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  1. PatchLink or Symantec LiveState Suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Solution for Remote Software Deployment on Windows?

    I began to evaluate PatchLink Update for my employer. I liked what I saw, but I was a bit concerned with the trust model, and also its dependence on Microsoft SQL Server for its backend (we managed to negotiate an acceptable cost for the PLU license, but the SQL Server license for our site was horribly expensive - even at educational rates - unless we ran multiple PLU servers each backended by MSDE. A while ago, I was told about Symantec LiveState Client Management Suite. I've only seen a demo so far, but I liked what I saw, and I plan to evaluate it further together with other interested colleagues. The things I like most were that a) the usual way to create packages (and these could be patches or updates, of course) is to record the UI interactions during a normal install to a script file, meaning that there's no need to depackage whatever (semi-)proprietary installer is being used, ensuring greater reliability and b) its powerful dependencies system, seemlingly having the potential to provide equivalent functionality to Linux's yum or apt.

  2. Patch Management/Deployment products... by cowbutt · · Score: 1 · on Updating Free Software in the Enterprise?
    ...I'm looking at, so far, are Patchlink and Managesoft. Maybe even Symantec's ON iPatch, if they can be bothered to get back to me (I think they've renamed their product too, but they haven't bothered to tell me that either).

    My current employer is a UK university with Windows PCs numbering in the thousands.

  3. PatchLink by bcit · · Score: 1 · on Updating Free Software in the Enterprise?

    I work for a small college and PatchLink is the way to go for updates. It will update Windows machines, Linux boxes, Mac OS, and several other OS platforms. The system allows you not only to push out critical updates but software updates including office. You can also create custom packages and roll out your own software applications for Windows-based machines. Yes, there is a license fee but it is one package that I believe is worth the cost if you are going multi-platform. The company's URL is http://www.patchlink.com/

  4. Re:So use SUS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2

    Clever administrators use PatchLink instead.

    Not only does this do a similar job to SUS and WSUS, it covers all of the popular software manufacturers and they provide all of the packaging and quality testing, which saves you time and money. With M$ releasing a critical patch every week, do you really have time to package and distribute all these updates? You can also install the patches across an enterprise by using lightweight distribution points at each physical location. Novell thought it was pretty nifty too and added it into ZenWorks for Desktops a while ago.

  5. Patchlink by teridon · · Score: 1 · on Online Patching Systems?

    The government installation at which I work will soon deploy Patchlink, mainly for security updates. However, since it hasn't happened yet, I can't offer you any feedback. There are links to some ROI studies on their website.

  6. Re:Patch delivery mechanism by FileNotFound · · Score: 1 · on Buffer Overflow in Sendmail

    Bah...typo in URL, PatchLink

  7. Automated patch deployment systems by GlenRaphael · · Score: 3, Insightful · on When Will The Next Slammer Strike?
    In the short term, I expect that the most recent attack will provide a huge sales boost to pre-packaged "security solutions" like firewalls, virus protection, etc.

    Also, companies with hundreds or thousands of machines to administer will probably start buying large-scale third-party automated patch deployment systems. A system like Everguard or Patchlink or Bigfix will let you know where there are unpatched vulnerabilities on your network, help you patch them, and check that they've been patched.

    Most of these systems are cross-platform and at least one uses a linux-based server.