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Symantec/Veritas Merger....Thoughts?
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What I think most about is new productversions.
We have had 13 Raptor firewalls for years.
Since Raptor became a Symantec product (Now called Symantec Enterprise Firewall) 4-5 years ago nothing realy has happend with that product.
5 years ago Raptor was the best firewall money could buy.
Now it's just tailing 4 years behind Checkpoint.
And our last Raptor will be gone in less then 6 months replaces by a Nokia cluster or a cluster based on CheckPoint's secure platform.
So I will follow Netbackup very very close over the next 1-2 years so that we will have a migrationplan in place if nothing real is going to happen with Netbackup too.
/johnny
We have had 13 Raptor firewalls for years.
Since Raptor became a Symantec product (Now called Symantec Enterprise Firewall) 4-5 years ago nothing realy has happend with that product.
5 years ago Raptor was the best firewall money could buy.
Now it's just tailing 4 years behind Checkpoint.
And our last Raptor will be gone in less then 6 months replaces by a Nokia cluster or a cluster based on CheckPoint's secure platform.
So I will follow Netbackup very very close over the next 1-2 years so that we will have a migrationplan in place if nothing real is going to happen with Netbackup too.
/johnny
The death of Netbackup!
The accquisition of Veritas by Symantec ist the death of Netbackup as of all other Veritas products. Just have a look at other products Symantec has swallowed:
Norton Commander:
It was a popular and leading file manager. After Symntec had swallowed it, soon it was not the best anymore and after a while one of the worst. Today Norton Commander it is hardly known anymore.
Norton Utilities:
It was a popular and leading set of repair and recovery tools. After Symntec had swallowed it, soon it was not the best anymore and after a while one of the worst. Today Norton utilities are hardly known anymore.
Norton Antivirus:
Still very wide spread due to free propaganda from various PC Magazines for its colorful user interface. But in antivirus expert reviews it is often critisiced as a nightmare:
- Updates are often late, which exposes its users to new viruses.
- The suite ist extremly large and installs a hell of 3 services which use up a lot of performance.
- Compatibility problems often occur.
- Uninstallation often does not work properly.
- Updates are huge and bulky.
Norton Ghost Disk Imgaing:
Ghost Disk imaging is extremly outdated. Acronis and Powerquest have developed much better tools. That's why Symantec has purchsed Powerquest.
The point is that Symantec is NOT a technology company! Symantec is just a lousy marketing company which sucks out the profit of any products it swallows without investing anything in any significant development.
There is no Symantec product on the market which has a leading position. Symantec is all about how to suck the maximum money from its customers without returning anything back.
I deeply regret the death of Netbackup in the throat of Symantec.
The accquisition of Veritas by Symantec ist the death of Netbackup as of all other Veritas products. Just have a look at other products Symantec has swallowed:
Norton Commander:
It was a popular and leading file manager. After Symntec had swallowed it, soon it was not the best anymore and after a while one of the worst. Today Norton Commander it is hardly known anymore.
Norton Utilities:
It was a popular and leading set of repair and recovery tools. After Symntec had swallowed it, soon it was not the best anymore and after a while one of the worst. Today Norton utilities are hardly known anymore.
Norton Antivirus:
Still very wide spread due to free propaganda from various PC Magazines for its colorful user interface. But in antivirus expert reviews it is often critisiced as a nightmare:
- Updates are often late, which exposes its users to new viruses.
- The suite ist extremly large and installs a hell of 3 services which use up a lot of performance.
- Compatibility problems often occur.
- Uninstallation often does not work properly.
- Updates are huge and bulky.
Norton Ghost Disk Imgaing:
Ghost Disk imaging is extremly outdated. Acronis and Powerquest have developed much better tools. That's why Symantec has purchsed Powerquest.
The point is that Symantec is NOT a technology company! Symantec is just a lousy marketing company which sucks out the profit of any products it swallows without investing anything in any significant development.
There is no Symantec product on the market which has a leading position. Symantec is all about how to suck the maximum money from its customers without returning anything back.
I deeply regret the death of Netbackup in the throat of Symantec.
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