Re: Anyone using Symantec's stuff with SBS 03 Premium?

From: Rick F (rick.REMOVE_at_rdfts.REMOVE.com)
Date: 03/23/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -0600

Gotta somewhat disagree here. I am not saying Trend is better or worse than
Symantec or visa-versa. I've been using Symantec since 1997 when they first
introduced an enterprise type product. I still use them to this date, mainly
because I am so familar with it. Everyone has glitches, including Symantec
and Trend. I always recommend "Symantec Antivirus with Groupware" to my SBS
clients. This includes Symantec Corporate Edition antivirus for the server,
Exchange and the workstations. I've never ran into an issue and it is a very
stable product. But why in the world would you need LiveUpdate
Administration on SBS, I don't even use it for my bigger clients? I think
you just don't understand what it does. You configure your server to
download the updates and it updates everything else. I can complete a
Symantec antivirus installation on a SBS server and all the workstation,
with all the configuration and reboots in less than an hour with no need to
look at a manual....and walk away with it working for years.....

I have not had the opportunity to use any of there hardware products but
have been very interested in the VPN appliance that won't let you connect
unless your antivirus is updated and then updates them for you. 

-- 
Rick Faria - MCSE / A+
RDF Technical Services - www.rdfts.com
Email: support at rdfts dot com
"IBC" <spamityspam@spam.spam> wrote in message 
news:eSmVT4yLFHA.1396@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I do NOT use this on SBS, but I have worked with the Symantec Enterprise AV
> package and I find it to be OK at best. When checking with support 
> regarding
> the "LiveUpdate Administration" program I was told "We don't really know
> anybody that uses that, do this instead." Kind of an odd response from 
> THEIR
> support people in my opinion. The deployment tool is as good as any other 
> if
> your working with machines W2K and above, otherwise there is an (albeit
> tiny) amount of wrangling that needs doing. I've seen the virus defs go
> corrupt twice now within a years time and that stops the clients from
> updating properly until it gets fixed. Also, Symantec only put out virus
> updates once a week unless something big comes down the pipe. Others like
> Trend doing them continuously each day. (to clarify, Symantec creates new
> defs every day but only packages them once a week for LiveUpdate to grab,
> whereas Trend appears to roll out fixes as they make them.)
>
> Not a bad product, but they've lost the #1 ranking on my totem pole 
> anyhow.
> For the money you spend I'd look at Trend very closely. I just moved to 
> them
> from the CA product and the Trend product found all sorts of nasties the 
> CA
> product has missed for (apparently) years. I'm not going to spend alot of
> time bashing CA as I think they make a decent product too, but I WAS
> disheartened to see all these new viruses popping up the first 2 days 
> after
> Trend was installed.
>
> JM2C
>
> -- 
> "Nostradamus didn't mention anything about new viruses, so....I'm Cool."
>
> .
> "tester" <tester@testthis.net> wrote in message
> news:11415v9oos52r85@corp.supernews.com...
>> I am currently evaluating Symantec, McAfee, and Trend.
>>
>> Noone from Trend or McAfee has returned my info requests.  Symantec has
>> given me several phone calls, online demos etc.
>> I would like to know if anyone has/is using their stuff with your SBS
> server
>> (I have 03 premium installed)
>> I'm also looking at their 5400 gateway appliance any feedback would be
>> helpful
>>
>>
>
>

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