No, he is looking to increase his empire. Let him hire another admin and then use him for your own purposes when he's not working on AV. Within 6 months you'll have yourself a minion.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:18 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > At this point its sad to say the LAZY super is here to stay and so are the > independent departments. So he is looking at the best way to deal with > the > workload. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Drewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > I agree. The idea that you could have 15 computers on your network (in > your > domain?) without knowing about it is a clear indication that management > ISN'T > doing its job... > > -- Drew > ******************************** > Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! > Pray that there is a god, my little flock, because only a god can stop the > eventual entropic destruction of the universe. (Schlock Mercenary - > http://www.schlockmercenary.com) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin > Blackstone > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:11 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > > So it really isn't a matter of too much work, but rather a matter of poor > management. > In any company, but in particular one your size, allowing departments to > manage computers is a recipe for disaster. It probably seemed like a good > idea at the time, but not any longer. > There should be a central point of contact for all machines. Orders are > placed through that group and delivered to them for configuration and > delivery to the end users or departments. That way all hardware is fully > tracked and managed. > You should be using logon scripts as one method of pushing out AV installs > and DAT updates. That way for someone to login, AV software has to be > installed. > > I would suggest rather than spend 50-60K a year for an AV tech, that you > put > that time / money into better management. Ill bet you if you went to upper > management and said "OK, we need a new hardware procedure, OR we need to > spend 60K a year for an AV guy, they would let you have your way" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:04 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > > Symantec Corporate, 7.5. Waiting for 7.6 to arrive. We also will be > purchasing a Mcafee e500. > > A good portion of or problems relate to a LAZY supervisor and several > departments that are in charge of their own equipment. Just yesterday we > ran into a lab that had 15 new machines on our domain that we didn't know > about. All without any AV and 2 were nimda monsters. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:03 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > What are you using for your AV solution? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:00 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > > At 1300 machines given the problems we appear to be having, the guy that > does our AV wants a FTE created for it because he feels it would be > appropriate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Drewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:01 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > How big is your company? > > Is 10,000 users enough for it to be a full time job? 100,000 users? > > It varies from org to org. > > -- Drew > ******************************** > Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! > Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors > and brutality in the destroyers. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Ko > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:57 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: AV! a full time job? > > > I don't think this is a full time job. If you have a full time > position just for A/V, you'd have to have a backup person since viruses > do not take any vacation. Instead of having full time position, pay > A/V vendor to notify you (& other support staffs) when there's new virus > via > pager, cell phone, email, etc. If you want to have closer relationship > with > A/V vendor, pay more money to have someone like Technical Account Manager, > TAM. Once you have those communcation method established, you have to > have > software that can distribute updates automatically and fast. > > My two cents... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Hansen, Eric > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:24 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: AV! a full time job? > > > > Just curious what some of the Exchange Admins think. Would you consider > Antivirus a full time job? I speak for both email and network/desktop. > > > Around here it isn't, although we wish it was cause it seems to be getting > neglected. We are around 1300 users right now. > > e- > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
