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Behavioral healthcare services company standardizes on AVG Network Edition

Hickory, NC (PRWEB) January 8, 2009 -- Pyramid Healthcare, founded in 1999, provides behavioral healthcare services for people dealing with alcohol abuse, drug addiction, mental health disorders, and behavioral problems. The company has 23 locations across Pennsylvania, with an IT infrastructure that includes five servers, 240 workstations, and, until recently, a distinctly disjointed approach to antivirus protection.

Kevin Oconis, IT Manager at Pyramid Healthcare, knew he needed to adopt a standardized antivirus solution for the company's network to make it run more efficiently. "When I started, we had a patchwork network of anti-virus solutions including Symantec and ClamWin," he said. "I started my campaign for standardization almost as soon as I joined the company."

"Already Sold" on AVG

Oconis had for many years trusted the protection of his home system to AVG Free Edition. "I was already sold on the idea of using an AVG solution for Pyramid Healthcare because I'd had great experience with AVG's Free Edition version at home," he noted.

"I had tried other "brand name" solutions, but it seemed I always had to make a trade-off between effective security and acceptable system performance. Only AVG provided the protection and performance I was looking for."

Making the Case for Change

Oconis had already made up his mind about AVG, but he knew he would have to spend time building a case for the change to his superiors. "The challenge was convincing senior management of the value of standardizing on a single solution," Oconis recalled. "Because large sections of Pyramid's networks had been running ClamWin, an open source product, I had to justify the additional expense of moving the whole inf
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