Microsoft regularly releases patches, hotfixes and updates for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, in order to ensure an optimized stable and safe working environment. However, this has the direct consequence that applications and MSIs will have to be developed on a dynamic platform.

To assess the implication of applying a patch on all workstation in not only a hideous task, but also an undoable task, since the number of applications in large organizations is quite large. Testing each individual application against a patch is simply not possible due to the large number of applications.

Ultimately, the risk is that applying a patch may render a business-critical application unuseable, because some application-critical systemfiles were replaced by the patch. Once this scenario becomes a reality, the only this to so is to heavily invest in manhours, and hope that your workforce is prepared to go that extra mile to solve the problems as soon as possible.

Pi-CT has developed a fully automated reporting mechanism, which indicates possible problem-areas when applying a patch, or a set of patches against the current operating environment. This means, that the effort to test your applications, patches and Operating System is reduced to a minimum and the security with which patches can be deployed in your organization is greatly enhanced.

In short, the result is that a detailed report of each patch is created, indicating which application might conflict with the specific patch. This assures a severly increased level of certainty with which patches, hotfixes and updates can be deployed, and ultimately, it guarantees an even more increased uptime of your workstations and servers!

Other Services :
- Application Packaging based on MSI technology
- Application Distribution Mechanisms