Symanec Protection Suites

In our businees, we can found some times some requests for the customers where are included IPS and IDS solutions and appliances as firewalls or perimetral security, one item that made us loss the oportunity with our competitors (how as the red mark), i suggest to Symantec that will acquire one company to made more strong your security portfolio.

What are your oppinion?

I dont think Symantec needs to acquire anyone.  I think the protection suites, are a fantastic value as it is.  You are getting anywhere from 30-70% off buying the suite, than buying ala carte.  Buy the Enterprise Suite with the 8-9 products it includes, and it's the price of just two of the products in the suite.

Part of being a reseller and consultant to your customers, is explaining the value to them that they are already receiving.  Which IMO, they are.  Symantec is even gracious enough to provide a number of specials for people who are out of maintenance to true-up, competitive discounts, and competitive displacements.  

If there is something Symantec needs to work on is investing in support more, making the products more stable, and doing a better job of integrating their core products together.  All of them are lacking or are taking way too long to be effective in a sales discussion unless we're talking a 5yr IT plan. :barf: