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Finally, you can stay on top of security and software patching. Securing your network is a mission-critical job.

But keeping up with the steadily increasing number of patches takes time and money – two things that are always in short supply.

Prism Patch Manager solves the problem by automating and streamlining the patch management process.

It locates, downloads and installs the patches that keep your software updated – quickly, easily and reliably. so your network stays secure – and your IT staff stays productive.

With Prism Patch Manager you can:

Keep your organisation’s computers secure.
Receive notification of patch availability, saving you the time of tracking patches.
Ensure high patch deployment reliability, because the Prism Patch Manager knowledge base includes everything you need to know to make each patch deploy successfully.
Centralise patch deployment installs patches in one easy step.
Automate patch installation across your entire company.
Ensure computers meet your company’s baseline patch compliance levels.

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Product Features

Securing your network is a mission-critical job. But keeping up with the steadily increasing number of patches takes time and money – two things that are always in short supply. Prism Patch Manager solves the problem by automating and streamlining the patch management process. It locates, downloads and installs the patches that keep your software updated – quickly, easily and reliably.

Prism Patch Manager's comprehensive patch metadatabase is administered by a team of experts that researches and tests every new patch. Detailed information about dependencies and prerequisites is always at your fingertips, so you can avoid patch conflicts and usability issues. Prism Patch Manager's broad patch support manages patches for Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems, a wide variety of Microsoft applications, as well as legacy system patches. With Prism Patch Manager your network stays secure – and your IT staff stays productive.

Plug Security Holes

Plug security holes before they are ever exploited. Prism Patch Manager enables you to proactively control and download all security patches to a central location all you do is deploy them.

Time Savings

Let Prism Patch Manager manage patches for you, including: letting you know when a new patch is available and researching and testing it for you. Without Prism Patch Manager you need a full-time team to support this effort.

Centralised Deployment

Push the Prism Patch Manger agent and approved patches to computers across your entire enterprise. Via Microsoft Networking, Active Directory, System Logon Scripts.

Complete Systems Scan

Prism Patch Manager scans all Windows Server and Desktop, Red Hat Linux and Sun Solaris Systems to identify potential security risks. You can also request device scans via a nominated IP range.

Scan and plug holes from one interface.

Researching Patches Prior to Deployment

After Prism Patch Manager has scanned your computers and identified which patches are missing/required use the research pane to automatically link out to the relevant manufactures web site and review their recommendations prior to approval.

Pre-Approve all patches prior to deployment

Once Prism Patch Manager has detected the required patches for your computers schedule these for download and testing prior to deployment to your environment. Prism Patch Manager uses a simple set of different colour icons to inform you whether a patch is currently installed, requires installation or is now obsolete and provides a simple tick box if you approve a patch for deployment.

Patch Validation

The Prism Patch Manager Conformance Reporting lets you view systems compared to a baseline you define, making it easy to validate patches over time.

Patch Rollback

Easily remove patches and return systems to their pre-patch configuration.

Simple Architecture

Prism Patch Manager doesn't require any additional software to manage systems.

Enterprise Features

An optional agent lets you manage locked down computers. Bandwidth throttling lets you control how much bandwidth is used to deploy a patch.

Centralised Reports

Get status reports to view a snapshot of compliance or for trending analysis.

Metadatabase

Prism Patch Manager has a metadatabase of patches that has already been developed for you. Simply install Prism Patch Manager and you're ready to begin proactive patch management.

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Technical Specification Guide

Prism Patch Manager Console
Processor:	Pentium or equivalent
Operating System:	Windows NT 4.0 SP0+, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003.
RAM:	32 MB Minimum
Disk Space:	50 MB of storage in the installation volume
Browser:	The Console and the Agent Installer require that Internet Explorer 5.x or higher be installed. When the Console or Agent Installer run on Windows NT 4.0 systems, Service Pack 4 or higher must be installed.

Agent Installation
Processor:	Pentium or equivalent
Operating System:	Any Microsoft Windows Operating System, Red Hat Linux or Sun Solaris
RAM:	32 MB Minimum
Disk Space	20 MB of storage in the installation volume

Prism Patch Manager Free Trial Download

Download Prism Patch Manager Software Evaluation

Download the full Prism Patch Manager product limited to a 30 Day Evaluation Key, see for yourself why so many large and small organisations rely on Prism Patch Manager Software to control their distribution of Software assets.

The Evaluation Copy can be installed on a live or test environment allowing for full product review to take place.

Manuals:

Prism Patch Evaluators Guide

Prism Patch Users Guide

Prism Pricing Models:

Purchasing Licences -Options Technology Site Licences - Prism Pack Only

Support Contract Pricing On-Line Price Guides and Requests

New Boundary Software offers several pricing models. These models are designed to offer organisations the option of purchasing the Prism Software Range in the manner that best suits the organisations buying criteria or project requirement.

Purchasing Models Available:

Outright Purchase - with 12 months support contract.
Project Licences - 30 day minimum subscription period includes support for duration purchased (Subscriptions can be for any period above 30 days but must be a minimum value of £400.00) Project Licences can be upgraded to a full licence and will be reduced by 90% of the total cost of the projects licences paid for and the outright purchase price).
Volume Licensing - is available for organisations wishing to purchase licences over a specified period at a specified rate. This type of licensing agreement is useful for organisations wishing to do a staged implementation over many sites/countries (with 12 months support contract)
Educational Pricing is available for both outright purchase and volume licences.

* With the exception of Prism Pack Software where licences are sold as Technology Site Licence (see below), all Licences are Priced Per PC (Each PC that has the Prism Client Installed on it hard drive requires a licence). Licences are banded on the quantity purchased, the larger the quantity purchased there is a reduction in the licence costs each

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Technology Site Licences: (Prism Pack Software Only)

Prism Pack Software can be purchased by PC up to 149 licences after 149 licences a Technology Site Licence must be purchased. A Technology Site is a band of licences and entitles the purchaser to use the software with as many PC's as the Technology Site Licence Band allows at its maximum. Please see below for Technology Site Licence bands:-

150 - 499

500 - 1499

1500 - 4999

5000 - 9999

10000 - 19999

20000+

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Support Contract Pricing:

12 Months full product support and maintenance is included Free of Charge with all licence purchases
additional 12 Months contract = 18%

Support and Maintenance costs are based on the current retail price per licence and are calculated using the above % rates.

Product Support Includes

Telephone Technical Support
E-mail Technical Support
Access to New Boundary On-Line Knowledge Base of Known Problems and Solutions
Full Provision of Product Version Upgrades
Full Provision of all Product Updates
Access to New Boundary Software User Group and Forum.

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On-Line Pricing Guides:

Want an idea of any of the Prism Software Range costs for your organisations IT environment?

NetWorld UK offer you the facility to obtain an immediate On-Line Price Guide based on the Outright Purchase costs, please use the following link:

If you require a formal quotation or further pricing options please use contact us via e-mail on sales@networlduk.com

A NetWorld UK representative will forward your quotation to the e-mail address you provide.

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Prism Patch Manager Version History

Please read on for details on Prism Patch Manager releases. In order to ensure the best results using Prism Asset Manager, we encourage you to download and install the newest release.

If you have not yet begun evaluating Prism Patch Manager, you may download an evaluation version now by clicking here

Current Customers: Version 6 requires a version 6 serial number. If you do not have a valid serial number, please contact us to purchase an upgrade today.

Version 6.3 - Release Date: January 18, 2005
What's New:	Cross Platform Support: Prism Patch Manager now supports patch management on machines running Red Hat Linux and Solaris. (Red Hat Linux version 7.3, 8 and 9; Solaris version 8 and 9)
	Patch Rollback: Prism Patch Manager now allows the administrator to roll back single or multiple patches to the previous configuration. A new Uninstall wizard can rollback patches immediately or scheduled them to occur at a later time.
	Scan by IP Range: Prism Patch Manager can now discover and locate computers within a defined IP range or subnet making it easier to manage machines that aren't a part of a domain.
	Manage Multiple Master Agents: Administrators can now easily manage multiple Master Agents simultaneously using a new dropdown menu in the Console, for easier management.
	Reboot Notification: Administrators can now warn users prior to their systems being patched or rebooted.
	Automatic Leaf Agent Updates: Prism Patch Manager now allows automatic upgrading for Leaf Agents. Upon first contact with a new Master Agent, each Leaf Agent will automatically be upgraded, making Prism Patch Manager easier to use and maintain.
	Improved Reporting: Prism Patch Manager 6.3 now shows accurate deployment status and deployment history information for better insight into patching status.
	Database Size Reduction: The Prism Patch Manager patch database has been optimized to reduce the information transferred to sites and the memory it requires. Customers will experience faster downloads and updates to Leaf Agents.
	Microsoft Project: Prism Patch Manager 6.3 now supports patches for Microsoft Project.
	Swedish Language: Prism Patch Manager 6.3 now supports Swedish language operating system and Internet Explorer patches.

Version 6.2 - Release Date: May 20, 2004
What's New:	With this release, patch deployment coverage is further improved through Leaf-Agent modifications that support the patching of disconnected machines.
	You may now save alternate credentials for Leaf-Agents (including disconnected machines), as well as Agentless machines.
	The Prism Patch Manager patch repository has been made more flexible. Also, Microsoft patch names and repository names can now be easily cross-referenced in the "detail pane"..
	You may now deploy Custom Fixes to Leaf-Agent machines.
	Version 6.2 reporting now allows better filtering to enable reporting on selected machines, domains, groups and profiles eliminating redundant reporting of the same machine in multiple areas of the report.

Version 6.1 - Release Date: November 12, 2003
What's New:	Packaged Updates - supports disconnected networks by creating a portable install from a connected management console.
	New and improved Export Table - combines the machines report with conformance information. The export table is designed for queries and trend analysis.
	Orphan Leaf Agent improvements - if a Master Agent is moved or its server renamed the settings for the Leaf Agents and other important settings can be saved and transferred.
	Custom Fixes feature now supports user-defined validation criteria (file and registry-based). You can be certain that your customized fixes are installed and valid.
	Prism Patch Manager has a new feature for file validation of a patch. In addition to testing for file size and checksum, we offer the unique ability to manage file versions within patches.
	All components (including agents) are secured using encrypted communications.
	The database is checked for validity by Cyclic Redundancy Code (CRC) to ensure that everything is proper.
	Alternate Credentials may be specified for accessing remote machines. This means that an Administrator does not have to be logged in as the Administrator to query machines or deploy patches using Prism Patch Manager. The Administrator can delegate access rights to individuals with greater control and in finer detail.
	Active Directory is fully supported. You can use the Organizational Units (OUs) as designated by the Administrator to manage your machines more efficiently.
	Profiles make it simple to identify the machines you want to manage by OS, Service Pack level or patch level.
	User Defined Groups help you to arrange combinations of machines any way you like.
	Central Patch Repository allows you to assign one or more network shares as a patch repository for one or more master agents.
	Research View uses a tree view. This makes the search for a patch a lot easier. With thousands of available patches from Prism Patch Manager, this organization of patches will speed up the research process.
	Required Updates feature is now integrated into the deployment and research views.
	Support for multiple Management Consoles. Now you can share (be hooked into) a single Master Agent among any number of Management Consoles. This means that distributed management and reporting are possible.
	Logging has been enhanced to track more events. Select what you want tracked.