For the past 17 years, Steve Myers has been Director of Software Development at a high-end graphics software development firm in West Lake Village, California, Andromeda Software. Myers has always been in control of the company's IT decision-making, although the company uses an outside IT contractor to manage their network.

Myers declared: "We used to use Symantec's Corporate Edition Anti-Virus on our workstations." He added: "But when our licenses ran out, we were told by Symantec that we would have to switch to the pricier Symantec Endpoint Security solution. We're design software people, not security experts, so we figured we could trust their recommendation and we went ahead and upgraded our workstations to the new product. That's when we started to see problems."

Those problems manifested themselves as email and network connectivity issues. The company, clearly, could not continue to function effectively with an unreliable communications infrastructure, so Myers determined it was time to start looking for a different solution - one that didn't interfere with their work, and didn't bust their budget.

To help them find a better solution for their virus protection requirements, Myers and his team at Andromeda tapped into their network of outside IT contractors.

Myers reviewed the proposed cost of switching to AVG and found that, not only was the software the IT experts' choice - it was also a far less expensive solution than Symantec.

The contractor opted to obtain the AVG licenses through the leading distributor of AVG Anti-Virus in North America, Walling Data. Learning about the services on offer from Walling Data at the same time, Myers worked closely with the contractor through the installation process.