Alex - thank you for the open and honest response. It is greatly appreciated and frankly very refreshing. When I get back from CommVault training next week, I'll spin up some VMs to play with both Sophos and Vipre. Based on the replies I've received on and off list, it sounds like I won't go very wrong with either choice. Jim
________________________________ From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu 4/22/2010 8:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sophos vs. Vipre Enterprise Sophos makes a solid product, and its a good company. We have a great relationship with them and share samples. One of their former VPs, Bill Emerick, now runs all of Sunbelt's R&D, IT, support and product management; and our sales engineer for the UK is ex-Sophos. IMHO, either Sophos or VIPRE will do you well. Test each one, decide what you like in terms of perf, the console, etc. Detections are very close. On the pricing side, it's an annual subscription model, which is something to consider. Alex Alex Eckelberry, CEO Sunbelt Software 33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755 p: 727-562-0101 x220 e: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> MSN: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/> b: www.sunbeltblog.com <http://www.sunbeltblog.com/> From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sophos vs. Vipre Enterprise I've been using Sophos on desktops for 10 years and love it. When I bought it back then Sophos would allow all my employees to have it on their home computers at no additional cost. I'm not sure they offer that anymore though as they have changed their marketing to go through 3rd party partners; I don't believe you can buy direct anymore. I admin around 100 machines. The UI is intuitive and full of information. It has dashboards for quick reviews of the systems. I have seen Sophos catch things that have gotten through McAfee and Symantec on Exchange. We have never had a network wide breakout nor a signature file that caused problems. Frankly because I am pleased with Sophos, I've not considered any other vendor. My $.02. Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. 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