Third Party Patch Management

["Al Cooper" <cooper () hmcnetworks com>]

With all the security updates to programs like Acrobat & Java, I am
interested in how the community is handling patch management practically in
small to medium sized organizations (50 to 200 computers).  Microsoft Update
Server works for Windows patches but will not handle third party patches.
Microsoft System Center is nice but too expensive for this market.

What solutions are you using and how effective are they?

Thanks,

Coop




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