• Breaking: Susan Bradley to contribute to the AskWoody site

    Miss your “Patch Watch” fix? Me, too.

    I’m absolutely bowled over that Susan Bradley has agreed to bring her Patch Watching to AskWoody. Her first post should appear shortly.

    Here’s what Susan admits about herself:

    Susan Bradley has been patching since before the Code Red/Nimda days and remembers exactly where she was when SQL slammer hit (i.e. trying to buy something on ebay and wondering why the Internet was so slow). She wrote the Patch Watch column for Brian Livingston’s Windows Secrets, and was one of the authors of Windows Server 2008 Security Resource kit.

    In real life she’s the IT wrangler at her firm, Tamiyasu, Smith, Horn and Braun, where she manages a fleet of Windows Servers, an Exchange Server, desktops, a few Macs, several Windows mobile and iPhones and tries to keep patches up to date on all of them. In addition, she provides forensic computer investigations for the litigation consulting arm of the firm.

    What she’s too modest to say… Susan is, to my mind anyway, the foremost authority on patching in organizations. She’s long been my #1 guru on Microsoft patches, full stop. And I’m delighted that she’ll be posting on these pages.

    Susan and I don’t agree on everything — and that’s good! I tend to look at Microsoft patching through the bewildered users’ bloodshot eyes. Susan has a wider perspective, with constant exposure to SME and Enterprise patching problems in every corner of the globe.

    Join me in welcoming Susan and her new Patch Lady Posts.