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“We started using WSUS for our virus definition updates,” said William Fulton, Network Specialist, Des Moines Public Schools. “The process was so easy that we’re now using WSUS for all our Microsoft software updates.” What This Means for You Not every organization will realize benefits in this category, but you can estimate whether your company can benefit by estimating current IT staffing, and whether some resources handing IT security administration could be better used in other capacities. Then identify how many security resolution resources can actually be reassigned after deploying Forefront Client Security. Measure in terms of average IT salary saved or added benefit of IT staff in new (previously understaffed) roles. Not all the survey participants saw IT administration benefits, because some had already made investments in improved IT infrastructure. However, organizations that did realize benefits in this category averaged $7.50 per desktop annual savings by avoiding new hires and/or reallocating headcount to more critical IT functions. “Tech service time can definitely be put to better use than re-imaging computers damaged by malware attack,” said Fulton.
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