Fresh from the Test Center: Is patch management making you nuttier than an overfed squirrel? Blue Lane's PatchPoint appliance may be the answer - it servers as a patch proxy, inspecting traffic and applying patches on the network packet stream. As Contributing Editor Roger Grimes puts it, "Think of it as Tivo for patches." And it also means you have some time to let vendors get all the bugs out of patches before applying them permanently to your systems. Read the full review for more details.
FRCP for all: There are less than 24 hours until the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP) go into effect. Judging from the wide-reaching effect of its regulations, FRCP could have a lot of companies investing in smarter storage and more intelligent search. Ephraim Schwartz recently outlined the role IT will have to play in ensuring corporate information can be found and shared; Mario Apicella delves into the specifics of archiving requirements in this week's Storage Insider column. Brush up and be ready in case a company memo hits the streets and a court case pops up.
Verizon video: Check out the newest video interview with Verizon Wireless' Vice-President of IT, Carl Eberling, and their experience with building out an SOA.
Posted by Stephanie McLoughlin on November 30, 2006 06:00 AM
