That's it. Do not buy worry free, only officescan from trend. But viper us worth any ones consideration
On Wednesday, 23 February 2011, David Bryce <[email protected]> wrote: > I would definitely agree with that. > Vipre has low overheads and Officescan is great but only starts at 100+ :) > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > So (reading between the lines) you're recommending VIPRE as a first > choice for installs under 100 and Trend or VIPRE for installs 100 & > up? > > JR > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Graeme Carstairs <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Office scan was and still is great but they don't sell that for less >> than100 licenses. >> >> Worry free was and still is broken, they keep adding features and never fix >> it. >> >> Do not buy is my advise >> >> Ymmv >> >> Graeme >> On Thursday, 17 February 2011, Bill Humphries <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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”. 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