Messaging Gateway

Hi there:

I need Comparison between

• Symantec Brightmail Gateway vs MacAfee 3300
• Symantec Brightmail Gateway vs Barracuda 600

Can someone guide me?

Best regards

Ishaq

http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/fact_sheets/b-symc_brightmail_gateway_DS_20012004-1.en-us.pdf

http://www.symantec.com/business/brightmail-gateway

The manuals are on the internet

ftp://ftp.entsupport.symantec.com/pub/support/documentation/sbg_administration_guide.pdf

ftp://ftp.entsupport.symantec.com/pub/support/documentation/sbg_administration_guide.pdf

There aren't too many public comparisons of products.  There is a bit of a dated review at InfoWorld (Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series is the former name for Symantec Brightmail Gateway, and McAfee has acquired Secure Computing): http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/test-center-guide-mail-security-appliances-102

You can also review analyst reports from Gartner (Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways) and Forrester (Email Filtering Wave).  I believe there are copies of the reports posted here: http://www.symantec.com/about/industryanalysts/analystreports.jsp

Hello!

Check out Gartner's report for mail security products here: http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/

Brightmail is not the cheapest, but it is easy to manage and protects well against spam and malware :)

Hi there:

I just prepare a excel sheet in which are simple write down the feature of all these products, kindly some review this document and give as suggestion (correct or not)

Best regards

Ishaq

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Keep in mind that much of Barracuda's technology is based on opensource apps like ClamAV and even spam assassin too.  So while they may re-write some of that to their own benefit, they are also at the mercy of those open source code writers too.

That said, the saying "You get what you pay for," does hold some truth here when comparing products...