Last night I started upgrading Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.4 to 11.0.5. I’ve been doing these upgrades since 7.0.1 and they rarely go smoothly this one did not disappoint. As with most of these debacles, the development server upgraded without an issue. The production server looked like it installed cleanly until I went to start the …
I thought this article was interesting, Symantec Steps into Software as a Service. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said that the launch of its Online Backup Service, which provides outsourced data storage and disaster recovery services to SMB customers, is merely the first piece in a wider set of offerings it will introduce dubbed Symantec Protection …
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As I was getting ready to leave for work this morning, I got a voicemail message from my manager indicating our corporate headquarters is closing today at 8:30 am due to a A/C failure and that I should work from home. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem. However, yesterday I left work at 9:15 pm …
The SAV Installation Guide (savinst.pdf in the docs directory or check the support site) lists what is new in this release. Security Risk Detection and Removal This is Symantec’s code for spyware, adware and assorted security risks. In this version Symantec can now detect spyware via autoprotect. This is an important improvement from SAV 9 …
Gene Kim, the CTO of Tripwire did a study of hundreds of organizations in late 2002 and early 2003. He found that many organizations were struggling with patch management and with system administrator to server ratios of 1 administrator to 5 or 6 servers. Other organizations were humming along with ratios that had one administrator …
Messagelabs announced today that they will be offering the Symantec Brightmail antispam service in addition to the skeptic heuristic antispam service they currently provide.
Normally right after I apologize for a delay in posting, I follow that up by not posting for an even longer period. So I’ll try to avoid that trend this time. Over the weekend we had a test of our disaster recovery procedures. The SAN containing our mail data, desktop backups and file server went …