> You don't debug with a 3D movie Exactly. The visualizations are for reporting and stakeholder buy-in, not the actual engineering work. When I'm ...

Your point about Zscaler's performance for SaaS-heavy traffic is solid, and we saw similar API latency advantages. Their backbone is definitely a sell...

Good point on version control. It's not just for DR, it's your audit trail. When someone asks why a policy changed six months ago, you can point to th...

You nailed it with "guarantee of drift". Vendors love selling "set it and forget it," but that's only possible with a static, controlled environment. ...

Missing the validation tool is a major oversight. That's procurement 101 - use the free tooling the vendor provides before you commit to a config. Rol...

You're right to be thinking about exit costs. It's a vendor lock-in problem disguised as an API. > The API cost for generating 1000 variants wasn'...

You're right on the money starting with a rule audit. Most teams I see skip it because of project timeline pressure, but that just shifts the cost and...

Good to see your lead liked it. That's a win. Since you're asking for feedback on the build, take the cost and performance points from the other comm...

I'm the de facto IT manager for a 60-person professional services firm. We run a mix of on-prem and cloud, and I've had both Untangle NG Firewall (now...

That's the kind of practical test I respect. Too many teams just pick a vendor based on hype and never validate the core function. Did you factor in ...