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October 03, 2007
New Sitekeeper/Patchkeeper Update
A primary enhancement in this version is the in the ability to handle large numbers (10,000+) of machines. The Sitekeeper database structure and reporting mechanism have been redesigned to speed up the overall performance when working with large numbers of computers. This technology had already been introduced into Diskeeper Administrator and is now ported into Sitekeeper, which shares a common design.
Also, Shavlik Technologies has provided Diskeeper Corporation enhanced functionality that has been integrated into an update for Sitekeeper. As you may be aware, Sitekeeper's specialized patch management module (Patchkeeper) uses technology licensed from Shavlik . Diskeeper Corporation (formerly Executive Software) is now making this update available to Patchkeeper customers.
This new build is required to continue the full functionality of Patchkeeper. We recommend you install this update soon to be ready for Patch Tuesday - coming up next week.
The update is a free download to all Sitekeeper 3.5 Suite and Patchkeeper (stand-alone module) customers. The new build number of 3.5.209. To get the software, simply use the "Check for Updates" feature within your Patchkeeper software.
Read on for a bit more on Diskeeper Corporation's partnership with Shavlik Technologies...
Shavlik Technologies is the pioneer and technology leader in patch management. That is why Diskeeper Corporation sought them out when we wanted to add patch management into our Sitekeeper product over 4 years ago. Patchkeeper leverages an SDK (Solution Developer Kit) licensed from Shavlik. It has been one of the most popular componenets of the modular Sitekeeper Suite, in which you can license only the features you need.
Shavlik became hugely popular with freeware tools and their more advanced enterprise-class full featured products. Even with Microsoft's advances into the patch management field, Shavlik maintains a technological edge - after all it is their specialty. The following article at Redmond Mag is a good overview of the value of Shavlik technology.
Posted by Michael at October 3, 2007 07:20 AM