{"id":130052,"date":"2021-04-14T08:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=130052"},"modified":"2021-04-14T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:11:57","slug":"gartner-peer-insights-network-firewalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/gartner-peer-insights-network-firewalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks a Customers\u2019 Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We defined the network security market with our next-generation firewall more than a decade ago, and we\u2019ve continued to lead innovations in NGFWs \u2013 both physical and virtual \u2013 in the years since then. We\u2019ve also broadened our solution offering to secure the entire enterprise, serving more than 80,000 customers. As we continue to shape the future of cybersecurity, it\u2019s particularly gratifying to have our customers recognize us for offering effective, future-proof solutions in the core network security space we pioneered.<\/p>\n<p>On April 12, Gartner recognized Palo Alto Networks with the Customers\u2019 Choice distinction in the 2021 <strong>Gartner Peer Insights \u201cVoice of the Customer\u201d: Network Firewalls <\/strong>report. Our customers gave us an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars in 110 reviews from all over the world as of Feb. 28, 2021, and 92% of them expressed \u201cwillingness to recommend\u201d us to their peers. And we were the only vendor to be recognized with Customers\u2019 Choice distinctions in all three regions covered in the report: APAC, EMEA and North America.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"3588\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:119.84%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130128 size-full lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/figure12021.png\" alt=\"The Gartner Peer Insights &quot;Voice of the Customer&quot;: Network Firewalls report for 2021 includes this chart, which shows that Palo Alto Networks has been named &quot;Customers' Choice.&quot; \" width=\"3588\" height=\"4300\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gartner Peer Insights is an online platform for ratings and reviews of IT software and services. Written and read by verified IT professionals and technology decision-makers, the reviews are intended to help IT leaders make insightful purchase decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sampling of our customer reviews:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cAn Excellent Firewall With a Great Focus on Security and Application Control.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\"Excellent visibility and threat detection\/prevention with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, which allows our security team to investigate with confidence to quickly obtain the necessary information required to protect the organization.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Principal Security Analyst, Healthcare Industry, Size $3-10B<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cFlexible and Scalable Solution That Does Everything Well.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\"I have deployed Palo Alto [Networks] hardware to replace my proxy and firewall solution. It has given me enhanced control over traffic with TLS interception, application control and user-ID and allows me to build granular policies that follow users across offices.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Senior Manager - Information Security, Services Industry, Size $250-500M<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cIf You\u2019re Looking for Best Of Breed, You\u2019ve Come to the Right Place\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\"Been using Palo Alto [Networks] products for over four years now and have been thoroughly impressed. The native Panorama management system makes it easy to scale and manage both physical and virtual firewalls, deploy updates, and view reporting and logs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Sr. Network Engineer, Manufacturing Industry, Size $50-250M<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cPalo Alto [Networks] Is a One Stop Solution for Network Security\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cPalo Alto [Networks] VM-Series is a good candidate for Public Cloud deployments. In addition to the great features and the support that Palo Alto [Networks] provides, the deployments are quick and easy. Architecture and implementation literature is well documented.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Architect, Manufacturing Industry, Size $30B+<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cCloud Security Enabler\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\"Easy to deploy on different public cloud infrastructures. Easy to manage and scale. Stable product and great support.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 IT Security Architect, Retail Industry, Size $500M-1B<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe NGFW to Secure Your Virtual Infrastructure!\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoy working with the VM-series Palo Alto [Networks] firewall. In our case it integrates very easily into [our] VMware ESX environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 IT Security Engineer, Energy and Utilities Industry, Size $3-10B<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re proud to have the confidence of our customers, and we\u2019re grateful that so many of them took the time to provide thoughtful feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, we delivered a new approach to cybersecurity with the industry\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/network-pan-os-10-0\/\">ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall<\/a>. Since then we\u2019ve extended those capabilities to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/network-security\/time-to-rethink-and-reimagine-data-security-with-palo-alto-networks\/\">protect enterprise data with DLP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/network-security\/palo_alto_networks-_iot_security_for_healthcare_delivery_organizations\/\">secure IoT in healthcare organizations<\/a>, deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/5g-native-security\/\">5G-native security<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months we\u2019ve been named a Leader in several other major analyst reports that demonstrate our commitment to innovation in network security. We\u2019re proud that we were named a Leader in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/netsec-gartner-magic-quadrant-leader-2020\/\">2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant: Enterprise Firewalls<\/a> report. We were also named a Leader in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/network-forrester-wave-enterprise-firewalls\/\">The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Firewalls Q3\u201920<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/forrester-ztx-wave-2020\/\">Forrester Wave&#x2122;: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall sets a new standard for network security, so customers can extend protection throughout their enterprises and into the future.<\/p>\n<p>Read a complimentary copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/start.paloaltonetworks.com\/gartner-peer-insights-network-firewalls.html\">Gartner Peer Insights \u201cVoice of the Customer\u201d: Network Firewalls<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights \u2018Voice of the Customer\u2019: Network Firewalls, 9 April 2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner\u2019s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Gartner Peer Insights Customers\u2019 Choice constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-user reviews, ratings, and data applied against a documented methodology; they neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Gartner or its affiliates.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re proud to be named \u201cCustomers\u2019 Choice\u201d in the Gartner Peer Insights \u201cVoice of the Customer\u201d: Network Firewalls report for 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":130053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,6717],"tags":[151,5708,111],"coauthors":[1915],"class_list":["post-130052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-products-and-services","tag-firewalls","tag-gartner-peer-insights","tag-ngfw","net_sec_category-next-generation-firewalls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strata-SD-WAN_gartner_peer_insights_social_blog-400x300-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130052"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130169,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130052\/revisions\/130169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130052"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=130052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}