NetFlash: Microsoft vows to clean up its patch management mess

“Patch management is broken,” Microsoft’s Scott Charney said at the company’s Tech Ed event yesterday. He could have said “patch management needs to be patched” – but while that would have been mildly clever it would also have vastly understated the problem Microsoft faces. Software patches have been flowing out of Redmond like a river the last couple of years, and Microsoft currently has eight different patching tools. Here’s what the company plans to do about it. Microsoft vows to clean up its patch management mess http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0603charney.html?net

“Patch management is broken,” Microsoft’s Scott Charney said at the company’s Tech Ed event yesterday. He could have said “patch management needs to be patched” – but while that would have been mildly clever it would also have vastly understated the problem Microsoft faces. Software patches have been flowing out of Redmond like a river the last couple of years, and Microsoft currently has eight different patching tools. Here’s what the company plans to do about it.

Microsoft vows to clean up its patch management mess

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0603charney.html?net

What users want from servers

If you could have anything you want in a server, what would it be? That’s the question we put to network and systems managers – and their answers reveal that they’re pretty much control freaks. They want control and management over many different aspects of servers that they don’t necessarily have today. Here’s their list; let’s hope server vendors are listening.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602serverwish.html?net

Palm grasps Handspring

Palm Wednesday announced it is acquiring its best-known software licensee, Handspring. The deal, just approved by both boards of directors, should become final in the fall. It will take place as Palm completes the separate spinoff of one of its own businesses, PalmSource, which develops and licenses the Palm OS software.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0604palmhand.html?net

Aelita launches Exchange recovery tool

Aelita Software this week announced a product that lets IT administrators recover e-mail quickly. The company, which specializes in Microsoft utilities, is rolling out Aelita Recovery Manager for Exchange, which lets administrators recover individual e-mails from disk or tape backups.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0603aelita.html?net