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Hi Everyone,

The discussion regarding Kaspersky Vs Eset got me thinking.

Would being a spiceworks advertising partner ever influence your decision when choosing a AV vendor?

For example:

Eset - partner?

Kaspersky not a current partner?

As always - thanks for your input and feedback.

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Being a partner would get my attention and would likely get them added to my list of vendors to consider. This wouldn’t guarantee I would use them but would give them a fair shot to show off their capabilities that a non-partner I was not already familiar with wouldn’t get.

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really i could care less about the advertising, i focus on the reviews i hear from other admins in similar situations as me. that said, the ad does expose a new software/technology to me, if it looks interesting i look into it. my budget is basically $0 so i rarely buy anything, and take a lot of time on the decision when i do.

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Spiceworks partners will always get my attention first but when im about to buy products like AV ad’s dont have much of a inpact

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ESET happens to be our solution for AV so the case is sold on our end. However regarding new vendors/services - given the benefits spiceworks has presented to my job, SW partners will most definetly be taken into consideration for related projects that are coming down the pipeline. I also know that the community would not stand for partners of spiceworks that did not stand up to what was advertised.