EminentWare 3rd Party Updates Pack: Overview

Does your company rely on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for Microsoft patch management?
If so, your IT team is most likely faced with the expensive and time-consuming challenge of maintaining the 3rd party patches that WSUS does not support, a task which often requires hours or even days of manual research, creation, testing, and implementation time.

EminentWare’s solutions extend the capabilities of your existing WSUS infrastructure,
enabling you to deploy, manage, and report on Microsoft AND non-Microsoft patches from a central point of control. EminentWare also provides you with a continually updated catalog of 3rd party “WSUS-ready” patches that can be imported and deployed with WSUS, whenever is convenient for your organization.

More than just a patch catalog…
EminentWare allows you to automate and control key steps of the patch management process, end-to-end. From patch notification, to import/ synchronization, to publishing, approvals, deployment, scheduling, reboots, and more. Using EminentWare’s powerful reporting options, you can quickly determine that every patch is implemented as required. EminentWare provides an easy-to-use solution that will help you keep desktops, laptops, and servers patched, secure, and running smoothly -- while also saving your IT team hours of time, eliminating headaches, and reducing costs.

EminentWare 3rd Party Updates Pack: Key Benefits

 

• Extend WSUS to deploy, manage, and report on both Microsoft and 3rd party patches and applications from a central point of control.
• Receive pre-scripted, tested “WSUS ready” update packages, saving hours of manual research, testing, and implementation time. Publish to WSUS and deploy on your schedule.
• Receive automatic email or “Outlook style” alerts when new patches become available from vendors and when patches are synchronized.
• Choose the 3rd party patches your company needs and exclude those that are not needed. Add links to other catalogs.
• Automatically synchronize the EminentWare 3rd Party Updates Catalog and other catalogs on a schedule that is convenient for your organization.
• Create your own packages to deploy any MSI, MSP, or EXE through WSUS.
• Use PackageBootTM to configure pre- and post-implementation steps including stop & start services, bundle multiple files in a package, run uninstalls or custom scripts.
• Gain total control of update management with immediate updates, scheduling, reboots, detailed update approval management & more.
• Dynamically select which updates or machines to deploy based on groups, dates, location, or other criteria.
• Generate powerful management reports – use built-in reports or create your own.
• Quickly determine which systems need the patch or the software you are trying to deploy.
• Fast, easy install with intelligent configuration wizards.