Qualys, HEAT Software to deliver cloud-based patching

Qualys has announced an OEM partnership with HEAT Software to deliver a cloud-based patch management offering to its global customers. The partnership allows Qualys to embed HEAT Software’s best-of-breed PatchLink technology within the Qualys Cloud Platform. The new combined offering allows Qualys to distribute patch management data via the Qualys Cloud Platform, enabling customers to detect and patch vulnerabilities on IT systems and endpoints via the Qualys Cloud Agents. According to both companies, with the new patch management offering via a single cloud-based console, Qualys customers can automatically identify and patch heterogeneous operating systems, Microsoft security and non-security vulnerabilities, third-party applications and endpoint configurations