I am curious if anyone else has run into the new Trend Micro CSM for SMB. We
previously renews around $600 for 50 workstations and now they want about
$2300. This prompted me to start checking out other solutions. I did look in
old posts but they seem to all be from before Trend raised their prices -
back when it was a good deal.
I am not considering Norton because of previous experience - granted it was
with older products but everytime I see a Norton app it seems they want to
be everything to everyone and the client is loaded down with too many apps
and caused problems with other apps.
We had previously used McAfee ASAP but that caused printing problems and
each client updated from the internet on it's own rather then from a server
on the LAN. Also didn't like that there was no way to install it except from
the internet. So I am hesitant on McAfee but open if it seems to offer what
I need at a reasonable cost and reasonable administration.
I am experimenting with GFI MailEssentials and MailSecurity for antivirus
and spam blocking at the server but I am having a hard time finding desktop
protection I like. I would love to find antivirus and anti-spyware in one
app but that doesn't seem to exist. Even if they are from the same vendor
they still are separate apps. I am a minimalist when it comes to installing
stuff on desktops and I like things to be as efficient as possible. So I
would love some recomendations if you have them. I am not set on GFI for the
above but I do like them so far - especially the Beyesian scanning on the
MailEssentials.
My requirments are as follows:
> Compatible withe SBS 2000 and SBS 2003 (will be upgrading in Oct this
> year)
> All together must provide anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-spyware.
> All mail protection (virus and spam) must be at the server and integrate
> with Exchange
> Optional Mail protection at the client for POP3 clients is preferred
> Desktop protection (virus and spyware) must be installed and managed from
> the LAN with a single server that updates itself and then updates the
> clients
> Must be able to install desktop protection even if the client doesn't
> authenticate to the SBS server (other clients in the same subnet but
> logging into a different server)
> Desktop software must be as small and efficient as possible - must not
> significantly increase startup time or slow down the machine during normal
> usage.
> Must be able to manage client's permissions - i.e. prevent
> unloading/disabling/configuring of client software.
Hope that is clear enough and I look forward to hearing from you all.
Tony Vrolyk