[OPLINTECH] AntiVirus Products

[Jim Lack]

We purchased Kaspersky back in June.  There was a learning curve regarding how to deploy and manage the software but so far, we have not run into any major issues.  We purchased a three year subscription for the same price that a one year subscription would have cost us if we stayed with Symantec.  The only negative thing I can say up to this point is that I'm not overly impressed with their tech support.  They are very hands off and from time to time, they do not return phone calls.

Jim Lack
Rocky River Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:12 AM
To: Kozick, Gregory
Cc: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] AntiVirus Products

Have you looked at Kaspersky lately? They have greatly enhanced their offerings, I wonder if anyone has gotten discounts or purchased or priced their enterprise packages and the comparisons.
http://usa.kaspersky.com/products-services/business/total-space-security

Regards,
Jim Kenzig

> Tom,
>
>
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> We used Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 for a while before 
> upgrading to AVG Business. I didn't feel that the management options 
> for Symantec were good enough. It was difficult to initiate scans from 
> the console on a remote computer and hard to find the status of the 
> scan. I like the AVG console better. I think that AVG uses less 
> resources and protects better than Symantec. Symantec really seemed to 
> bog down my systems. The deployment tools for AVG are definitely much 
> better than Symantec. You can deploy the client to a single system, or 
> pick from active directory, using the console; or you can create a 
> deployment script and push it  out through Configuration Manager like I do.
>
>
>
> AVG is a better price\performance option than Symantec. If I were to 
> quote the possible downsides, my little annoyance with AVG is that it 
> seems to always want a system reboot to install new updates, and I try 
> to limit reboots as much as possible in our environment. Feel free to 
> contact me via email if you have further questions.
>
>
>
> Greg Kozick
>
> System Support Specialist
>
> Akron-Summit County Public Library
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> p:  330-643-9144
>
> e: gkozick at akronlibrary.org
>
>
>
> From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org 
> [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Tom Casey
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:50 PM
> To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] AntiVirus Products
>
>
>
> Greetings:
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>
>
> We are considering our antivirus product options. Currently, we use 
> Symantec Corporate Edition  and plan to upgrade to Endpoint if we 
> renew our licensing. However, we are also taking this opportunity to 
> see what else is out there. So far, only AVG Business Edition offers 
> comparable pricing to what we are now paying for Symantec. Is anyone 
> using AVG business edition,  and if so, can you offer any comments or 
> incites? Is anyone using another product that they can recommend? A 
> key requirement for us is centralized deployment and management.
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>
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> Thanks
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> Tom Casey
>
> System Administrator
>
> Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
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> 330.744.8636 x 51612
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