Patch Management Tools Directory

Fri, August 01, 2003CIO Anticipated benefits Reduced downtime because of software failures; mitigated risk of attack from hackers; and lower costs than manually applying patches.

Hurdle No one-size-fits-all patch management tool available yet, which requires customers to purchase more than one product to cover all systems and software.

Cost Varies by application and environment; $8.50 to $100 per workstation per year and $20 to $2,500 per server per year, depending on product and configuration.

Vendors

BigFix www.bigfix.comBigFix Patch Manager 3.0

Configuresoft

www.configuresoft.comECM Security Update Manager

Ecora www.ecora.comEcora Patch Manager

LANDesk Group www.landesk.comLANDesk Management Suite

Kintana www.kintana.comKintana Change Manager

Microsoft www.microsoft.com Software Update Services

Novadigm www.novadigm.com Radia Patch Manager

On Technology www.on.comOn iCommand

PatchLink www.patchlink.com PatchLink Update

Shavlik Technologies

www.shavlik.comHFNetChkPro

St. Bernard Software

www.stbernard.comUpdateExpert

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