06
Oct
avg
by George Eastman House

Avg Anti-virus Delivers Security Continuity for Washington School District

Pasco School District in Washington State consists of 16 school campuses, including Pasco High School, named by Newsweek as one of the best American public high schools in the country for the past three years. The district’s four servers support an extended network of more than 3000 workstations, serving 12,000 students in grades K-12 as well as more than 1,200 faculty and staff

For the past six years, the Pasco School District technology team has trusted AVG Network Edition and the support team at Walling Data to assure the security of the network. Kevin Stiles, who has been a network specialist for the school district for 12 years, remembered what it was like before they switched to AVG Network Edition:

“Our original approach to managing security was pretty archaic, even at that time. We were buying thousands of subscriptions to McAfee and installing them one-by-one on each computer, because the cost on paper was lower than taking a centralized approach and distributing the software to all workstations via a server-based system. But the cost in terms of time, energy, and efficiency was enormous.”

It was becoming apparent to everyone on the team that this approach could not be sustained for much longer, and on top of this, the level of protection provided by their existing product appeared to be suffering.

“The ever-increasing maintenance needs eventually became too much for our staff, and threats were getting past the McAfee defenses,” continued Stiles. “So we decided to bite the bullet and look for a new solution, as well as a new way of doing things.”

“Several members of our IT staff used AVG Free Edition on their personal computers or had experienced other AVG products at previous jobs. When we heard so many colleagues echo support for AVG, we decided to give AVG’s Network Edition product a try.”

First Impressions Count

Michelle Nisbett, secretary to the director of technology for the Pasco School District, was charged with sourcing a quality supplier for AVG Anti-Virus. Her search soon led her to

Walling Data, the longest-standing and highest-volume distributor of AVG Technologies solutions in North America. Walling Data is also the only distributor to offer all its customers free, unlimited, U.S.-based pre- and post-sales support.

“The service from Walling Data has been great from the very beginning,” recalled Nisbett. “When I called them for information, the sales rep was super friendly, nice and easy to work with. What won me over was the politeness and respect, the way the rep spoke to me. Unlike some people in the tech business, Walling’s rep didn’t talk down to me. He made me feel like an important part of the process, which was a big plus for me.”

The district moved forward with Walling Data and purchased 3,000 licenses of AVG Network Edition, taking advantage of the company’s generous educational discount program. Six years later, the team has no regrets.

Quality Product + Quality Service = Customer Satisfaction

Your ads will be inserted here by

Easy Plugin for AdSense.

Please go to the plugin admin page to
Paste your ad code OR
Suppress this ad slot.

Since the school district made the switch to AVG, it’s been clear to Stiles that not only does the protection cost less money, but it also takes a much smaller toll on the team’s time.

“Not only is AVG less expensive than the McAfee product we were using, it saves us money in other ways too,” said Stiles. “Because AVG protects our Network so well, we’re not spending time and money to repair the effects of virus infections, and the software is so easy to manage, it takes very little resource time to maintain and manage. AVG and Walling Data have saved us money, time and stress.”

This year, the school district upgraded its entire network to AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition 8.0. “The process went very smoothly,” noted Stiles. “The software gets better every year, and our resource usage has stayed low.”

Nisbett, too, was happy with the upgrade process. “Walling Data was there for us again when it came time to upgrade,” she said “They continue to show me that they care about our school district and they’re always willing to help out when I need advice on how to handle some aspect of the process. I’d recommend Walling Data to anyone.”

For more information about how to purchase AVG Anti-Virus, please visit http://www.avg-antivirus.net 

About Walling Data

Founded in 1994, N.C.-based Walling Data is a value-added technology distributor of technology products for resellers, small businesses, and education and government institutions. Walling Data was the nation’s first distributor of AVG security products and today is the highest-volume distributor for the product in North America, with more than 50,000 satisfied customers. Walling is also the only value-added distributor for Cymphonix Network Composer, an award-winning device that helps companies control and monitor users compliance with internet usage policies. Additionally, the company has recently become a distributor of CyberPatrol’s parental control and business-grade web filtering solutions. Walling Data provides free, unlimited, U.S.-based phone and “we-do-it-for-you” remote support for all of its customers. For more information, visit http://www.wallingdata.com 

About AVG

Founded in 1991 and with offices in the US and Europe, AVG is a leading international developer of Internet threat protection solutions for consumers and SMBs. AVG is one of the fastest growing companies in the industry with more than 80 million active users around the world. The company employs some of the world’s leading experts in Internet security, specifically in the areas of threat research, analysis and detection. AVG’s award-winning products are distributed globally through resellers and over the Internet as well as via third parties through Software Developer’s Kits (SDK).

Ashlie Lanning 919-557-7890 [email protected]

Can the world’s most downloaded antivirus protect you against viruses, spyware, adware and trojans? Find out as I put it to the test!!!

More Avg Articles

05
Sep
avast
by meshmar2

Walling Data Helps Illinois School District Convert to avast! antivirus

Hickory, NC – April 24th, 2009 – Chris Franzen, technology coordinator for the Nokomis School District in Nokomis, IL manages any project, issue and question related to technology among the district’s 700 students and faculty members.  He’s a one man show, which means that he never has a dull moment and has to make smart decisions about managing his time.  When he joined the district last year and learned that it was running an outdated antivirus solution on its network, finding new antivirus software topped his to-do list.

“The network was running an antique edition of Norton Antivirus, which was not centrally managed, meaning I had to check over 310 computers and 10 servers weekly to make sure the software was updated,” Franzen recalled.   “That process demanded too much of my time and I was eager to find a product to replace Norton.”

Fate Intervenes

Last month Franzen was perusing a forum for school network administrators when he learned that value-added distributor Walling Data was offering a special promotion to schools on his personal favorite antivirus solution, avast!

“I didn’t need to be convinced that avast! antivirus was the best solution to replace Norton because I already used it on my home PC and recommend it to all my friends and family,” said Franzen.  “avast! is a great product and perfect fit for the school district.  It’s strong enough to keep threats at bay, it’s affordable and above all, it’s centrally managed and I can customize it completely to my liking.  That’s a nice feature that other antivirus products often don’t offer.”

Although Franzen was sure that avast! antivirus was the best fit for the Nokomis School District, he needed to convince others to this was the time to make the change.

“Actually, we were not slated to make any software purchases until this summer, but Walling Data was offering such an unbelievable value on avast! that the deal was just too sweet to pass up,” Franzen said.  “So, I approached the superintendent about the deal and explained all the product’s benefits.  That’s how I got approval to move ahead with the purchase of avast! antivirus enterprise suite.”

A day later, Franzen called Walling Data to place the order and joined the more than 75 million registered users of avast! antivirus.

Unbeatable Prices and Customer Service

Walling Data is the only value-added distributor of avast! antivirus products to provide free, unlimited, domestic phone and remote support for all of its customers.  This service was something Frazen raved about.

“The best thing about purchasing from Walling Data is the support team that is willing to help you as much and often as you need it,” Franzen said.  “They installed avast! on our entire network for me and I followed along as it went.  It deployed beautifully on all our Vista and XP machines.”

He continued, “The sales and support team at Walling Data replies very quickly to emails, helped me out with any issue or question, and went above and beyond what you’d expect from a software distributor.  And to top it off, their prices for schools are unbeatable.”

For more information on purchasing avast! antivirus products from Walling Data, or to learn more,  visit http://www.avastusa.com

# # #

About Walling Data:

Founded in 1994, N.C.-based Walling Data is a value-added technology distributor of security products for resellers, small businesses, education, and government institutions.  Walling Data is the nation’s first distributor of avast! Antivirus products providing no-cost, unlimited, U.S.-based remote and toll-free telephone support.  It is also the only value-added distributor for Cymphonix Network Composer, an award-winning device that helps companies control and monitor users compliance with internet usage policies.  For more information, visit http://www.wallingdata.com or http://www.avastusa.com

…in the end…how did Avast 4.8 fare against all that malware???
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Find More Avast Articles