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Sophos Case Study: Western Oregon University

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Overview Western Oregon University has been using Sophos PureMessage to protect its 5,600 students, staff and faculty members against viruses and spam. When the university was looking for an endpoint solution that was as effective and easy to deploy and manage as Sophos's email gateway security, the university opted to upgrade its license to include Sophos Endpoint Security and Control.

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Publisher	Sophos	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Network Security, Email, Security Management

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