these now been
resolved with Barracuda?
Our primary business objective is to stand
out and be the best among our competitors
when it comes to quality. Accordingly,
we strive to provide a dependable and Our main priority was that we required the
functionality of the SD-WAN. We had a few
issues with ransomware prior to utilising the
Barracuda software and since employing
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