WatchGuard is excited to present you with a quick look at a great new tool for our Partners, the WatchGuard Renewals Manager. The Renewals Manager will replace the CRT (Customer Renewals Tool), and add offer enhanced ease of use and more feature rich functionalities to help you stay on top of renewals as well as hone in on new opportunities.
UTM 9.002 Up2Date Released
This week we have issued Up2Date 9.002 for our UTM 9 platform. This is a stability release designed to further polish the UTM 9 platform and make it ready for an influx of thousands in the coming weeks as we publish the Hardware Appliance Up2Date that enables the one-touch upgrade from Astaro Security Gateway V8 appliance users*. *A note on ASG 8.306: We plan to release 8.306 later in September which will add in the ability to one-touch upgrade.
3rd Party Patching with System Center Configuration Manager
Learn how Patch Manager extends the power of SCCM for 3rd party app patch management at: bit.ly System Center Configuration Manager™ provides the ability to update third party patches using SCUP (System Center Updates Publisher). This is a fairly manual process because you need to research patches that are needed, obtain and run the update installer and document pre and post-installation conditions.
UTM 9.001 Up2Date Released
Following the GA release of UTM 9, we have our first Up2Date available today. This is a bugfix release designed to enhance the stability and performance of your installation. For ASG V8 appliance users – work is progressing on the next Up2Date for that platform which will enable the one-touch migration for elligible platforms.
Server & Application Monitor (SAM) Allows Carilion to be Proactive
For more information on SAM, visit: www.solarwinds.com Jason “Jed” Krisch, a SAM customer, switched to SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor after seeing the SolarWinds NPM interface that their network engineer colleagues were using. Jed appreciates that SAM is agentless, meaning there aren’t issues with server compatibility.
Virtualization Performance Monitoring with SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
www.solarwinds.com Download a free 30-day trial of SolarWinds Virtualization Manager today! This training video hosted by vExpert Scott Lowe, gives examples of ways to use SolarWinds Virtualization Manager to pinpoint and resolve virtualization performance bottlenecks in VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. You will learn how to answer questions like the following: Why is my VM running slow? Where are the performance bottlenecks in my virtual environment?
Monitoring Application Usage on your Network
UTM: Unified Threat Management The FortiGate unit can log and track the traffic used by individual processes and applications, allowing you to better monitor internet usage and determine the source of unwanted traffic.
Blocking the Passage of Oversized Files
UTM: Unified Threat Management The FortiGate unit can be set to automatically block the downloading of large files, by routing all traffic through the unit’s internal UTM Proxy.
Log & Event Manager Gives Peace of Mind: Customer Testimonial
Using LEM, Matt Calhoun is able to be proactive and detect problems occurring on the network before they occur. Not only is he able to monitor all of his servers and resources, he also receives email and text messages alerting him to any issues.
3rd party pre-tested, pre-built patches: How to integrate with System Center Configuration Manager
Visit here to learn more: www.solarwinds.com This short interview with Lawrence Garvin, WSUS MVP, describes the additional value a third party patch management solution can bring to a System Center Configuration Manager environment.