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May 13, 2025
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Continuous Update Models: Good for Developers, Bad for IT Departments
April 4, 2020Desktop migrations used to be a big thing: maybe kind of a heroic effort, with sacrifices in time, money and broken systems during deployment. Due…
Layering is Back!
March 21, 2020What are the downsides of layering and virtualization that prevent it from being the cost saver that these companies were expecting? Are they avoidable and…
Take your time, get it right for March Patch Tuesday
March 21, 2020With 115 patches, this will be a difficult set of updates to release and manage. Test the changes to each platform, create a staged rollout…
A large – but manageable – February Patch Tuesday brings critical browser updates
February 13, 2020The 99 reported vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft for this February's Patch Tuesday are manageable – even with critical browser patches to deal with.
Just a few more updates for 2019 makes for a light December Patch Tuesday
January 27, 2020There is an urgent update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and three critical updates to the Windows platform that will require some attention this month.…
Microsoft’s Desktop Analytics is Here and it’s Free—Do you Get What you Pay For?
December 5, 2019Analysing your desktop applications prior to migrating to a new system or doing a major update is vital. One of the major reasons why 'software…
Critical updates to Excel and publicly disclosed exploits make for an urgent November Patch Tuesday
November 14, 2019This is a really big update for the Windows platform. And while we don’t have a zero-day vulnerability like September’s Patch Tuesday, there are two…
Migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Before It’s Too Late: Everything You Need to Know!
October 18, 2019Out-dated operating systems such as the beloved Windows 7, may still be functional but leave your company vulnerable. It is inherently risky to continue running…
A Troubled Update to Critical Browser Patches for October Patch Tuesday
October 10, 2019This October Patch Tuesday is an important but troubled patch release from Microsoft with a critical, out-of-band browser update that has been widely reported as…