Businesses are favouring a 'selective but effective' approach to patch management - rather than frantically trying to be up to date with every patch released. A poll among silicon.com readers revealed that 49.5 per cent of respondents believe they...
Financial services companies are also showing interest in technologies such as automated server patch management, server virtualisation, as well as automated server management and provisioning, the report found.
But after some early testing and conversations with customers, Microsoft decided to keep the SMS patch-management product separate from the MOM console program. The company had planned to combine its Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 and...
New security features planned for the Longhorn version of Windows Server will include an automatic patch check and a file system that can fix itself, Microsoft said. Security and reliability top Microsoft's list of promises to customers for the...
Patch management is the "number one pain-point" among computer administrators, said Don Grantham, executive vice president of Sun Services, in a statement. Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire Aduva, a small company whose products automate the...
We believe Oracle is encouraging customers to upgrade to the latest support diagnostics as a way to improve technical support and.accelerate the adoption of the diagnostics patch. Oracle has issued an upgrade to its E-Business Suite 11i diagnostics...