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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThe HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager provides role- and device-based network access control for employees, contractors and guests across multi-vendor wired, wireless and VPN infrastructures.N/A

    Open Systems SASE+

    Score2.3 out of 10
    N/AWith a network of global access points, Open Systems states that SASE+ secures users no matter where they work. It aims to deliver direct, fast, and reliable connections to the internet and cloud and is centrally managed to make it easy to expand reach to anywhere and anything. SASE+ does all that with a single unified service that’s cloud-delivered, policy-driven, automated, and orchestrated. Customers can add ZTNA+ to extend SASE+ to include even more users…N/A
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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerOpen Systems SASE+
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerOpen Systems SASE+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerOpen Systems SASE+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Aruba ClearPass is suited well for large enterprise networks with many connecting buildings and branches. Aruba ClearPass protects your endpoints from unauthorized or unknown devices accessing your network. You can apply policies that prevent devices from meeting the required policies in ClearPass. ClearPass will allow only authorized access for devices that are using the policies.
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    Open Systems AG
    Open Systems SASE+ keeps your organization's data safe, provides secure web access, is fast to deploy, well supported, and low cost.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • You can use ClearPass authenticate using wired and wireless network devices. This is helpful that you don't have to have multiple systems to accomplish this.
    • Because devices can have different purposes Clearpass can configure groups that will specify what access they have. You can use parameters such as vendor or mac address so clearpass know what group to push them to.
    • It is very easy to view device logs. This is really helpful to troubleshoot auth issues. Once you find the device Clearpass provides more than enough info to know what the issue is and to fix it.
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    Open Systems AG
    • Fast and reliable connections.
    • Excellent DNS management for domain registrations.
    • Quick implementation.
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Going to the end of the page to edit the rules and save them later causes problems.
    • An AND operation can be performed within a rule, but an OR operation cannot. therefore having to write too many rules
    • The license structure seems very complex at first.
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    Open Systems AG
    • Network Sandbox and CASB are in beta.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It's a great product, does what we expect from it however it's not easy to set up. You'll likely need an integrator to assist
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    Open Systems AG
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Though Aruba ClearPass offers a lot of insight and features, it is not the easiest to navigate. A lot of other systems can be figured out as you go, but Aruba ClearPass often requires a lot of research in order to set something up correctly. It's not always easy to find what you're looking for. Once you learn the basics, it becomes a lot more manageable, but it's definitely worth investing in some sort of training.
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    Open Systems AG
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    Reliability and Availability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We have it as a cluster
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    Open Systems AG
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    Performance
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very responsive
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    Open Systems AG
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    This product has consistently provided the results needed from it and when issues arose, Aruba TAC was able to provide support effectively. In the previous question, I stated that Aruba Wireless is used as well. With those systems in place with ClearPass troubleshooting becomes much easier. I am sure other issues may arise if calling support while using another vendor for wireless such as Cisco, Juniper, etc.
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    Open Systems AG
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    From my experience, ClearPass has been the best NAC server of all I've seen. Even though configuration is somewhat hard and it's hard to get training, once you learn how to configure it it works very well. The policies are very granular and scalable and the interface is a well-done web GUI that does not need any extra plugins installed, as some of Cisco's product require. There are many more options than with FortiNAC, and many more integration options. Also, troubleshooting and logging is good.
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    Open Systems AG
    Open Systems SASE is extremely fast, agile, efficient and is an excellent SD-WAN service that will give you secure access to the web.
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    Scalability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very reliable
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    Open Systems AG
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    Professional Services
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Got the job done
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    Open Systems AG
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • ClearPass has streamlined everything so we don't have to have as many people managing our device auth systems.
    • Our Security team loves that ClearPass can deny unauthorized users and devices from the network. This alone has probably saved us a lot of money and headaches.
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    Open Systems AG
    • It is scalable, its control portal is easy to use, it provides secure web access, it offers many business use cases or advanced features such as security, SD-WAN networking and DNS services, application performance management and much more.
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