Agreed. I was checking it out for use at home myself. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote:
> For 10 computers or less and 100 scans a month – sounds like they are > targeting home users. > > > > *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:50 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Shavlik offers 'cloud patching' with free service > > > > I played with this at home several months ago after reading something Susan > Bradley wrote about it. It just flat didn't work. Your post prompted me to > go back and try again, and I did have some success this time. I can > remotely scan and patch XP and Server 2008 (not R2) machines on my home LAN, > but I cannot, under any set of circumstances that I can create, remotely > scan a Windows 7 machine. Firewall off, UAC > off, > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy > created and set to either 0 or 1 - no combination of things I tried would > allow a successful scan of a remote Win7 computer. (All of my Windows 7 > machines are x64. I wasn't able to try against 32 bit Win7.) I can scan > and patch locally on Windows 7 with no problem. > > > > It's a neat idea (if you don't mind a LOT of potentially private > information stored in the cloud), but I wouldn't think it's anywhere near a > 1.0 product. More like early beta. > > > > As always, YMMV. > > > > RS > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Might be useful to small-LAN admins: > > ============= Included Stuff Follows ============= > Shavlik offers 'cloud patching' with free service > > Patch management company Shavlik is offering small networks of 10 or > fewer > PCs access to a new online patch management service at no cost. > > The new service, IT.Shavlik.com, is designed to scan for missing > patches > on a machine-by-machine basis, or using an IP address range or domain, > reporting the results through the web portal. Missing patches across > Windows versions are rated for severity and can be downloaded using > links > to the appropriate vendor website or using the 'FixIT' button. The > service > also supports VMWare ESX and ESXi hypervisors. > > ... > > Larger SMB networks can use the service in its 'Pro' form for a fee. The > company quotes a price of 'from $250' (approx £175) for networks of > between 10 and 1,000 PCs, which includes unlimited scan history storage. > This is the sharper edge what the company admits is now a 'freemium' > business model designed to lure users in with a free service before > charging them as they grasp the value of the service or their needs > grow. > > > ============= Included Stuff Ends ============= > More here with links: > > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/052610-shavlik-offers-cloud-patching-with.html > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
