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| Claremont, NC – May 29th, 2008 – As Network | | | | |
| Administrator for Randolph County Schools in the | | | | Walling Data Systems is headquartered in Claremont, |
| Asheboro, NC area, Mark Uhl and his six colleagues | | | | NC, just a stone’s throw away from the Randolph |
| are responsible for managing the IT requirements of | | | | County School District, so Uhl was particularly happy to |
| 29 schools with 6,000 workstations and multiple | | | | have expertise so close at hand, even though the |
| servers. | | | | AVG support offered by Walling includes remote |
| Uhl has been with Randolph County for nine years and | | | | control capabilities. |
| has seen many changes as the school system’s | | | | |
| demands have evolved. Some three years ago, the | | | | “I had some questions about the setup process |
| county switched from Novell to Microsoft servers, | | | | when we first purchased the AVG 8.0 licenses,” |
| which resulted in a phasing out of the Deep Freeze | | | | Uhl said. “So I called Walling and the guys at the |
| security solution in use at the time. Uhl chose to lock | | | | help desk walked me through the whole process from |
| down the majority of workstations at that time to | | | | beginning to end. The technician knew the |
| maintain a secure environment. | | | | administration functionality inside out, and it took no time |
| “When we switched to Microsoft, we locked down | | | | to get me back on track using the remote control |
| our group policies, which basically prevents users from | | | | support option.” |
| making any changes to the C-drive,” Uhl said. | | | | |
| “This protects workstations from the majority of | | | | Uhl says he is completely satisfied with his decision to |
| inbound threats.” | | | | protect Randolph County Schools’ IT investments |
| However, it was not practical to require all | | | | with AVG Anti-Virus products. |
| workstations to be locked down; administrative staff | | | | |
| – principals and some teachers – retained the | | | | “I love the new AVG 8.0 – it’s reliable and |
| ability to make changes to their local hard drives. The | | | | effective, doesn’t get in the way of productive |
| downside was that this flexibility for users also resulted | | | | work on the computers, and is very, very effective at |
| in flexibility for malware to get into those systems. | | | | catching threats,” Uhl said. “We were using |
| “After we phased out Deep Freeze, we started | | | | version 7.5 and that was great - but 8.0 is even better |
| seeing viruses and trojans spreading across these | | | | because it also includes anti-spyware and a whole |
| more open machines,” Uhl recalled. “We were | | | | slew of protection against web-borne threats.” |
| forever having to reformat hard drives, and it was | | | | |
| clear this was not a sustainable situation. We knew | | | | For more information about how to purchase AVG |
| we had to find some way to protect those machines | | | | Anti-Virus for education, please visit |
| and users that were not subject to the lockdown | | | | # # # |
| policy.” | | | | About Walling Data Systems |
| Uhl researched his options and found that AVG was | | | | Founded in 1994, in North Carolina, Walling Data |
| being widely recommended for educational | | | | Systems is a value-added software distributor and IT |
| environments as a low-impact, easy to use solution. | | | | Solution Provider offering innovative high-value solutions |
| Initially he tried out AVG’s Free solution on a single | | | | to everyday computer security problems for |
| computer to put the basic technology through its | | | | corporate, education, and home technology users. |
| paces. | | | | Walling Data was named an Authorized AVG |
| “I downloaded the free version to see what it could | | | | Distributor in 2004 and is the only source for unlimited |
| do –it didn’t take long to see that even the free | | | | toll free phone, remote support, education discounts, |
| version was a high-quality product and clearly up to | | | | and more for their AVG customers in the United |
| the task at hand”, said Uhl. “So, I recommended | | | | States, one reason why thousands of education |
| to my supervisor that we purchase the network | | | | customers choose Walling as their supplier of choice |
| edition of AVG for the county.” | | | | for AVG products. |
| Uhl’s next step was to find a local supplier they | | | | About AVG |
| could work with. “However easy AVG looked, I | | | | Founded in 1991 and with offices in the US, UK, and |
| really wanted to buy from a local distributor who could | | | | Czech Republic, AVG is a leading international |
| provide us with product support as we got to know | | | | developer of Internet threat protection solutions for |
| the system in detail, added Uhl. “That’s why we | | | | consumers and SMBs. AVG is one of the fastest |
| chose to purchase our licenses through Walling Data | | | | growing companies in the industry with more than 70 |
| Systems. We were also attracted by their experience | | | | million active users around the world. The company |
| in the educational sector” | | | | employs some of the world’s leading experts in |
| Walling Data Systems is the country’s | | | | Internet security, specifically in the areas of threat |
| longest-standing distributor of AVG Technologies | | | | research, analysis and detection. AVG’s |
| solutions and the highest-volume distributor in North | | | | award-winning products are distributed globally through |
| America. Walling specializes in the education and | | | | resellers and over the Internet as well as via third |
| nonprofit sectors, and is the only distributor to offer all | | | | parties through Software Developer’s Kits (SDK). |
| customers free, unlimited, U.S.-based support as part | | | | |