Churn in anti-virus vendors
SoftwareCRN Australia posted these within days of each other:
- Symantec’s consumer sales surge, tops profit estimates
- McAfee cuts 200 employees after eroding sales
- Bagels
- Sophos nabs McAfee vereran Gavin Struthers
At least one of those links wasn’t on CRN Australia. Try to guess which one, you may be surprised. Or not, because you’re a more sensible person than I.
I’m surprised third-party AVs have lasted as long as they have since Microsoft released their Security Essentials. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sophos though.