Award-Winning PatchLink Update(TM)
Becoming a Key Organizational Security Program Component
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., PatchLink/FOSE Booth #1103, April 8 /PRNewswire/ --
PatchLink(R) Corporation ( http://www.patchlink.com ) today announced that its
customers are experiencing tremendous savings by implementing the PatchLink
Update(TM) patch management system. To validate patch management as a
critical complement to an organization's security initiatives and to determine
the associated savings, PatchLink Corporation recommends: creating a set of
performance indicators to note system uptime, the number of attempted
intrusions, and the time it takes to identify and thwart system attacks,
together with maintaining a scorecard of these performance indicators to show
management how trend lines improve when patch management is in place.
"Management rightly expects proof of performance," said Sean Moshir, CEO,
PatchLink Corporation. "Patch management has become more of a category in its
own right since the numbers more than justify implementation."
In only the first few months of employing PatchLink Update, Senior Analyst
III Mike Liebbe of TRW Safety Systems ( http://www.trw.com ) projects the company's
security savings at between $3 million to $9 million a year.
"The PatchLink Update implementation was a resounding success," explains
Liebbe. "Over 1,400 patches were applied to 60 servers in three and a half
days with only one man-hour expended to create server groups and apply
mandatory patch baselines. This is more than the total of all the patches
applied in the previous five months -- 1,100 patches -- using 585 man-hours.
Not only are the savings obvious but now our network is proactively secured
with the latest security patches."
Many other companies and government agencies such as the U.S. Department
of Treasury, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Wells Fargo Bank have also
made patch management an integral part of their security programs -- and, with
good reason. PatchLink Update has recently earned the Network World "Blue
Ribbon Award" in a product comparison test and review of Windows patch
management products; is a Government Computer News "Best New Technology
Awards" finalist (winners to be announced at FOSE in Washington, D.C. this
week); has just received finalist status from Network Computing for a "2003
Well-Connected Award" in the "System Management Suite" category, with award
winners to be announced in late-April; and in 2002, was awarded the "Editors
Choice" by Network Computing and named the number-one tool for patch security
in a head-to-head competitive product comparison.
Noted by industry peers for its ease of use, flexibility, and automation
of deployed patches, PatchLink Update manages, monitors, and maintains patch
compliance throughout an entire network, meeting the patch management needs of
small- to enterprise-level organizations. New features include automatic
patch deployment, computer grouping, Deployment Agents support for NetWare and
UNIX (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc), and user security roles and
privileges.
Moshir, who will present on the topic of patch management this week at
FOSE ( http://www.fose.com ), is enthusiastic about the company's current position in
the patch management category. "PatchLink carefully listens to the patch
management needs and requirements of network administrators and security
professionals. We believe it is the most feature-rich and reliable patch
management system available in the market. It is satisfying to receive
additional confirmation of this through recognition from various industry
publications so widely read and respected."
About PatchLink Corporation
Established in 1991, PatchLink Corporation has built a strong reputation
in providing quality software products at substantial savings to system and
networking professionals. PatchLink Corporation is a leading provider of
patent-pending enterprise patch detection and deployment software and is one
of the first companies to offer this capability over the Internet. The
Company's software sets a new standard for the assessment and prevention of
patch-related security breaches, in addition to monitoring and incident
reporting. PatchLink Corporation's patch detection and deployment software is
available via CD-ROM. Additionally, the Company maintains and markets
WebConsole(R) IT Management Suite. PatchLink Corporation products are
installed on more than 2 million network servers and workstations worldwide.
For additional information on PatchLink, visit http://www.patchlink.com .
Copyright (C) 2003 PatchLink Corporation. All rights reserved.
PatchLink(TM), the PatchLink logo, and the PatchLink product names and logos
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of PatchLink Corporation. In
addition, other companies' names and products mentioned in this document, if
any, may be either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.
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CONTACT:
Melissa Clyne, +1-801-486-6763, or cell,
+1-801-580-1458, melissac@patchlink.com, or Lee Rech,
+1-801-487-2128, or cell, +1-801-556-8423, leer@patchlink.com,
both of PatchLink Corporation
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