Case study: Slumberland
Slumberland – a leading furniture, mattress and accessories retailer – recently purchased Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control) and PureMessage (part of Email Security and Control) for its 100 locations across the United States. With this deployment, Sophos replaced Slumberland's previous solution and now provides their 1,200 users with multi-tier threat protection at desktop and server levels, and at the gateway.
"We were easily able to automate the removal of our previous anti-virus software, and the installation of Sophos Anti-Virus and PureMessage was simple and straightforward."
Seth Mitchell, Data Center Specialist
Fact file
| Sector | Retail |
|---|---|
| Location | US |
| Environment | 1,200 users receive 240,000 emails per month through 35 servers |
| Solution | Sophos Anti-Virus, part of Endpoint Security and Control PureMessage, part of Email Security and Control |
Business challenge
- Slumberland's previous anti-virus software demonstrated poor performance and other defects, resulting in the failure of key systems and a decline in productivity. In looking for a replacement solution, vendor viability, along with product performance, cost and licensing terms were important factors.
Technology solution
- Sophos consistently outperformed the competition in all areas, taking few system resources and completing scans faster, without negatively affecting system reliability.
- Sophos Anti-Virus offered ease of use, flexibility, small update size and fast scanning speed. Its integrated suite of management tool, Enterprise Console, enabled automatic updates from a single central console.
Business results
- Slumberland's investment in Sophos has played a significant role in maintaining the reliability and security of the organization's systems.
- Productivity has improved, and with Sophos, Slumberland's technical support costs were greatly reduced, enabling them to offer our customers more competitive prices.
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