Comments on: Dell, Symantec team on e-mail security

Joint offering aims to deliver Dell hardware with Symantec software to protect Microsoft Exchange-based systems.

[sci50514]

Suckers

I can deploy 100 mail boxes and it don't cost me a dime for the software with all the functionality of a collaboration email system using Linux, scalix or OpenExchange and Clam Antivirus.

Clam AV really cleans out most of the malicious email. The rest that came through can be clean up by the desktop AV. Save your money and use ClamAV.

Derrick

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Save your money

I'd have to agree with you on using the open source alternatives
wherever possible. Unfortunately, large multi-billion dollar
corporations usually like to throw money down the tubes when it
comes to their software.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[john55440]

Two Mediocre Companies - A Perfect Match -NT

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[Mr. Network]

By starting at $55K they really mean...

Try more like 65-75K... Complete waste in my opinion. Once you figure in labor and all the little stuff this is easily $100K project. Unless your company is loaded with cash to **** away, any good director can do this in a much less expensive way.

I could not imagine any company seeing this as a good idea. Not only will most companies use existing backup resources and infrastructure, why would anyone want to make large licensing purchases through Dell. Most companies in need of something like this generally already have an Open License or Volume License agreement with Microsoft, additionally, Dell's licensing reps rarely (if ever) use current Microsoft licensing promotions.

If you call Dell for licensing you will get a retail price most likely. Call Zones and at least some of thier reps try to give you the best deal, but even Zones is lacking greatly in licensing training.

Even Microsoft themselves do not have a great understanding of thier licensing, I have had our Microsoft rep on the phone with the fullfillment department of Microsoft and on 3-way with a third, they all had different information and could not agree on anything, for the hassle they gave us SBS2003 Premium free of charge since they couldn't figure out how to get us the correct media kit to go with the Open license agreement we purchased for our customer.

I have secured hundreds of solution opportunities just based on our ability to get the most out of Microsoft licensing and current promotions. Its pretty bad when a Gold partner knows more about Microsoft Licensing than Microsoft themselves.

~Mr. Network :-)