1. yes your right their are alot of internal web apps. Didn't Microsoft just release a patch for one of their web apps that sp2 kills late last week.
2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do.
3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you.
4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines.
5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network.
6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption.
Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them.
This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
"It's very strange to see that big corporations like IBM are acting so amateurism."
It's you guys making a big deal about it... Come on all they did was post an internal note on a website saying don't install sp2, wait for our customized sp2 install. They did this because the 10 o'clock news is running stories about xp sp2. So they don't want a bunch of people going out and trying to patch it themselves. Every singe large corportation feels this way!!!
"In our company of 300 employees, we tested SP2 way back to RC1 and from almost 14 days before , we were totally ready for the final release of SP2."
your comparing 300 employees to over 300,000 spread out over the entire globe...It's just a tad bit more complicated.
1. yes your right their are alot of internal web apps. Didn't Microsoft just release a patch for one of their web apps that sp2 kills late last week.
2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do.
3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you.
4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines.
5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network.
6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption.
Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them.
This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
Any "important" systems should be on a segmented network!!!! It's crazy to think that admins that deal with systems that directly affect peoples lives allow any old system on their network.
I know they brought in infected work laptops....Well they should have the critical systems on a segmented/firewalled network where they can never be affected by stuff like this.
What was it last year, a Nuclear Power Plant got infected. I mean come on....What's next the missle silos in the desert.
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1. yes your right their are alot of internal web apps. Didn't Microsoft just release a patch for one of their web apps that sp2 kills late last week.
2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do.
3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you.
4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines.
5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network.
6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption.
Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them.
This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
"It's very strange to see that big corporations like IBM are acting so amateurism."
It's you guys making a big deal about it... Come on all they did was post an internal note on a website saying don't install sp2, wait for our customized sp2 install. They did this because the 10 o'clock news is running stories about xp sp2. So they don't want a bunch of people going out and trying to patch it themselves. Every singe large corportation feels this way!!!
"In our company of 300 employees, we tested SP2 way back to RC1 and from almost 14 days before , we were totally ready for the final release of SP2."
your comparing 300 employees to over 300,000 spread out over the entire globe...It's just a tad bit more complicated.
1. yes your right their are alot of internal web apps. Didn't Microsoft just release a patch for one of their web apps that sp2 kills late last week. 2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do. 3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you. 4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines. 5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network. 6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption. Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them. This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
Any "important" systems should be on a segmented network!!!! It's crazy to think that admins that deal with systems that directly affect peoples lives allow any old system on their network. I know they brought in infected work laptops....Well they should have the critical systems on a segmented/firewalled network where they can never be affected by stuff like this. What was it last year, a Nuclear Power Plant got infected. I mean come on....What's next the missle silos in the desert.