Sizing up the great patch debate

摘要

The three distinct vendor groups we invited to participate in our online debate "How best to patch?" struggled to distinguish themselves in our forum last week (see www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 4740). All but one argued that patching is part of something bigger.As could be expected, Altiris and Configuresoft tried to convince us that patching is part of the broader effort of tending to systems."Patch management is simply the tip of the iceberg when it comes to proper configuration management," Configuresoft said.