Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden. If you ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Many security breaches can be avoided by applying software patches to known vulnerabilities as soon as they’re released by the vendor. Patch management software provides a centralized place for IT ...

Agent or agent-less? Point solution or suite component? CISOs and analysts offer dos and don'ts for finding the patch management software that's right for your organization. Patch management software ...

Microsoft's emerging Server Management Tools (SMT) suite now supports Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, the company announced on Wednesday. SMT includes a collection of familiar tools ...

Last week I discussed the top 5 benefits of server consolidation/virtualization. This week, we look at the benefits of Windows Server Update Services. Update ...

With these fairly simple practices in mind, you can stay on top of patch updates and safeguard your virtual data environments. This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to ...

Patch management wasn’t a burning concern for many users of Microsoft Corp.’s Systems Management Server when they purchased earlier editions of the software. But that mind-set is changing. A set of ...