Hivelocity Depends on the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System to Maintain High Performance and Service Availability for a Global Customer Base

Hivelocity had tested various DDoS mitigation solutions, prior to exploring Corero. They had been using alternative solutions in the past but encountered limitations in capacity and rule sets. Ultimately they felt that other vendors were boxing them in, so they started looking around for a different answer. They explored developing their own mitigation tools internally, but ultimately decided their development time was better used on their core projects. Corero being an on-premises solution is “critical for us” adds Protich. “Some of our clients looked at cloud-based DDoS solutions, and regardless of the vendor, our customers don’t want the latency that results when traffic has to get routed off the network to a scrubbing facility just to get back to their server here. That’s why we made the decision early in the process to deploy equipment directly on premises, which doesn’t add latency and allows better control. Basically, if we can have full control, we have a full picture of what’s going on and can provide a more timely response—which is what our customers expect from us,” says Protich.