Re: NAC RFI/RFP

[Terence Ma <Terence.Ma () TUN TOURO EDU>]

I generally use RFPs for products that are over $25,000 or something that we really don't know much about (in that 
case, we usually issue a RFI first). We generally select a series of potential vendors and examine their products in 
detail prior to selecting a product.

When we were looking at NACs, I looked at a bunch of higher education mailing lists (including Educause) and came up 
with a list of four products - Bradford, Cisco, Impulse, and Mirage (now Trustwave) - as having the most positive 
reviews and had the most users. We had already decided not to go with Cisco as we had the demonstration of the product 
and it did not seem to fit our budget in the first round of discussions we had with the manufacturers. We then examined 
the remaining products in detail.

We are a smaller institution and I am not required to go to a RFP process for everything.

Best,

Terence P. Ma, PhD
Chief Information Officer
Touro University Nevada
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Henderson, NV 89014, USA
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Brown
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:12 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] NAC RFI/RFP

Interesting to see that the replies to Lori's inquiry are all "No RFP" so far. Is it becoming more common not to use 
RFPs for security or IT projects these days for some reason or another?

Bob Brown, Network World
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/713

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Baker, 
Lori
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:41 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] NAC RFI/RFP

Hello EDUCAUSE Colleagues -

Does anyone have a NAC (Network Access Control) RFP/RFI they're willing to share?   We're just starting to define our 
requirements and investigate vendors, and would greatly appreciate input from other institutions.  Our NAC solution 
would be for both our administrative (staff/faculty) and academic networks/users.

Thanks in advance!

Lori


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