Aberdeen Group Report Reveals Global 5000 Organizations across Industries Actively Deploying Automated Patch Management.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Report Validates PatchLink's Ability to Meet & Exceed Requirements in Enterprise Environments

PatchLink(TM) Corporation (www.patchlink.com) today announced the immediate availability of an independent survey conducted by the Aberdeen Group, titled "Automating Patch Deployment? Low Risk, High Return!" The largest provider of cross-platform patch management software, solutions and services, PatchLink commissioned the research firm to conduct the independent survey to give its customers an objective understanding of key deployment and operational considerations for patch management solutions. PatchLink is making the report available for a limited time on its Web site at: http://www.patchlink.com/press/analyst_coverage.html.

Included among the report's findings are:

--Patch management has moved beyond early adopter market-sector acceptance. Citing the report, "even conservative organizations that shy away from anything new are using automated patch management."

--Patching activities for servers, desktops, and notebooks are typically managed in groups of fewer than 2,500. To this end, the scalability aspect of a particular patching solution is more of a vendor-marketing message than a true enterprise-class implementation concern.

--Agents are a must when supporting laptops that connect to the enterprise network.

--The preferred deployment approach uses caching devices to preserve WAN bandwidth for business applications and information.

--Today, IT decision makers indicate that high availability for patch management infrastructure is desirable, but no research respondent described high availability as a requirement.

"This report validates our ability to understand and respond to customer requirements; for several years now, PatchLink has met or exceeded the enterprise requirements cited in this report," said PatchLink Corporation CEO Sean Moshir. "We are pleased to provide our customers with information on practical experiences from actual deployments of automated patching solutions in these environments. It is increasingly important for our customers to be able to separate myth from reality."

The Aberdeen Group initiated ongoing research of the patch management market in 2002. This current report involved in-depth interviews to make known the experiences of enterprises employing automated patch management solutions, including PATCHLINK UPDATE(TM). The installations ranged from fewer than 2,000 to more than 20,000 devices under management.

PATCHLINK UPDATE automates the patch management process across a wide variety of operating systems, significantly reducing costs while providing a high level of platform security and availability. Large organizations benefit from features specifically designed to speed deployment and automate monitoring and management across global organizations.

ABOUT PATCHLINK CORPORATION

Consistently ranked by industry experts as the proven leader in patch management and having the largest installed subscriber base of patch management software, PatchLink Corporation (www.patchlink.com) celebrates enterprise security success since 1991. With a strong reputation for providing the IT community with unparalleled network and security management software products, today PatchLink's software is installed on millions of nodes worldwide. PATCHLINK UPDATE(TM) is the company's security-centric, cross-platform patch and vulnerability management software product. Through automatic and accurate detection of patch-related vulnerabilities, PATCHLINK UPDATE provides efficient and flexible remediation according to company policies and baselines across all enterprise platforms and boundaries.

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