It has been quite a while since I have blogged and I am finally getting some free time to get back to it.  Today, we announced our new SCUPdates offering.  We will be providing third party software updates (non-Microsoft) data files for the System Center Updates Publisher for SCCM.  SCCM users will now be able to easily patch non-Microsoft products without having to create their own updates.

The SCUPdates offering is a data file.  There are no Shavlik products that need to be installed on your servers or workstations.  If you are a SCCM user, you can keep your same environment and use our data in your environment.  Importing the data in your SCCM database will result in patch/product detection on the same reports you see today.

Patching third party products can be quite an undertaking.  SCCM users can patch Microsoft products but they need a way to patch third party applications without adding to their workload..  With SCUPdates, we are providing a new patching mechanism for third party products such as Adobe, Apple and Firefox.

Third party product attacks are becoming more common.  Only focusing on Microsoft products is half the battle.  The Shavlik Data Team puts in a lot of research on these applications already in the Shavlik NetChk product line.  By taking our expertise to the SCCM/SCUP side of patching, we can help tackle the global problem of patching non-Microsoft products.

With the release of SCUPdates, I will be back on my normal blogging schedule.

- Jason Miller