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Patching or Replacing Your PCs: The business case for upgrading
White Papers As Intel® outlines here, when the true costs and benefits of patching and replacement are accurately compared, replacement comes out the clear winner. When small business managers consider the prospect of replacing older PCs, some make the...
[February 9, 2005, 14:51]
Server Security, Patching and Virtualization
White Papers Security patching of servers currently plagues the virtual world much as it does the physical, but presents a slightly unique set of problems. The benefits of virtualization far outweigh the challenges, and the rapid rate of adoption of platforms...
[December 23, 2006, 0:00]
Patching up bad patches
News Determining which systems may be affected Verifying which systems have been patched Patching new systems added to the network Patching systems that may become vulnerable after the initial patching process Coordinating patch installation between...
[November 26, 2002, 11:38]
Patching 'still too difficult'
News Top security officers warned on Tuesday that patching software flaws is still far too difficult, with many companies left vulnerable because they are lagging behind on applying critical updates. The data and concerns spotlight a constant source of...
[February 25, 2004, 8:10]
Great to have the patches but which of my systems actually need patching?
Talkback But how do I quickly identify which of my systems need patching? Microsoft are really serving the customers well in providing a predictable 'patch tuesday' issue of patches, and this report certainly provides us excellent guidance on the issues...
[November 19, 2008, 7:40]
Automated Patching and Remediation
Talkback Patching and remediation are skills every IT professional knows well. Many companies lack the tools to enforce policies and automate patching and reporting throughout their desktops and systems. The deployment falls on the shoulders of the IT...
[December 10, 2008, 16:44]
Row over report praising Windows patching
Talkback The pains of rebooting after a patch are the biggest problem with Windows at the moment - at least from a patching perspective. My firewall (Linux based) has had 6 updates in the last 12 months. One was a Kernel update and required a warm re-boot.
[May 20, 2005, 10:37]
Row over report praising Windows patching
Talkback I believe that Patching a windows system is far more expensive than patching a Linux system. Until Microsoft can sort out the need for the system to be rebooted I can't see how they can claim their system has a cheaper TCO when it comes to patching...
[May 24, 2005, 9:59]
Row over report praising Windows patching
News These sorts of studies can't be used as a real-world guide to the cost of patching or maintaining applications, said Frost & Sullivan Australia security analyst James Turner. Although the study was conducted last year, it referred to problems faced...
[May 20, 2005, 9:25]
Microsoft uncovers new patching plan
News Microsoft will also reduce the number of patching systems for its products lines to two. Microsoft said it will focus on initiatives in three areas: improving its system of patching its software products; adding and improving security technologies...
[October 10, 2003, 8:50]
Patching 'still too difficult'
Talkback what an incredulous claim Mary Ann Davidson makes.with all due respect, to make scans for common flaws mandatory makes absolutely no difference to the biggest software flaws we find today.the flaws exploited nowadays are increasingly obscure...
[February 27, 2004, 9:23]
Microsoft delivers new patching tools
News After several delays, Microsoft has delivered an overhaul of its corporate patching tool and the promised successor to its Windows Update service The corporate patching tool, called Windows Server Update Services, or WSUS, was originally slated for...
[June 8, 2005, 9:15]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Does anybody with a production server use MS automatic updates? Not that I know of. All of the mainline Linux server distros (RH, Suse, Debian et al) handle patches and updates quite well. The BSDs are rock-solid as well.
[November 18, 2005, 7:15]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback On the other hand, the open source community continues to struggle with developing an integrated patch management solution If you had not been living under a rock for 2 decades, you would have known that patch management is not a problem...
[November 18, 2005, 8:11]
Patching things up
Blog Comment Adrian, I completely agree with you. There are major problems with both trust and cost in whatever system one tries to come up with. But the FOSS community has come up with very good solutions to a lot of problems, and I hope they will be able to...
[September 29, 2008, 9:44]
Service Pack 2: Patching the unpatchable
Talkback I couldn't even finish the article. This author is ridiculous. I'm sorry all your friends raid the warez, porn, and "free" games sites and click 'yes' to every certificate popup. There are tons of freeware programs to remove this spyware.
[July 29, 2004, 14:55]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback I have to disagree with this article. I think the patch management in Linux is better than Windows. I have Ubunu installed at home and every few days a red exclamation mark appears in the systray, this notifies me to upgrade every single package on...
[November 18, 2005, 10:20]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback yum -y update.done. Create a cron job and do it automatically. You're right, that's not a good patch management system. Now before anyone mentions the testing of packages to insure nothing breaks, this isn't Windows.
[November 18, 2005, 11:17]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback For instance Gentoo GNU/Linux uses portage, which will automatically "patch" software for you, and I'm sure users of YUM and APT might have something to say about patching. So I think much of your patching/updating argument is null and void, ok yes...
[November 18, 2005, 11:32]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback The different distributions have their own methods of delivering patches, and there are methods that are common to all distributions, such as manual patching from sources. Ignorant rubbish! Why didn't you research before writing your article?
[November 18, 2005, 15:33]
