Where did all these damn titles for Admins come from? "General" Admin, "Disassociated" Admin???????
Educate me please! -----Original Message----- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VIPRE Enterprise beta software is available BUT.....having random admins do testing reveals compatibility and UI issues that can be tweaked. Are you telling me you never run MS beta software just to see how it may impact your environment? ----- Original Message ----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Jun 12 13:35:08 2008 Subject: Re: VIPRE Enterprise beta software is available Well sure... but why would you? This just doesn't make any sense to me. And I'm not trying to be a pita here - I just seriously cannot make sense out of: 1. Why if you are a disassociated admin, would you test beta AV software. I'm sketchy about beta software in general - but beta AV software? Are you a virus-security professional? Do you really have what it takes to put AV software through its paces? A beta-test request like this is much better suited for the security professionals on the Full-Disclosure list, etc. 2. Devote any time/resources to testing beta anything that was not mission0critical to your organization. Mabe Im getting old, and am thinking with too much of an old-school a mentality. But I cant imagine having any justification for beta testing AV software. Let alone my organization approving that justification. I wonder if there is something going on that I am sorely missing out on. People or so gung-ho to test any kinda of beta software these days regardless of professional expertise - it just boggles my mind. *shrug* On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Martin Blackstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously testing the actual AV component itself would be very difficult, > but testing the UI, install procedures, compatibility, footprint, etc would > be valuable. > I have a lab that's about 4x the size of my production network, so I could > easily do this if I had the time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: VIPRE Enterprise beta software is available > > yes, thats where I test production release AV software. why would > anyone on this list test beta AV software... > > On 6/11/08, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Absolutely use TEST/Dev networks first ... But then again, you DO want it >> tested at some point by the same group that would be using the production >> release >> >> Sorry, Micheal, doesn't seem too silly to me, YMMV >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:49 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: VIPRE Enterprise beta software is available >> >>> The idea of beta testing by general administrators just strikes me as >> extremely silly. >> >> Of course. That's why you have test networks ;-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:09 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: VIPRE Enterprise beta software is available >> >> Yes.. sign me up for some beta security software! weee! >> >> Sorry, but I couldn't resist. The idea of beta testing by general >> administrators just strikes me as extremely silly. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Alex Eckelberry >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If you're interested in Sunbelt's new antivirus + antispyware product >>> for the enterprise, Beta 1 of VIPRE Enterprise is now available. >>> >>> Please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put VIPRE >>> Enterprise (SVE) in the title in order to register for the beta. >>> >>> At VIPRE's core is an antivirus and antispyware engine that merges the >> >>> detection of all types of malware into a single efficient and powerful >> >>> system. The new technology was developed exclusively by Sunbelt, >>> without building on older generation antivirus engines. VIPRE >>> Enterprise utilizes a high speed threat scanning engine that can scan >>> large volumes of information for malware threats in a short period of >>> time with limited performance impact on the end user's PC. 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