Author: Stephen Foley

Stephen joined Micromail back in 2006, becoming a senior licensing specialist within the Microsoft and Adobe teams. In 2011 he took on the role of Quality Manager and guided Micromail to ISO 9001:2008 certification the following year, subsequently overseeing Micromail’s upgrade to ISO 9001:2015. Since 2013 he has held the role of General Manager with responsibility for overseeing daily operations within Micromail. Stephen is a key player in the successful integration of Micromail with Ergo. Stephen holds a Bachelor's degree in History and Geography and a Higher Diploma in Business & Financial Information Systems from University College Cork. Stephen recently attained a Postgraduate Diploma in Management with the Irish Management Institute.

In May, Microsoft announced a vulnerability in legacy operating systems that has high potential of being exploited. The vulnerability is in the Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) and could be exploited remotely with no authentication required. This affects Windows 7, Server 2008, and 2008 R2.

The vulnerability is severe enough that Microsoft took a pretty unusual step in releasing updates for Windows XP and Server 2003 in addition to currently supported versions of Windows that are affected. If you remember back to the WannaCry attack, Microsoft had issued a patch months before, but some companies hadn’t installed the fix. This led to a global impact. In order to avoid a potential repeat, companies are urged to update all affected systems as quickly as possible.

To help, Ivanti are giving a free 60-day license to Ivanti Security Controls, which includes solutions such as patch management, privilege management and whitelisting in one place. Ivanti’s IT software is used by 79 of the Fortune 100, helping businesses succeed through unifying IT systems and technology stacks.

Download the 60-day trial license here. With this license you will be able to quickly update up to 50 systems including Windows XP and Server 2003.

To learn more, get in touch with us and we will organise a call for you with Ivanti representatives based locally here in Ireland. 

What else can Ivanti help your business achieve? Talk to us and find out. 

After six successful years of ISO 9001:2008 certification Micromail recently upgraded to and were accredited with ISO 9001:2015 certification for its provision of software licensing solutions and Software Asset Management (SAM) services.  The awarding body was the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI).  ISO 9001:2015 is the latest version of ISO 9001 and is the internationally recognized standard for a Quality Management System which focuses on an organization’s actions to meet and continually improve customer satisfaction and quality requirements.

Micromail is over 30 years in business and continues to be Ireland’s leading Microsoft LSP and Adobe Platinum Partner. The investment in ISO 9001:2015 demonstrates our ongoing commitment to offer our customers the highest levels of service possible.