It was too expensive when you figure in the server portion is seperate from the product itself and when you have less than 50 machines the server cost put it above the products like NOD/Trend/Symantec/McAfee. If you had say several hundred machines then the prorated prices is more in line with the other products.
I too have a large number of >3 year old machines but I never tested it on one of them. I tried it out on a newer machine liked it then got the quote. As I said price took it off the list at the point. Jon On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When the free version of Blink was released I tried it briefly and the > slowdown of my machine was obvious. I removed it quickly. > > > > Unless that's been greatly improved, not interested. Client has many 3+ > year old machines that work just fine (they're not going to Vista anytime > soon either). > > > > Not sure what "a bit too expensive for this environment" means – a bit too > expensive compared to traditional AV programs? > > > > thanks, > > Carl > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:37 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Enterprise client security - Sophos vs. ??? > > > > Look at eEye's Blink. Very nice product a bit too expensive for this > environment. It does a lot I never did setup the server side as the price > pushed it out of range. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Client is looking at Sophos " Endpoint Security and Control" as a > companywide standard and asking whether I have any alternatives. I've been > trying to steer them to Nod32 but looking at the Sophos and ESET websites, > it doesn't appear that ESET has an equivalent product. > > > > In particular, the Sophos product claims NAC capabilities, i.e. > > > > *» *Compliance reporting > > *» *Patch and vulnerability assessment > > *» *Enforcement > > * * > > Translated, the Sophos product will verify that MS security patches are > being applied, and (presumably) shut down network access if something is > wrong (presumably shutting down access to everything BUT WSUS / WU servers > using its built-in firewall). > > > > It also claims the ability to block "unauthorized software such as IM, > VoIP, P2P and games." Don't see that in the ESET solution either. > > > > Any real world experience out there with "Endpoint Security and Control", > and if so, do you like it? Or alternatives that compete against this Sophos > product and do a better job? > > > > thanks all, > > Carl > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
