June 2005 - Posts

• 1E hires new US team

  We are proud to announce that Richard Threlkeld and Derek Hartung have joined 1E as US based Systems Engineers responsible for pre-sales support, proof of concept engagements and market education around 1E products and services. Richard is a two time MVP in SMS and MOM and comes to 1E after working for two leading Fortune 500 telecom companies. Derek has over 12 years consulting experience, focussing in Windows Management. He has designed and implemented SMS for many large enterprise organizations, including one of the largest SMS 2003 deployments in the world.  1E now has two exceptional SEs in the US so if you are interested in our technologies then please contact sales@1e.com for a meeting.   Posted Jun 20 2005, 05:24 PM by Anonymous with 2 comment(s)

• WSUS/ITMU - What's it all about!?

  OK here's a quick overview of ITMU - or the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates to give it it's full name. This is the SMS version of WSUS and it's another step towards simplified patch management.. Still in Beta so things can change, but here's a quick overview of what it's supposed to deliver. Separate install - just like the other scan tools Uses the Windows Update Agent to install Patches. You can distribute this via SMS (included with the install) Uses the Windows Update Catalog You need Windows Installer 3.0 (or 3.1) to install office patches.. You need some hotfixes - some client, some server (extra status messages etc) It fills in the command line for you when you create MU packages. Hurrah! Can download patches in multiple languages Should be available soon! Phil Wilcock (philw@1e.com)   Posted Jun 07 2005, 04:46 PM by Anonymous with no comments