We use the solution as a central server so that clients may be deployed on their PCs.
We use it for client endpoint purposes.
 
We have found the reports to be most valuable. Apex Central provides good reports, affording control and a birds-eye view of what's transpiring.
 
The endpoints should be addressed. Occasionally, certain driver versions, such as the original PC drivers and the ones that are HP, would read something as an external threat and this would cause us problems. In reality, these were nothing more than false alarms. In a big environment, this presented an issue at the time. The issue was, in fact, internal and not external, such as that originating from a driver, like a graphics card driver, or a DLL file. Alarms were going off in all our PC's and this was a problem we encountered with a major customer of ours. However, a patch was released and the problem was dealt with. 
The support could also be better.
Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that the solution is not user friendly, but some of the patches are creating problems, such as those of the driver that we are struggling to trace out. 
 
I have been using the solution for the past three years.
 
So far the product has proven stable and implementable.
 
The solution is scalable and I plan to continue to use it in the future. 
 
The technical support and the extent of its knowledge should be worked on.
 
The installation is very cool. It is so nice.
 It took 20, perhaps 40, minutes.
 The technical team needed for the deployment and maintenance can vary. It depends on the company's environment, or the project or contract involved. I am not referring to the 20 permanent users I mentioned but to the customers, the clients. The number may be 18, it may be 15. It varies.
 
It used to be that the customer had to pay for licensing fees. Sometimes he dealt directly deal with our company and at other times with that of Trend Micro, which would have dealings with us.
Whether the license is monthly or annual depends on the deal of the company. When a company is international it may have a global contract that would be relevant. Otherwise, the deal may vary according to the country or partner involved.
 
Trend Micro Apex One is a good product, with the inclusion of more features. 
 Some projects will involve the implementation of the solution and others will be upgraded versions from OfficeScan to Trend Micro Apex One or Apex Central. Our control manager has switched to Apex Central. Sometimes a small company will be involved and at other times the implementations.
The solution is both cloud-based and on-premises.
 We have around 20 customers using the solution.
 I rate trend Micro Apex One as an eight out of ten.