Software complements Microsoft update service.
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PatchControl hosted patch management software integrates with Microsoft SUS, offering additional visibility and administrative capabilities. It provides patch status reporting, remote policy management, and deployment log information. Users can set automatic update policies on individual PC, groups of PCs, or globally from remote, central location. Patch and download failures can be resolved by centrally analyzing Automatic Update logs.
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New Everdream PatchControl Hosted Software Delivers Functionality Microsoft SUS Administrators Demand
Economical complement to Microsoft Software Update Service delivers robust reporting, remote policy management and deployment log information for as little as $1 per system annually.
Fremont, Calif. April 26, 2004 Everdream Corporation, the leader in managed desktop IT services, today announced a new hosted patch management solution that adds functionality lacking from Microsoft's SUS. Everdream's new PatchControl solution provides powerful patch status reporting, remote policy management, and deployment log information for as little as $1 per system*.
Everdream is responding to the increasing demand from enterprise IT administrators to quickly distribute patches to a large number of desktop and mobile Windows systems to keep them productive and secure. With Everdream PatchControl, software IT managers no longer need to visit each PC to manually inspect, install or activate patches.
Today, PatchControl users can:
-- Quickly learn which of their systems do, or do not, have critical patches installed.
-- Set automatic update policies on an individual PC, groups of PCs, or globally from a remote, central location. These policies determine when patches are to be applied to specific systems, and the manner in which they are deployed.
-- Understand and resolve patch and download failures by centrally analyzing Automatic Update logs.
-- Quickly deploy a complete patch management solution by utilizing Everdream's hosted infrastructure including hosted SUS servers.
-- Get a very useful one-time inventory of all hardware and software on the network.
Patch management is a costly problem, especially for medium and large organizations. Gartner estimates it costs $300,000 a year to manually deploy patches to 1,000 servers.** And, until now, IT managers have been spending as much as $20 per system for other centralized management solutions.
"The customer's return on investment is significant and instant," said Gary Griffiths, president and CEO of Everdream. "There's an immediate return resulting from the improved productivity of the IT team and the fact that properly patched systems significantly reduce the chance of a costly virus disruption. With an annual license fee starting at just $499 for up to 500 systems, and a 30-day free trial, Everdream's PatchControl should fit even the tightest budgets."
Today, Microsoft SUS is the most widely used patch distribution mechanism for Windows systems. Everdream PatchControl integrates seamlessly with SUS, offering additional visibility and administrative capabilities. Everdream PatchControl is a hosted software solution, so it does not require dedicated server resources, complex installation or application management by the administrator. The administrator accesses the intuitive interface through a secure Internet connection.
Everdream PatchControl customers can add even more functionality, such as pre-install patch testing and post-install rollback, by subscribing to Everdream's full Patch Management solution. As part of Everdream's Desktop Management Services Suite, Patch Management offers additional options including IT asset management, software distribution, software license tracking, anti-virus protection, online backup, and a 24x7 live help desk. Everdream's customer satisfaction ratings are unparalleled in the industry, consistently averaging over 95%.
Everdream PatchControl is available immediately at www.everdream.com. Annual licenses start at $499 for up to 500 systems. Reasonable restrictions apply.
About Everdream
Everdream is the leading provider of Internet-based IT services for desktop management. Since 1998, its award winning service organization and advanced technology has provided businesses with an easy-to-implement, cost-effective alternative for managing IT operations. Companies receive IT services customized to their needs with immediate access through an innovative web-based Control Center. With operations facilities in Fremont, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Everdream provides IT services throughout the US, and internationally through partnerships.
Everdream has received several notable IT industry awards, including the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit's "Best of Show Innovation Award", CIO Magazine's 2002 "CIO 100 Award", Computerworld's "100 Emerging Companies for 2002", PC Magazine's 2001 "Editors' Choice Award" for Packaged Solutions, and many others. For more information, visit everdream.com, or call 1-888-307-7299.
**Gartner "Patch Management is a Fast Growing Market" by Norma Schroder, Ronni Colville and Mark Nicolett, May 30, 2003
