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- Software Updating as a Security Measure: Not a Universal Solution, But Definitely an Important Element
- Everyone is aware of the need for timely updates and patching for the computers, but how can a person be sure it's really making the systems more secure? What would happen if someone skipped one or more patches? In this paper, the author will give the reader all the information...
- Tags: Software, Agnitum, Hacking, Patches, Security
- White papers 2006-10-17
- On the Effectiveness of Automatic Patching
- This paper studies the effectiveness of automatic patching and quantifies the speed of patch dissemination required for worm containment. The paper focuses on random scanning as this is representative of current generation worms, though smarter strategies exist. The paper finds that even such "Dumb" worms require very fast patching. The...
- Tags: Dissemination, Association For Computing Machinery, Subnet
- White papers 2005-11-11
- Patching or Replacing Your PCs: The business case for upgrading
- When small business managers consider the prospect of replacing older PCs, some make the seemingly frugal and low-risk decision to upgrade on the installment plan. But in reality, patchwork machines can be a nightmare for IT support staff. As Intel® outlines here, when the true costs and benefits of patching...
- Tags: Business Case, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Small Business, Desktops, Hardware
- White papers 2005-01-19
- Patching or Replacing Your PCs The business case for upgrading older PCs
- When small business managers consider the prospect of replacing older PCs, some make the seemingly frugal and low-risk decision to upgrade on the installment plan. But in reality, patchwork machines can be a nightmare for IT support staff. As Intel® outlines here, when the true costs and benefits of patching...
- Tags: Business Case, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Small Business, Desktops, Hardware
- White papers 2004-08-30
- IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Patch Management (Level 200)
- Successful security update management is crucial to maintaining computer security at any organization. The listener of this webcast will hear Microsoft IT's experience managing patching with over 330000 devices in a challenging environment. Microsoft IT will share approach, timeline, technology, testing, reporting, and the future as Microsoft IT continues to...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Security Update Management, Strategy, Security, Management
- Webcasts 2008-05-22
- New e-book on Patch Management Technical and Business Fundamentals
- Gartner said it loud and clear: “Over 90% of cyber attacks exploit known security flaws for which a patch is available”. Download your copy of a new e-book, The Complete Patch Management Book: A Technical Exploration and Practical Guide of Patch Management. Authors Anne Stanton and Susan Bradley, well known...
- Tags: Ecora Software Corp., Patch Management, Complete Patch Management Book, E-books, Patches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Personal Technology
- White papers
- Spread of Spybot.ACYR/Sdbot.worm!811a7027 illustrates lax patching
- CNET News.com reported Thursday, that an updated version of a malicious bot program, called "Spybot.ACYR" by Symantec and "Sdbot.worm!811a7027" by McAfee, is spreading through educational institutions. The malwares resurgence was tied to Symantecs detection of "spike in traffic on port 2967 with activity only in the .edu domain." This...
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Server Security, Patching and Virtualization
- The benefits of virtualization far outweigh the challenges, and the rapid rate of adoption of platforms like VMware proves this to be true. Still, challenges remain. Security patching of servers currently plagues the virtual world much as it does the physical, but presents a slightly unique set of problems. The...
- Tags: Blue Lane Technologies, Server, PatchPoint, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-12-14
- Provisioning and Patching Your Oracle Environment With Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
- The future of deployment lies not in the ability to rollout software, but also provision systems that constitute services for business processes. This entails a more holistic view of provisioning and patching that encompasses operations across the different software stacks and management of interdependencies among them. This means managing the...
- Tags: Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Corp., Environment, Provisioning
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Electronic Arts Licenses Marimba's Castanet for Integration With Online Games
- Electronic Arts is the world's largest interactive entertainment software company. During their first two years of managing online games, Electronic Arts relied on an internally-developed patching system. As Electronic Arts realized that the overhead required to maintain and enhance the patching system could be better spent developing new content and...
- Tags: Marimba, Electronic Arts Inc., Online Game, Marimba Castanet, Integration, Games, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- Shorten Your 11i Patching Cycles With Oracle Software Release Management
- Learn how Mercury and Oracle are partnering to help customers minimize disruption and reduce costs from patching and upgrading their Oracle 11i applications. Oracle's Software Release Management SRM service provides a planning and testing service designed to reduce risks and decrease time associated with maintaining your 11i applications. The Software...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle11i, Mercury Interactive Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- Deploying and Managing Oracle RAC With Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
- Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g provides enterprises with a highly available, scalable, and cost-effective way to deploy their information systems: Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control. This robust management framework can be used to provision, clone, and automate patching - and it is designed to scale well in heterogeneous environments....
- Tags: Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Corp., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Slow network access after re-patching
- I re-patched my comms cabinet last Monday, tired of working with what looked like an explosion in a spaghetti factory, anyway all seemed well until the next morning. Ever since it takes 5 minutes to save any changes to documents on the shared drives, S
- Tags: it management, mail4simon@..., network, Slow Network, swITch
- Discussion threads 2005-02-07
- GameShadow (exe)
- GameShadow is a PC content delivery and patching system that enables PC gamers to receive proactive data and online access to the latest PC game patches, video drivers, demos, movies and MODS without having to search the Internet for them. Once installed GameShadow determines which versions of games are installed...
- Tags: PC, Patch Management, GameShadow, Patches, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-11-17
- Windows Update patch reporting KiXtart script
- Used in conjunction with Windows Update, the Windows Update patch reporting KiXtart script gives you a list of servers with pending patches. Fully automating Windows Update works well for desktops and laptops but not necessarily for servers. You should normally test server patches before installation and install...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Patch Management, Kixtart, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2005-07-22
- patching in a network
- i have 50 pc's,i will buy only one game installer,,how can i install it in 50 pc network without doing it one by one in its every pc...by patch any ideas!
- Tags: Desktops, yujenz@..., PC, network
- Discussion threads 2007-07-22
- How Networking Affects Release Cycles
- Does easy patching encourage sloppy coding?Do you think that the ease of updating software in networked situations or thin client/Web apps promotes sloppy code? Or was the "old way" just as sloppy, but not as exploitable due to the lack of connectivity?J.Ja
- Tags: Justin James, programming and development, programming, networking
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Take proactive measures with these ten tips for meeting IT project deadlines
- Project management happy horror storiesWhether it's an application development project, a hardware deployment, or plan for patching each users' operating system, the best laid plans are bound to stray. What is your best (worst?) project management success (failure?) story? What did you learn from it? What pearls of wisdom can...
- Tags: Mark W. Kaelin, project management, application development, deadlines, melonfire, it management, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
- Microsoft to patch Windows flaws
- misosoft patchya ya ya always a patch.. scence its suppose to be the best of the best maybe they should pay the down time of patching...
- Tags: driv101, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Windows Flaw
- Discussion threads 2004-12-11
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