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'Over 35 million users from organisations of all sizes benefit from its software and first-class 24/7 technical support.'

sounds a bit too much like corporate spin. I hope this wasn't written by someone in the company. In any case I'll leave for it for now because I have no experience with there products.

definitely sounds like corporate spin to me...

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This does sound like a company promo, but I have a friend that works with their Anti-Virus products and he swears by it.

I too use and am very happy with Sophos products but it doesn't excuse what reads like a marketing brochure in an encyclopedia. I propose to chop the marketing speak unless somebody objects. --Ali@gwc.org.uk 16:44, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree to a certain extent. Sophos has a fantastic reputation with its' customers - the highest rate of industry retention, but has very little exposure outside of the UK so the marketing 'spin' does help. I agree the wiki is an encyclopedia so therefore marketing blah has limited cred. The flip side is - if the marketing is indeed factual then it qualifies as a wiki blog.

Just my 2 cents. - Sophos user NZ

You rarely see Sophos adverts - they seem to spend a lot of time at industry shows and the like. Within the last 3/4 years, the company has exploded - the product ranges were largely stagnant, and their offerings were few, but now they are offering a world of solutions for servers, endpoints and everything else in between. Anyway, marketing bumph has no place on Wikipedia, just actual information about the company and it's products! KingDaveRa 18:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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They have an excellent PR office and are always in the IT news sections! Great marketing department. Their technical support staff are always available by phone or email - but they are not interested in fixing product bugs. Sophos Antivirus performed as one of the worst products in a recent trial held by our company. We ended up using a competing product - Sophos user for 4 years and very pleased with our new (Non-Sophos) antiviral. Everything is good now... Nope not affiliated with any antiviral companies.