As key to purchasing decision, IT Director cites educational pricing policy and value added US support. Christy Trantina, as a Technology Coordinator for the Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative, provides technology guidance to more than 26 school districts in seven counties of Arkansas. She is responsible, in addition, for maintaining the health and security of the Co-Op's central network which includes six servers and 150 workstations.

The office was using the free version of AVG when Trantina came on board more than six years ago. She was happy to continue with the brand being a long-time fan of AVG's products. "I trust the folks at AVG to secure our systems. I use AVG software at home too - it is the only security software I use because I know it works", she said.

It became clear, as the Co-Op grew, that they needed to upgrade from the free product to a broader and more network-friendly commercial AVG solution due to the free products' home-use only license limitations, and lack of features. She turned to her colleagues for advice, as she wanted to work with a supplier who understood both the needs of the education sector and could provide the AVG solution she needed.

Being the country's longest-standing distributor of AVG Technologies solutions and the highest-volume distributor in North America, Walling Data Systems specializes in the education and nonprofit sectors, and is the only distributor to offer all customers free, unlimited, U.S.-based support.

Trantina stays busy helping technology coordinators at each of the 26 school districts implement best practices and make appropriate purchasing decisions, in addition to managing the headquarters' network.

After her positive experience with Walling Data Systems, Trantina began to spread the word about them. She used the listserv to recommend AVG to her peers, and to purchase through Walling.