Personally, I use EnCase 6.18.?? because I run C4All against most jobs. I do not have an alternative in v7 and certainly do not relish wading through huge amounts of IIOC any other way unless I can avoid it. The above point is not entirely Guidance's fault but nevertheless, v6.18 it is for me.
the software market is a funny place. If I was hiring a car and I entered the car park of the hire company and I had the choice of a brand new BMW or a 2 year old car, I (and most people) would choose the brand new model.
But here we have an example where 65% (in my experince this is pretty representative of the industry) are choosing the older model.
Yes, I know the car market is different from software but the principle is the same.
An upgrade is meant to be just that.
the software market is a funny place. If I was hiring a car and I entered the car park of the hire company and I had the choice of a brand new BMW or a 2 year old car, I (and most people) would choose the brand new model.
But here we have an example where 65% (in my experince this is pretty representative of the industry) are choosing the older model.
Yes, I know the car market is different from software but the principle is the same.
An upgrade is meant to be just that.
Not wanting to be argumentative but is this an upgrade or a new beginning? From my limited use of the v7 BETA and preview, its very different, so much so that v6 knowledge only seems useful for its terminology rather than for the location of specific tasks and processes.
For me, this could give that last nudge to another product, stick with v6 but instead of going to v7, try a different flavour?
We are using version 6 still. One license of 7 is uhandy for fast spartphones analysis and also for its included modules.
No problem, I was using the word upgrade in the plain English context ie its meant to be better than the previous product, therefore, it would be a no brainer not to use it, especially when you have paid for it. In the same way that it would be a no brainer to drive the latest BMW rather the last model.
the software market is a funny place. If I was hiring a car and I entered the car park of the hire company and I had the choice of a brand new BMW or a 2 year old car, I (and most people) would choose the brand new model.
But here we have an example where 65% (in my experince this is pretty representative of the industry) are choosing the older model.
Yes, I know the car market is different from software but the principle is the same.
An upgrade is meant to be just that.Not wanting to be argumentative but is this an upgrade or a new beginning? From my limited use of the v7 BETA and preview, its very different, so much so that v6 knowledge only seems useful for its terminology rather than for the location of specific tasks and processes.
For me, this could give that last nudge to another product, stick with v6 but instead of going to v7, try a different flavour?
its meant to be better than the previous product, therefore, it would be a no brainer to use it, especially when you have paid for it. In the same way that it would be a no brainer to drive the latest BMW rather the last model.
I assume upgraded products are almost invariably meant to be better than their predecessors, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are better from the users' perspectives.
In the software world I suppose that XP vs Vista is probably one of the best known illustrations of this. Look at how many organisations passed over Vista and migrated directly from XP to 7.
The problem generally arises when software upgrades are somehow radical, and particularly if they are obviously radical to end users. If your choice was between an older conventional car and a radical and poorly thought-out redesign
I'm not so sure that the choice would be such a no-brainer.
We haven't upgraded to v7 either - it's simply not fit for purpose. We continue to use v6 and X-Ways. These remain known, stable and highly relevant tools.
The problem becomes more sensitive as the targets our forensic tools operate on changes. Improvments like those posted by Microsoft for Windows 8 will see NTFS replaced by ReFS - for which I assume only EnCase 7 will have support. It's events like this may well be the catalyst that push us all to upgrade.
Let's just hope that EnCase 7 is up to job by then.
Kind regards,
John Douglas
LangfordParc
We've found it so bad we've asked for our money back.
Version 6 is an excellent product as a forensic investigation tool, but as far as version 7 goes our view was it wasn't fit for purpose as so many of the useful/essential features had been removed.
We are six months into an obligatory annual maintenance fee and aren't using it and are unlikely to for some considerable time. Like many others we felt that we are beta testing for Guidance but paying for the privilege.
have it, used it went back to 6…
Yes.. We've had it for 4 months but have yet to use it… FTK 3 has been taking much of the case load over….
I'll end up implementing the software into our tool set more once I establish a new case management system using DFLabs
starting over from scratch basically… FTK 3, Encase 7, X-Ways, Solo IV devices, new write blockers… I love spending budget money )