IMO SEP was a disaster when it was first released. It was supposed to fix the problems with the previous product (Symantec Corporate Edition, which I can remember having to completely renstall on every server we had as it wouldn't update anymore and that was Symantec's "fix" for the issue).
We were an early adopter of Windows 2008 Server and SEP caused us massive pain. It broke shares left right and centre and would bring servers to a halt. It took about 3 releases from when the problem was identified before it was fixed. Of course each of those releases was claimed to fix the problem. This was just one of its issues. There were many. I swore black and blue when with my previous employer that I wouldn't touch Symantec AV again. Then I inherited it in my current job and I've been singing the same thing. Not to mention we also battle with some of their other products. Backup Exec (update a backup exec server and watch it stop the sql service on the sql server its database is on... too bad for the other databases on there) and Enterprise Vault provide their share of pain as well. Having said that, SEP has worked pretty well since MR5. Nothing major has broken for a while and it seems to stop all threats except for those Fake AV malwares (which many of the big players seem to struggle with). The management console is quite easy to use, there is a good amount of control over how defs are deployed. The group updater function is great(now that it finally works properly). To be honest it has been very solid for a while now but we will probably look at Microsoft's offering next time. -----Original Message----- From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to Symantec enterprise? For those runng symantec what the biggest issues postive and negative. Just want to be open minded. On 5/9/10, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: > We have SEP because the larger gov. organization we are a part of has > standardized on it, and thus has a contract that makes the price > attractive. > > > > I haven't had much success trying to convince them otherwise. > > > > -sc > > > > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:19 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to > Symantec enterprise? > > > > We're using SEP because we're implementing NAC and it also does AV, > firewall etc. We also have to have a separate desktop security product > to our server security product. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] > Sent: Sunday, 9 May 2010 10:15 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to > Symantec enterprise? > > > > We are running SAV because we are a Symantec Partner, therefore I > assume we get it for free. But, if I had the decision I would switch > to VIPRE in a flash. I have nothing against Symantec, in fact they > have a strong portfolio of solutions. However, their Antivirus / > Endpoint Protection is unwieldy, badly designed and above all a bloated > resource drainer. > > > > I would be very surprised if anyone here came out strongly in favour > of SAV, but I would be very interested to hear if anyone has positive > experiences. Always want to be open minded. > > > > Regards, > > > > andrew > > > > On 9 May 2010 10:10, Dave Florea <blazer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Cold day in Hades..... > > Sent slowly via my BBerry... > > ________________________________ > > From: <greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net> > > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 19:31:20 -0400 > > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > Subject: RE: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to > Symantec enterprise? > > > > With all the passion and sincerity I can muster...NO! > > > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to > Symantec enterprise? > > > > Oh, HELLS NO... > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
