VIPRE Enterprise Case Study
Economic Concepts Enjoys Outstanding Performance with VIPRE Enterprise
“When it comes to antivirus/antispyware products, so many people are locked into one or two big name brands. But when you see what Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE Enterprise can do – if you insist on staying with the big names, you’ve missed out on a very solid product.” Seymour Marsh Jr. – IT/Financial Assistant
Situation Economic Concepts is a financial planning organization offering investment advisory, asset allocation, retirement planning and estate planning services for clients out of a single office in Annandale, New Jersey. Though a small office running nine PCs and two active servers, the company’s computing needs are considered enterprise-level, since they must adhere to the same rules as the financial giants – the myriad, complex regulations and restrictions governed by the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for keeping client financial information safe. In addition to its office-based employees, Economic Concepts also needs to serve employees who are mobile, accessing email via cell phone, or are working from remote locations via VPN or Outlook Web Access (OWA).
Economic Concepts, Inc.
Challenge Roger Bubalis, IT Manager for Economic Concepts, and Seymour Marsh, IT/Financial Assistant, began their network security efforts years ago by using one of the top name brand antivirus products. Over time, the product posed a higher and higher toll on the PCs in their office, gobbling system resources, taxing legacy hardware, and generally becoming invasive for users. “It seemed like with our old product, systemically, the left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing. For example, you couldn’t install certain things if you had the antivirus software running on some machines,” said Seymour. “It created a scenario where we actually had to move certain functions to another server to get them to work.” Roger agrees, “Every time there was a program upgrade, which was frequently, there was a conflict. It became a major annoyance, having to come in and fix problems on the weekend when people couldn’t get Outlook Web Access to work, in order to get their email.”
Solution Roger and Seymour were forced to consider a costly upgrade to their PC hardware, in order to defend themselves from the resource drain of their current product. Then, they heard about VIPRE Enterprise, implemented it, and are now enjoying the following: • Extended life of computer hardware due to older machines enjoying renewed performance capabilities through VIPRE’s streamlined and efficient footprint on the computing environment. • Outstanding gains in performance, even on older PCs, due to VIPRE’s ability to do its job with little to no interruption, providing significant positive impact on productivity. • The Centralized Management Console allows Roger and Seymour to administer and manage their entire system from one central location. • Significant cost savings of up to 40% with VIPRE as compared to large name brand products. • Outstanding customer service with client-suggested improvements being incorporated immediately and response by Sunbelt technical support in as little as 15 minutes. Results In today’s financial environment, small operations like Economic Concepts look to maximize investments and minimize costs in a big way. Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE Enterprise has helped them do just that, with upfront cost savings, immediate performance and productivity improvements, maximization of legacy hardware investments, and great customer service.
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