Scenario: Full time Systems Engineer by day, IT consultant by night (4 clients 5 servers ~100 workstations).
Does it make sense to have any diversity in products (AV, patch management, etc) or is it better to leverage knowledge? I ask because I would think it makes more sense to stick with one product and be pretty much the de-facto expert, but I have found that having experience with different AV products (McAfee, Trend, Vipre) at this point to be beneficial and doesn't really add any overhead vs. a single product. The catch is I had prior experience with Trend Micro at %PriorDayjob% so one client got that, %Currentdayjob% has McAfee so I learned that, and Vipre Enterprise came out so I tried that at smaller clients. I say that to say this: Patching is my current dilemma and I have WSUS everywhere and no 3rd party stuff anywhere. If I choose a tool for one place does it make sense to use this same tool everywhere else if the price is acceptable to each party involved? Some tools are cheaper than others and can save a client money even though they could afford the more expensive option, but the cheaper option means I am working with more than one tool (which means it could be argued the client ends up spending more due to my spool up time to learn a new app). I don't see expanding my client base by more than a client or two every other year in the forseeable future. Thoughts and comments? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
