Soundarya Jayaraman

Choosing the best firewall software isn't just about finding the most recognized name in the market. With top solutions like Sophos Firewall, Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), FortiGate-VM NGFW, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls, and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, all promising advanced threat protection, network visibility, and simplified management, narrowing down the right option for your organization can be challenging.

I’ve worked with enough dashboards to know that data isn’t always the problem. Answers are. Teams today can track almost everything, from marketing performance and sales activity to customer behavior and product adoption. But having access to metrics doesn’t automatically make it easier to understand what’s driving results or what action to take next. That was top of mind as I evaluated Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAS Viya, Databricks, Looker, and Domo to find the best analytics platform.