Follett Destiny Resource Manager vs. McAfee Foundstone (discontinued)

The self-service nature and the ability for faculty to recommend and search for texts and resources but the adoption process is not well integrated. The user-friendliness of the process forces the students to then go to a third party instead of staying within the ecosystem.

Incentivized

It is well suited for big organizations like banks and multi nationals who can afford the cost and data security is high priority and highly desired. Whereas it is not well suited for small organizations with little budget. There should be product models where it can provide cost effective solutions for small organisations as well.

Incentivized

• Allows for searching or Follett resources.
• Ability to integrate into the LMS.
• Allows for self-directed help.

Incentivized

• It identify and report security breaches
• It secures VPN access
• Wireless network security is optimized
• Voip security risks are addressed

Incentivized

• Integration into Brightspace is plagued with issues.
• Search and selection doesn't integrate into the ordering process very well.
• Not a very smooth user experience with student and faculty selection.

Incentivized

• Although it has lot of artificial intelligence to identify risks and threats, it should stop any attack or information gathering from intruders
• It utilizes lot of system resources, it should be improved
• It makes system slow, it should be addressed

Incentivized

I have found Mcafee as one of the best security software as compare to the others. The other security products I have used so far are Norton utilities, Symantec. Kaspersky, avg, avast. one of the reason for mcafee being better is that it does not bother the user every time for system check or fake warnings.

Incentivized

• Searching and identifying resources save time and improve accuracy.
• Integration has caused more user tickets due to errors.

Incentivized

• The resource security ensures business system continuity against any contingency
• Work interruptions due to malware and other threats are minimzed
• It ensures long term use of the IT systems. Eg if Windows is corrupted every day then you will incur extra cost for reinstall. It saves cost.

Incentivized