RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-18 Thread Ray
I'm just glad I no longer have to travel there for games. It's a pitstop on our way to Las Vegas. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Miller
. Not that it may matter to the list, but I always found the Kbox agent very easy to deploy and upgrade. Tom From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations We run Kace as a Virtual

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2013-01-18 Thread Matthew W. Ross
@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:25:03 -0800 Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations I had a conference yesterday with the Kace team and a product overview. The newest release has lots of cool features that I didn't see in the version I used previously. And if you do

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Miller
: Friday, January 18, 2013 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations We looked at the KBox several years ago. Is it still extremely expensive? (I think we were quoted $20,000, which is a lot for us.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message

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2013-01-17 Thread Tony Patton
I'd take a look at the KACE (Now Dell) Kbox systems, the last time I looked at them a couple of years ago they did all that. Available as both physical Dell boxes or VM appliances. If I remember correctly I think they had a multiple tenancy facility, but I could be mistaken. There are a few

Re: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Christopher Bodnar
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 Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com

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2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch management recommendations 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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2013-01-17 Thread Adam Greene
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

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Glen Johnson
was very good also. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations I'd take a step back to wait and see on Altiris with yesterday's news. http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/01/16

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2013-01-17 Thread Christopher Bodnar
: 01/17/2013 09:09 AM Subject:RE: Patch management recommendations I’d take a step back to wait and see on Altiris with yesterday’s news. http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/01/16/altiris-to-become-altiris-again-symantec-dumping-it-for-less-than-it-paid/ From: Christopher Bodnar

Re: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Mark Boeck
...and there's ManageEngine's DesktopCentral which does patch mgt, asset mgt, file program distribution - pretty inexpensive. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

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2013-01-17 Thread John Cook
, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Almost all the Virginia Community colleges, dumped Altiris in favor of KACE. The latest update to Altiris

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2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
, January 17, 2013 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. We had MS come in and give us a presentation on SCCM 2012, and then had Symantec come in for Altiris. Got to say I was impressed by Altiris. Christopher

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2013-01-17 Thread Ray
In Kingman? Wow. Anyway, AZ Dept of Corrections tries to use SCCM. I'd say it's been a failure for many reasons. I work for basically an ADC subnet, and I try to manually touch every machine (about 200) on a regular basis. Obviously that's not practical for everyone. -Original

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
Fixed that for you... -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations In Kingman? Wow. Anyway, AZ Dept of Corrections tries to use SCCM. I'd say it's been

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Christopher Bodnar
, January 17, 2013 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. We had MS come in and give us a presentation on SCCM 2012, and then had Symantec come in for Altiris. Got to say I was impressed by Altiris. Christopher

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2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:01/17/2013 09:54 AM Subject:RE: Patch management recommendations _ I’m curious. What impressed you about Altiris? I ask because, from what I’ve heard, they are good presenters and good salespeople, but the product itself has

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Ray
on review of what's on the PC, do some maintenance, etc. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Fixed that for you... -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz

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2013-01-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
. The instructor led training was very good also. ** ** *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:08 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Patch management recommendations ** ** I’d take a step back to wait and see on Altiris

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2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
, is a hands on review of what's on the PC, do some maintenance, etc. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Fixed that for you... -Original Message- From: Ray

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2013-01-17 Thread Charlie Kaiser
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations In Kingman? Wow. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com

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2013-01-17 Thread Ziots, Edward
Shavlik if not mentioned already Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org From: joseph palmieri [mailto:jpalm...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch management

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2013-01-17 Thread Glen Johnson
Most definitely. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch management recommendations Was that a Symantec-inspired upgrade? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing

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2013-01-17 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 01/17/2013 11:26 AM Subject:RE: Patch management recommendations Did they approach it that way because you are a 2007 shop? Or, did they take 2012 into consideration for their demo? I say that because, 2012 with SP1 allows less

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2013-01-17 Thread Ray
...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Well, there's a larger problem then that needs to be addressed. These things should be automated. Patching using ConfigMgr is not that tough, and getting

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Ray
There is that. Kind of an odd town though. My kids played sports against Kingman. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations

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2013-01-17 Thread Rod Trent
...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Of course there's a larger problem, none of which is within my control. They've been screwing around with SCCM for several years, including using MS (Premier

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Ray
Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations Wow.I feel sorry for you, man. Your life could be a lot easier. Frankly, I'm not surprised MS consulting can't get it working. We were having a discussion about this last week. MCS has about as much time to ramp up on the new products

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-17 Thread Charlie Kaiser
, 2013 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management recommendations There is that. Kind of an odd town though. My kids played sports against Kingman. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:44 AM

Re: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-16 Thread joseph palmieri
look at LANDesk security suite (not cheep) it has all the functionality you need and more...only downside is tech support reps look to close trouble ticket without resolving issue --- On Wed, 1/16/13, Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org wrote: From: Charlie Kaiser

RE: Patch management recommendations

2013-01-16 Thread Rod Trent
Make sure to add SolarWinds Patch Manager to your list. http://www.solarwinds.com/patch-manager.aspx From: joseph palmieri [mailto:jpalm...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Patch management recommendations look at LANDesk