Tag: windows

Introducing SolarWinds Patch Manager

You’ll change your tune about patch management after you experience how much time SolarWinds Patch Manager can save you! We even provide you with pre-built, pre-tested, third-party patches and make them super easy for you to deploy to your Windows servers and workstations. • Automate patching applications across tens of thousands of servers and workstations • Receive automatic notifications of new third-party patches from leading vendors like Adobe®, Apple®, Google®, Mozilla®, and Sun Microsystems®; then deploy our pre-built, pre-tested patches to save tons of time • Use PackageBoot™ technology to execute custom actions before and after patches are deployed so that you can rest assured that even the peskiest of patches gets deployed correctly (and doesn’t break anything in the process) • Manage updates dynamically, pushing the right patches to the right machines at the right time • Perform enterprise-wide discovery and inventory quickly and identify rogue, unauthorized, and unpatched computers instantly • Get visibility into patch compliance with an extensive collection of simple, built-in reports • Leverage your existing WSUS and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) deployments

NetFlow Analyzer – Numero UNO!

NetFlow Analyzer from ManageEngine has emerged as the most recommended tool for monitoring NetFlow data in the network. A commentary on the ‘5 Free NetFlow Monitoring tools for Windows’ that appeared on www.networkmanagementsoftware.com, NetFlow Analyzer from ManageEngine ranked first. This was possible only because of the rich feature set that we offer & the helpful reports that it generates to be able to give you a quick snapshot of your entire network within a matter of seconds. The commentary stated “ManageEngine offers a full-featured, free version of their NetFlow Analyzer Professional software. The free version displays detailed source/destination data, as well as ports used, and applications detected.

Desktop Central August Newsletter

Newsletter – August 2011 Greetings from ManageEngine Desktop Central! We are happy to announce the availability of latest hotfix to Desktop Central 7 – Build 70234. Here’s the complete list of enhancements & bug fixes over previous hotfix: Enhancements & Bug Fixes Enhancements Ability to automatically scan to fetch the systems’ warranty has been included for Dell, HP and Toshiba computers. Moving Desktop Central installation from one computer to the other is made easy with the option to provide the details of the new computer in the user interface

An automated solution to enforce IT policy on standard password practices

Growing instances of information security incidents have forced IT enterprises to put an effective IT policy in place. All such policies stress three essentials, among the numerous guidelines: Usage of unique, strong passwords across all IT resources Rotating the passwords at periodic intervals Role-based access controls for IT resources Enforcing the IT policy with respect to the privileged passwords turns out to be a daunting task to carry out manually.

what is Active Directory?

Active Directory stores all information and settings for a deployment in a central database. Active Directory allows administrators to assign policies, deploy and update software. Active Directory networks can vary from a small installation with a few computers, users and printers to tens of thousands of users, many different network domains and large server farms spanning many geographical locations

Desktop Central

We are all familiar that Java provides separate executables for Windows x86 and 64-bit operating systems. While it is possible to install and use an x86 executable on Windows 64-bit operating systems, it is impossible to install these executables silently using the system account due to a bug in Java.