We've had good experience with Continuum, a MSP platform, albeit so
far for clients smaller than 50 seats.
On 1/17/2013 8:39 AM, Christopher
Bodnar wrote:
Kace
Altiris
SCCM with SCUP
One of these should fit most of
your
clients needs.
Christopher
Bodnar
Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of
Technology:Enterprise Architecture
and Engineering Services
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From:
"Charlie Kaiser"
<charl...@golden-eagle.org>
To:
"NT System Admin
Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Date:
01/16/2013 06:04 PM
Subject:
Patch management
recommendations
I work for a consulting firm that manages a
variety
of SMB clients. As we
increase our client load and the size of the clients (moving
from the 3-10
seat to the 50-1000 seat clients) we are implementing more
advanced products
for a variety of tasks.
We are currently looking at patch management solutions. Our
current paradigm
is a mix of WSUS and manual intervention, but it's not enough,
obviously.
I
haven't used a centralized patch management system for around
5-6 years
(used to use early versions of Shavlik) so I haven't been
keeping up with
the market. We're now looking for something that does 3rd
party apps, not
just MS stuff, so WSUS is off the table. Our clients are all
on MS
platforms, though; almost no *nix or Apple.
I don't envision a one-size-fits-all product. I expect that
we'll want
a
variety of solutions tailored to the size and complexity of
the client.
And
I have no illusions about the "ease" of patch management given
any product.
:-)
My boss would love an MSP-style of centrally managed product
that can handle
all our clients, but my belief is that trying to go that route
is much
more
difficult than doing per-client implementations, especially
without
dedicated patch management admins.
Having said all that, is anyone working with patch management
systems that
they really like for this space? Also, any you really DON'T
like?
Thanks!
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charl...@golden-eagle.org
Kingman, AZ
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