Despite an extensive investment in Cisco network infrastructure, when it came time to install network access control, the University of the Pacific shunned Cisco gear as too costly and opted instead for an appliance from Impulse Point.
“We would have had to put one of [Cisco’s Clean Access] servers in each of our distribution closets, and we have eight of those,” says Rob Henderson, director of cyber infrastructure at the university. “We’re a very big Cisco shop so they were quite disappointed with us when we had to look elsewhere. We just ran the numbers, and they couldn’t come close to the price of the Impulse Point equipment.”
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