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This March, we started to migrate the campus from
McAfee Anti-virus to Sophos Anti-virus. The migration has gone well,
with just a few minor setbacks. At the time of publication of this
newsletter, we hope to have all machines converted to Sophos. If
your machine has not yet been converted, please call our helpdesk.
Below, you will find a few commonly asked questions and answers about
the switch.
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Desktop
protection: Most faculty
and staff machines will be updated by the end of April. Your new
anti-virus software will seek out new virus definitions every 3
hours automatically from a centralized server maintained on our
campus.
The Information Technology
Department will now be able to PUSH new anti-virus definitions to your machine when
a new virus outbreak occurs. This ensures that your machine will be constantly
kept at a level that will help prevent the spread of the virus on our
campus.
EMAIL - email will be scanned for viruses
as normal. You will see little, if any, change.
DORM STUDENTS - Students who live in
FWH or Dougherty can use Sophos FREE of charge - we will be announcing
how to obtain the software shortly.
FACULTY/STAFF/ALL EMPLOYEES
- Sophos
has provided free home use for all employees of Carlow University. We will
be announcing how to obtain this software shortly.
All servers will be scanned, including
the "H:" drive and all shared drives. This will help to ensure
virus-free file-sharing throughout the administrative community. |
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The Sophos solution is more
cost-effective. McAfee recently changed its pricing structure and
was requiring Carlow to purchase brand new perpetual licenses for
its product this year. This provided an opportunity for Carlow
to re-bid the anti-virus software. By leveraging an agreement with
AICUP (Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of
Pennsylvania), we were able to obtain fantastic pricing that will
allow the College to save approximately $30,000 over the next 5
years. Further, it will ensure that our costs remain static with
no annual increases over the next 5 years.
While you may not have
heard of Sophos, they have routinely been the first anti-virus
software manufacturer to distribute new dat files on many of
the recent virus outbreaks, including Korgo. Additionally,
they cater to enterprise level clients and have been routinely
ranked in the trade magazines as the best anti-virus solution. |
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The Carlow University Web
site has been selected to receive the Higher Education Web Site Recognition
award. This award was presented to Carlow University for dedication
toward the pursuit of web site excellence.
The Higher Education Web Site Recognition Award is awarded to colleges
and universities that demonstrate the desire to build an effective
channel of communication with their students, alumni, faculty and
all other key beneficiaries of the institution.
Other recipients of the award (in the past) are: Dartmouth College,
Mills College, and Pepperdine University. This was awarded by WebsiteASP,
Inc., March 2005. To read the entire article, go to
it.carlow.edu/newsletter/award.html
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