Now I want to move on too ! 


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From: Jonathan <[email protected]>
To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 11:13:39 PM
Subject: Re: Today is the end of the line for me,


+100
Wow. I wish I had read that a LONG time ago.
On a positive note, I AM moving on, and quite excited about it.
Hang in there Z!
Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on 
the Verizon network.
On Feb 17, 2011 9:31 PM, "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Excellent article
> 
> -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker
> 
> Sent from my Motorola Droid
>  On Feb 17, 2011 8:28 PM, "Jonathan Link" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This may be appropriate to your mood.
>> http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/hawall.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>>> I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on,
>>> if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security
>>> engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is under
>>> 1.5 hrs I am game.
>>>
>>> Z
>>>
>>> Edward E. Ziots
>>> CISSP, Network +, Security +
>>> Network Engineer
>>> Lifespan Organization
>>> Email:[email protected]
>>> Cell:401-639-3505
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>>
>>> Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that
>>> (that, and have redundant DC's). In some cases the "server" is a
>>> desktop, but it keeps that much less activity off the SBS server. AV and
>>> WSUS, that's what an older desktop is good for :-).
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:46 AM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Re: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>>
>>> I think some of the issues have to do with smaller installations. We
>>> have several clients that install the A/V server software on an SBS
>>> server...and Trend can bog it down with the smart scan features enabled.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan wrote:
>>> > Very interesting....
>>> >
>>> > We switched from McAfee to Trend a year ago. Between 500 and 600
>>> > nodes, including servers, and we have not experienced problems like
>>> > what some of you have described...we are controlling updates from our
>>> > own internal server, and we are not utilizing Trend's cloudy offering.
>>> > [1]
>>> >
>>> > We've been *very* happy. (of course we did come from McAfee, so I
>>> > guess everything is relative.) :-)
>>> >
>>> > Jonathan
>>> >
>>> > [1] cloudy, get it? I crack myself up.... (I can ear the roans and
>>> > eyerolls now...)
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:25 PM, David Lum <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Excellent to be aware of, thanks guys. %dayjob% environment is
>>> infinitely
>>> >> more complex than my client of 55 seats. What AV do you recommend?
>>> Vipre is
>>> >> on the list, as is Symantec (beyond my control). Trend was the third
>>> but I
>>> >> am open to nixing them in favor of something else.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> %dayjob% = 450+ seats with dozens (50+) remote workers that work from
>>> home,
>>> >> multiple SAN's, couple hundred servers, blah blah blah...
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Dave
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:16 AM
>>> >>
>>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> >> Subject: Re: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Yeh happened all over apart from on the sites, that had brand new
>>> over
>>> >> specced servers, with brand new fast PC's with an abundance of memory
>>> but
>>> >> even they exhibited a measurable slowdown.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I personally do not like any software package that at 850MB when
>>> downloaded
>>> >> expands to take up 8.5GB on the server within 4 days.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> And the supports advise is to switch off the new features, and leave
>>> you
>>> >> with the functionality of the old version, but doesn't improve
>>> performance.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> It also seriously corrupted a DFS share, and database on one site,
>>> again
>>> >> there are technet articles and such that state that Trend needs to be
>>> >> disabled from scanning DFS databases and shares, but that was only
>>> after teh
>>> >> damage was done.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Version 4 -5 issues on upgrade, and a rapid release of 5.1 to solve
>>> them. 5
>>> >> - 6 serious issues on upgrade, no fix, even 6.1 didnt solve the
>>> problems.
>>> >> The only fix was complete removal, and replace with a different
>>> product.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I have raised the issues with Trend, and told them we were stopping
>>> selling
>>> >> their product, and would only continue renewing existing licenses who
>>> wanted
>>> >> to stay with Trend, and nothing was done.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> They keep phoning every couple of months, to see why were not selling
>>> and I
>>> >> keep telling them, but they never respond, until its chase sales
>>> figures
>>> >> time.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> YMMV but they have seriously burnt my birdges, and indirectly cost my
>>> >> company money, in fixing issues caused by their software.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On 17 February 2011 17:07, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Weird, no issue in the environment I support when I upgraded them.
>>> Small
>>> >> environment though, 55 systems, fairly "clean" clients and just two
>>> sites.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Dave
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:49 AM
>>> >>
>>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> >>
>>> >> Cc: Steven Peck
>>> >> Subject: Re: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Would avoid Tren Worry Free like the plague.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> It killed (literally stopped servers and clients talking, due to scan
>>> >> overload, and resource hogging) 4 networks when it was upgraded from
>>> 5 to 6,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Had to remove it and install vipre which made very angry clients very
>>> happy
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Graeme
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On 17 February 2011 16:44, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Here we go
>>> >> http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-01-07/
>>> >>
>>> >> Steven Peck
>>> >> http://www.blkmtn.org
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Mike Gill
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Bla bla, our def files are I the cloud, bla bla, something about
>>> >> virtualization density, bla bla cloud, bla bla bla.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Of the different AV product I have worked with, all of them allow for
>>> an
>>> >> alternate server location for def updates if a local store isn't
>>> available.
>>> >> I'm not sure what they're trying to sell, but they like saying cloud
>>> over
>>> >> and over. J
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Mike Gill
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:02 AM
>>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> >> Subject: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> It's 3:43 long. Their WorryFree product does this as well and seems
>>> to work
>>> >> OK at the client of 55 machines that has it (it gives you the option
>>> to
>>> >> update from the local Trend machine or from Trend's servers).
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Seems to me they're using "cloud" to mean "clients update from us and
>>> not
>>> >> your local server". Does anyone get a different read?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/officescan/
>>> >>
>>> >> Click "Watch OfficeScan video"
>>> >>
>>> >> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>>> >> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>>> >> (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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