NetXactics, local distributor for Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus and anti-spam protection for businesses, today announced that in a competitive analysis of enterprise anti-virus applications conducted by VeriTest, a division of Lionbridge Technologies, Sophos Anti-Virus led competitor solutions in several key areas including most frequent virus updates in both manual and automatic testing.
VeriTest performed a detailed competitive analysis of Sophos`s desktop anti-virus solution version 3.75 against competitors including McAfee VirusScan 7.0, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.6, Trend Micro OfficeScan 5.5 and Reliable Anti-Virus (RAV) 8.6. RAV is the solution from GeCAD, whose anti-virus technology was acquired by Microsoft last year. Testing focused on three areas for each product: ease of product installation, scheduling accuracy and total time for scheduled scans, and procedures for updating virus definitions. Highlights of the testing results across these areas include:
* Installation speed: On a test network, Sophos Anti-Virus installation time was the fastest - 673% faster than Network Associates/McAfee and 296% faster than Trend Micro.
* Installation size: Sophos Anti-Virus takes up the least amount of disk space on the client - 306% less space than Trend Micro and 274% smaller than Symantec.
* Scanning performance: Sophos Anti-Virus performed virus scanning the fastest, scanning 231% faster than Symantec and 161% faster than Trend Micro.
* Virus updates: Sophos provided the most frequent virus updates in both manual and automatic testing configurations and provided extremely small and efficient update files. For a 10-day test period, the total size of downloads necessary to keep Sophos Anti-Virus updated against new viruses was only 419Kb - 65x smaller than Trend Micro (at 27.3Mb), 30x smaller than Symantec (at 12.5Mb), and 25x smaller than Network Associates/McAfee (at 10.3Mb).
* Virus update notification: Sophos is the only vendor to provide free virus update e-mail notifications on a daily basis, to coincide with virus definition updates.
"VeriTest`s findings validate Sophos`s ability to provide anti-virus software that meets the stringent virus protection requirements of businesses," said Brett Myroff, CEO of NetXactics. "Network administrators demand anti-virus software that is simple and quick to install, scans efficiently, and most importantly can be quickly updated against new virus threats with minimal impact on network performance. Based on the testing, Sophos Anti-Virus meets these needs better than any other major virus vendor."
Download the full VeriTest report at http://www.sophos.com/veritest/.
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NetXactics is a South African-based company, focused on the provision of IT security solutions. It is the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for UK-based Sophos Plc, one of the leaders in the provision of anti-virus and anti-spam software for the corporate environment. For more information, visit NetXactics at www.netxactics.co.za.
Sophos
Sophos is one of the world`s largest specialist developers of anti-virus and anti-spam software. Headquartered in the UK, the company designs solutions specifically to protect businesses and organisations, including large corporations, banks and governments, from viruses and spam.
VeriTest
VeriTest, http://www.veritest.com/, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc, provides outsourced testing solutions that maximise revenue and reduce costs for our clients. For companies that use hi-tech products as well as those who produce them, smoothly functioning technology is essential to business success. VeriTest helps our clients identify and correct technology problems in their products and in their line of business applications by providing the widest range of testing services available.