Case Studies

Public School District Improves Client Security with an Easy-to-Administer Solution

"The ability to manage broad protection through one console will improve our efficiency, and interoperable products will strengthen out stability and level of control. Microsoft is doing a great job at getting us our definition updates – we often receive multiple updates daily. This gives us confidence that we are ready to respond to the latest threats."

– William Fulton, Network Specialist

Easy-to-Manage Security Helps Financial Firm Streamline IT, Save Time and Labor

"My advice to any company seeking a new security solution is to try out Forefront Client Security. The benefits of integration and rich reporting alone make it an ideal choice. Forefront Client Security works seamlessly with our core infrastructure components. As a result, we have reduced the cost of administering our security infrastructure by 60 percent."

– Thomas Thiew, IT Manager

Security Solution Helps Egypt’s Ministry of Education Better Protect 233,000 Computers

"Compared with our third-party solution, Forefront Client Security performed three times faster in our benchmark tests..., so we're increasing security without decreasing computer responsiveness."

– Salah Elewa, Director of Technology Development & Decision Support Center, Egyptian Ministry of Education

York Regional Police simplifies security with Microsoft Forefront Client Security

"We continue to be impressed by the simplicity and manageability of Forefront Client Security. It’s easy and straightforward for us to do, giving us back valuable time to pursue other projects."

– Nick Mohamed Assistant Manager, IT York Regional Police

Customs Service Improves Reporting with Simplified, Integrated Antivirus Solution

"Because of the critical nature of the information we manage, we needed a system that offered the ultimate protection. Forefront and Vista BitLocker combined really make us more secure than ever before. The solution is very well-integrated, which is a big plus for us in terms of sending out updates and security definitions to individual computers."

– John Rodgers, Director Technical Infrastructure Support

Easy-to-Manage Security Helps Financial Firm Streamline IT, Save Time and Labor

With an integrated solution that combines Forefront Client Security and System Center IT management solutions, the Australian Customs Service has improved security and simplified IT infrastructure management. The solution also streamlines the process of updating computers and improves overall system reporting.

Healthcare Company Simplifies Management, Boosts Protection with New Security Solution

"With Forefront, we have the luxury of being proactive, rather than reactive, about security threats."

– Brad Myrvold, Desktop Manager

Pharmaceutical Firm Streamlines IT with Easy-to-Deploy Microsoft Client Security Solution

"For what we really need it to do—secure the computers that store our company’s critical data—Forefront Client Security is a robust, stable solution that does the job reliably."

– James Edwards, Systems Administrator

IT Firm Saves Money, Simplifies End-to-End Protection with Microsoft Security Solution

"Switching to Forefront has simplified our processes significantly. We have a full security implementation that is easier to manage and maintain.”

– Rand Morimoto, President

IT Services Provider Eases Administration with Integrated Security Solution

"The easy integration of Forefront Client Security with existing components is a big, strategic advantage for us because we don’t have to educate our people on a lot of different management products."

– Harald den Houter, Principal Technical Consultant

Austrian IT Firm Better Protects Customer Data, Saves Money with Security Solution

"We only had very rudimentary reporting capabilities before. Because of that, we often did not know what security threats or potential problems the solution was finding. Forefront Client Security gives us a single point of client security information, with centralized reporting features and reports that contain detailed information. System security is much clearer as a result."

– Markus Kleinen, Managing Director

Automated Reporting Gives Microsoft IT Security Team Critical Data in Minutes

"These reports finally answer the question that I’ve been asked again and again for the past decade: How many of our nodes are running antivirus software? Now I know. The benefit of Forefront Client Security is that I don’t need five different products to take care of five different things, and it fits within my existing infrastructure."

– Daryl Pecelj, Security Antivirus Strategist

Pharmaceutical Firm Streamlines IT with Easy-to-Deploy Microsoft Client Security Solution

"Our customers can clearly see that Microsoft is committed to protecting data and IT systems. This is definitely the enterprise security solution we were looking for, and our customers agree."

– Ric Opal, Vice President

Integrated Circuit Maker Protects Thousands of PCs with Easy Security Solution

"Using Forefront and working with Microsoft provides an easy, effective security solution that puts us on the leading edge of virus responsiveness. We use the preformatted reports in Forefront, which contain graphics that are easy to understand and to drill into if I want more information. They are far more comprehensive than the reports in our previous solution."

– Kevin Hayden, Manager of the Desktop Engineering Group

Austrian IT Firm Better Protects Customer Data, Saves Money with Security Solution

Integrated circuit manufacturer Analog Devices has deployed an integrated desktop security solution based on Microsoft software, including the Microsoft Forefront™ line of business security products and the Microsoft System Center family of IT management solutions. The resulting improved security is helping increase productivity for users, while new reporting capabilities and a simpler, more integrated infrastructure are providing similar benefits for the company’s IT staff.

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Famous Ship Builder Boosts IT Security, Eases Management with Integrated Solution

"Using Forefront Client Security, I can control security on all company computers in a way I never thought was possible."

- Robert McIlwaine, Group IT Executive, Harland and Wolff

Famous Ship Builder Boosts IT Security, Eases Management with Integrated Solution

"What Microsoft delivered to us is more than an e-mail system. Microsoft Online provided a cost-effective, efficient collaboration, communication, and productivity system. Microsoft is also helping us to lower our cost of ownership by assisting us in the development of a standardized desktop support infrastructure for 19,000 people"

Publishing Company Improves Efficiency and Protection with Client Security Solution

"After deploying Forefront Client Security, our client and server computers both run faster. We’re using 25 percent less terminal server memory, which allows us to connect 25 percent more thin clients.”

– Peter Vandenven, Manager of Decentralized Systems, SD WORX

Publishing Company Improves Efficiency and Protection with Client Security Solution

"Employees are contacting the help desk less often for assistance in cleaning their systems of malware. They also report that applications are no longer slowed by virus scans."

– John Gaspari, Project Deployment Lead

Security Solution Simplifies Deployment and Saves Time for Busy Real Estate Firm

" . . Forefront Client Security is automatically deployed with the latest updates in a few hours. I no longer have to manually install updates or worry about individual computers."

– Will Wilson, Director of Information Systems, Guardian Management

“With our previous antivirus solution, we were getting an average of 25 PC security–related issues a week. With Forefront Client Security, we’re down to about 10 a week.”

– Tom Sammons, Server/Desktop Team Leader, IT Department, NRMA

Security Solution Makes Administration Easy, Boosts Protection for Planning-System Firm

"Forefront gives us the ability to easily manage our IT environment in a centralized way while giving us full reporting on the security of the entire Windows infrastructure. Forefront works alongside everything else we already have in place in our Microsoft environment. It also integrates well with the newly installed MOM and WSUS applications, giving us capabilities we didn’t have before."

– Dan See, Director of Infrastructure

Integrated Solution Simplifies Management, Improves Protection of Client Devices

“We already use Microsoft solutions to manage other major systems in our business. Aligning a security product with management technologies that are already in place makes sense.”

– Lee Bingham, IT Manager, Paul Smith