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Couldn't imagine doing my job without it

There is not much to dislike about Shavlik.  There is no way I could update 70 machines on my own or that's all I would be doing with my time, not to mention it finds updates that windows update does not.  I think Shavlik is an excellent product and I couldn't imagine doing my job without it. - IT Manager, Northland Financial               Productive's Take: It is critical to have a solution that can identify patch level vulnerabilities in your environment for not only Windows applications but all your software applications.  Learn more about what questions you should be addressing regarding the security of your environment when it comes to patching.    Read more

CA Threat Manager 8.1 has better performance

The newest version of Threat Manager (8.1) seems to run a lot faster than previous versions of the same software. - Owner of a Retail Computer Store Productive's Take: the newest Threat Manager release 8.1 has MicroDAT antivirus signature updates that are less than 500KB in size which leads to a smaller security footprint on the desktop giving end-users higher performance. Read more

Accessing my CA online account

I have been a CA Security customer for over 5 years and have found their on-line account access to be lackluster.  Specifically, I have been unable to access the Threat Manager 8.1 upgrade for my environment and I am currently under value maintenance.  Any help? - IT Director, City of Wyandotte                                         Productive's Take: First, there are different on-line access features based on your maintenance contract, value or enterprise.  Learn more about these on-line features as well as how to upgrade your CA Security product if currently under maintenance.   Read more

Shavlik NetChk Protect provides security for older programs

"It does an outstanding job of maintaining many of the older programs that the majority of the users are running, and provides an additional layer of security by identifying any gaps in our system." - IT Manager, VoIP Provider Productive's Take: as Microsoft begins to end support for their older products in order to migrate users to Vista, keeping your older Microsoft products secure is going to be challenging without a product that supports those updates. Read more