Application patch management updates software to remove bugs and security loopholes, so it is an important service that every business needs to buy. We review the options. Keeping applications up to ...

Discover the 10 best patch management software solutions for CIOs in 2025 to enhance cybersecurity, ensure compliance, and streamline update processes across enterprise infrastructures.

Hoping to better protect themselves against escalating security threats such as the W32.Blaster worm, user companies are taking a fresh look at automated patch management technologies. These products, ...

Patch management products such as Symantec's ON iPatch 1.1, which the Cupertino, Calif.-based security vendor launched this week, bridge the gap as customers and solution providers await the release ...

AutoProf, Portsmouth, N.H., this week rolled out Policy Maker Software Update, a Group Policy-based patch-management solution for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The offering ...

Many security breaches can be avoided by applying software patches to known vulnerabilities as soon as they’re released by the vendor. Patch management software provides a centralized place for IT ...

Patch management vendors BigFix and LanDesk are upgrading their software to meet corporate demand for more-comprehensive tools that go beyond the discovery and installation of new patches. This week ...

Under the dark cloud of recent zero-day attacks, Microsoft is quickly working to update its enterprise patching tools to incorporate short-term, quick fix technologies to thwart malware that is ...

Microsoft is giving its Windows Update software stack more power, and the tool will soon be able to update other software and drivers within Windows systems. The company is establishing the capability ...

Failing to deliver on promises to further simplify patching and software management, Microsoft last week delayed two key patching products and also said a new software management offering will not be ...

Windows 11 users who installed the September 2025 update might think that it doesn’t really change much. After all, update KB5065426 is just a small patch that Microsoft is rolling out to everyone.