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Hey folks,
No promises here, but we are trying to put together a wish-list of applications that you would like us to support for our Updates for Windows Applications site… Any suggestions?
Ben
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Safari and Opera browsers
Activexxxx (various programming suites from ActiveState)
Filezilla
MS .NET
Not sure if this is for ‘Updates…’ or Endpoint Protection…
AVG & Comodo Firewall
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
Quick thoughts:
Foxit Software PDF Reader (Corporate Edition)
7-Zip
Skype (Corporate Edition)
Webex
MS Zune
MS Silverlight
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Goto Meeting, LiveMeeting/Lync, Sysinternals PS tools
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Lotus Notes
Cisco WebEx Connect
Other Adobe Products (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash Pro, Premier, etc)
Non-Security Microsoft Updates
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+1 to Non-Security Microsoft Updates
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Yes I agree on the Non-security MS updates. A good example is the Group Policy Side Extensions update.
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… or MS RootCert updates
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cstoneba
… or MS RootCert updates
Oh please, yes! this KB comes quarterly and we have to pkg and roll it, incredibly annoying for how simple it is.
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Browsers - Opera, Crome, Safari
Citrix
Foxit - Bluebeam
VMWare tools
RealVNC
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+1 to Non-Security Microsoft Updates
- VLC
+1 WebEx client
+1 7-Zip
+1 Tivoli TSM client
+1 Skype
Adobe Connect plugin
Mozilla Thunderbird
MS SQL 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates (Audit only would be fine)
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I’ll add another vote for Thunderbird
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as previously stated:
non security Microsoft patches
additional adobe patches (CS4/5, Photoshop, etc)
other browsers for Win OS (safari, opera, chrome)
other:
additional AV products (Forefront)
long shot:
Telecom software (Avaya/Cisco)
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+1 for Microsoft Root Cert updates
+1 for Avaya/Cisco/Unity telcom updates
IBM hardware drivers/firmware/BIOS/IMM/RSA/chipset/RAID config and drivers/IBM supplied or supported SAN HBA drivers, firmware, multi-pathing, load-balancing/etc. updates. IBM has been publishing windows versions of these updates in recent years. On more common hardware platforms, I manually create custom fixlets for performing these updates. It would be especially handy if their were canned fixlets that essentially mimic the functionality of UpdateXpress.
X and P series would benefit immediately and perhaps iSeries down the road. Additionally, having fixlets for IBM POS hardware such as registers and kiosks including firmware/BIOS/drivers/UPOS as well as updates for their respective peripherals like MSR, receipt printers, scanners, etc.
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Good point JonL - we’ve asked about hardware updates in the past. Add that to our vote as well.
DELL Hardware Updates - Bios / Firmware / Drivers / Managment Tools - R Series servers / Optiplex Desktops / Latitude Laptops
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Hardware Updates would be our #1 vote. BigFix Product Managers have told us that it is an enhancment request, but they have also told us (specificially at Pulse) that there would be “too much overhead”.
That may be true, but there are obviously current BigFix customers that need it (and are probably willing to pay for it), plus SCCM currently does it, so BigFix should too…
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cstoneba
That may be true, but there are obviously current BigFix customers that need it (and are probably willing to pay for it), plus SCCM currently does it, so BigFix should too…
Not to take this thread in a different direction, but after being at two different companies and bringing BigFix into both, the question time and time again is “If SCCM can do it, why can’t BigFix and why are we paying for a product that doesn’t”. My point being - I agree - we need it and want a single management tool for endpoints.
And since TEM has the newly (since 8.x) christened “Systems Lifecycle” domain, it’s like they HAVE TO deliver it 