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Enterprise organizations usually view endpoint solutions as platforms for security, compliance and management that heavily impact time and cost resources. Organizations with thousands of endpoint devices, including desktops, laptops and remote servers and data centers are constantly upgrading their endpoint control solutions to reduce security and compliance risks. But at what costs do enterprises protect their endpoints?

The classic endpoint solution is a combination of two main components. The first component is a software agent that is installed on the endpoints. The second component is a management console that gathers and analyzes the information from the endpoints. As organizations continue to see increasing regulation, endpoint solution technology has advanced that is able to address these regulations. Due to the necessity for protection and compliance, many organizations have installed several software agents that perform different tasks on the endpoint device. More and more security and compliance systems have begun to offer an endpoint solution as well that includes anti-virus (AV), anti-malware, personal firewall, compliance settings, and more. These agents need to be managed. However, the associated costs of endpoint management in terms of both money and man-hours are quite high.