While only a limited number of forward-thinking IT shops have actually gone to the cloud for software distribution, almost all of them are thinking about it. According to a recent Adaptiva survey, 70% of software distribution is still managed…
Just about every ConfigMgr/SCCM admin and their brother is talking about the new Windows 10 Cumulative Update (CU) model coming to Windows 7/8/8.1 in October. If you live in a cave and haven’t heard about…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update has a slew of great new features. If you want a summary, you can just read Microsoft’s press release … or can you!? When a big company such as Microsoft releases a major product…
Does your day as an SCCM administrator consist of running around trying to do more things than are humanly possible? You can shrink your daily task list with the peer-to-peer content distribution engine Adaptiva OneSite™, eliminating huge headaches…
Most people don’t think of cyberattackers as guys and gals in secret hideouts trying to infiltrate companies’ Windows 10 operating system deployment (OSD). A good Microsoft System Center Configuration Manger (SCCM) administrator does though. An attacker who compromises Windows…
At last week’s MMS conference in Minnesota, I attended a lot of amazing technical sessions about System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). My favorite, by far, was the technical session with the Microsoft SCCM Product Team. The product team was…
Some of the top enterprise systems management experts in the world recently joined forces in a lively roundtable discussion titled, “Accelerating Windows 10 OSD.” Luminaries included: Dan Richings, Director of Customer Experience, Adaptiva Jason Snook, Senior Product Manager, Flexera Software…
If you oversee SCCM, you are a huge part of your company’s security strategy, and you will become even more critical as your company deploys Windows 10. You’ll be expected to keep anti-virus and other security software…
When I first walked into the Adaptiva offices back in December I was struck by the number of awards for technical excellence that greeted me at the door. Today, I am pleased to announce that our company was recognized as…