Microsoft's Tuesdays drive home the patch management message

Product Test and Buyer's Guide This newsletter is sponsored by SolarWinds The Shortcut Guide to Network Management for the Mid-Market This guide outlines real-world technologies and processes to implement centralized management of your network infrastructure. Using the OSI FCAPS model as a framework, this eBook explains the critical components of fault, performance, configuration and security management, as well as network troubleshooting and diagnostics. Product Test and Buyer's Guide, 06/14/07 By Christine Burns Earlier this week -- as has become standard operating procedure on the second Tuesday of each month -- Microsoft rolled out its monthly batch of patches that address security issues across its product line. All told, Microsoft released six sets of security updates, fixing a total of 15 flaws in its Windows, Internet Explorer and SSL software used for secure Web browsing. Four of these updates have been deemed critical by industry security experts and are advising IT administrators to patch them as soon as possible. According to one news analysis story first posted on sister IDG publication Computerworld, those same security professionals don’t quite see eye to eye on which of the critical patches should be distributed first. Compare Products with Network World's VoIP and Convergence Buyer's Guide From deployable IP-PBX systems to unified messaging, Network World has detailed information on hundreds of products. Side-by-side comparisons along with objective test and review results make it quick and easy to find the solutions that are right for your enterprise. Click here to find out more. What the experts aren’t arguing about is the fact that IT departments eventually do indeed need to push these out to affected machines. In the Network World Patch and Vulnerability Management Buyer’s Guide, you can find a listing of over 20 products that can assist in that process. Tap into this buyer’s guide to search the listings for a patch management product that suits your networks’ needs.

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