Customers’ First Impressions of Zero Networks

Summary 

Security and IT leaders who now use Zero Networks say their first reaction to the product was skepticism. Customers including Chris Turek, CIO of Evercore; Henry Mayorga, CISO of Baron Funds; and Jim Paolicelli, IT Director of Atlantic Constructors, describe how it looked too simple to work compared with other products they had evaluated, and how they had heard similar promises from other vendors before. This short video collects their first impressions.

Key takeaways

• Several customers say their first reaction was disbelief that something this hard could be made this easy.
• Compared with other products they had evaluated, Zero Networks looked “too easy to be true.”
• Some had heard other vendors claim to solve the same problem and were skeptical going in. They are now Zero Networks customers.

[00:01]

Chris Turek, CIO, Evercore: When I first saw it, I didn’t believe it. You can’t possibly take something this hard and make it this easy.

Henry Mayorga, CISO, Baron Funds: My first impression of Zero Networks, I should say, is that it was too good to be true.

Jim Paolicelli, IT Director, Atlantic Constructors: Compared to the rest of the products, it looked too easy to be true.

Justin Manifold, Vermeer Corporation: I walked away saying, “Hey, this is way too simple, way too easy.”

[00:18]

Chris Turek, CIO, Evercore: I’ve seen several companies pitch me that they’ve solved this problem using “AI,” and it was all BS.

Henry Mayorga, CISO, Baron Funds: I didn’t think it was going to work. I really didn’t think.

Chris Turek, CIO, Evercore: This is like one of those moments where either somebody’s trying to trick me, or I’ve seen something for the first time that’s going to be a game changer.