Case study: Mesa Public Schools
Mesa Public Schools – the largest K-12 school district in the State of Arizona – encompasses nearly 90 schools, with over 22,000 computers, 100 remote users, and numerous operating systems and servers. In order to protect its assets from converged spam and virus threats, Mesa chose Sophos Anti-Virus and Sophos PureMessage - committing to an integrated network security strategy as a key part of the education process.
"I would recommend Sophos to any organization looking for a network security solution."
Eric D Freed, Supervisor of Network Operations
Fact file
| Sector | K-12 education |
|---|---|
| Location | US |
| Environment | 75,000 (100 remote) users receiving 200,000 emails per day through 22,000 servers and desktops |
| Solution | Sophos Anti-Virus, part of Endpoint Security and Control PureMessage, part of Email Security and Control |
Business challenge
- Mesa Public Schools wanted to ensure that students did not receive inappropriate content in emails and also ensure that its network was protected from viruses.
Technology solution
- Sophos Anti-Virus runs on variety of platforms and the 24/7 technical support, virus updates and price per seat were the main reasons for the schools choice.
- PureMessage is user friendly and easy to administer. The filtering options ensure students are protected from spam.
Business results
- Mesa Public Schools is able to filter spam messages quickly and effectively, and has not seen any virus incidents since the Sophos software was deployed.
- Implementing Sophos Anti-Virus and PureMessage has been very beneficial to the schools and has saved a lot of time and money on helpdesk calls.
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