Listen Now

James Stewart, or JGStew as he's known on the BigFix Forum, Endpoint Management Today podcast co-host and overall jack of all trades details his journey to BigFix, how a game called Arctic Mud helped him with his typing skills, and tells us what House Robots are.  Some links from this episode... Browser, Flash, Java Analysis for Windows Arctic Mud Worth It Endpoint Management Today Episode 31 BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Rhonda Studnick Kaiser, Director of Customer Experience for BigFix, talks about nearly every topic under the sun, what it's like to be a native Oregonian, and why she came to BigFix and why she loves to advocate for BigFix customers so much! BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

John Golembiewski, Director of Engineering and Tech Services for BigFix, joins us in this episode to tell us how he ended up at BigFix, what he thinks is the greatest feature of the tool, and shares his special apple pie recipe! ResourcesEpisode 2 - What is BigFix Again? John's Apple Pie store bought pie crust - don't mess around with this... 1/3 small coffee mug cup sugar 2 spoons from the kitchen drawer of all-purpose flour sprinkle of cinnamon 1 spoon from the kitchen drawer of salt 2 spoons from the kitchen drawer of lemon juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice absolutely NO nutmeg Preheat oven to 425 Directions:  Peel apples with fancy peeler Place crust in pie tin and bake for 10 minutes Mix everything else and place in pie crust Put top pie crust on and bake, take out when the outer crust turns dark Remove from oven Let cool Eat pie BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

There's an exciting new feature that was launched in December 2021 which has been flying a bit under the radar.  We've added a whole new suite of extended software patching content for Windows devices.  In this episode, James Stewart, John Golembiewski and Rhonda Studnick Kaiser discuss how this new content came about, what it offers, how to get it and keep up on new titles, and how to request new content be added.  Additional references: BigFix Webinar:  Get More Done with BigFix – Log4J and Extended Windows 3rd Party Patch Content Release  - Your Questions Answered  BigFix Forum:  What is Updates for Windows Apps Extended?  BigFix Updates for Windows Apps Extended Demo video  BigFix Ideas Portal - Content Requests BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Dan Wolff, Director of Product Marketing for BigFix, joins us to describe his journey from a role as a mechanical engineer, developing computing hardware to his role with BigFix, the value of BigFix in an organization,  the intersection between IT Operations and Security, and why he'd rather be backpacking rather than doing tech things when not focused on BigFix. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Robert Leong, Director of Product Management for BigFix, joins us to describe his journey from integrated circuit designer to product manager, where he sees BigFix going in the future, and all the nerdy things he loves about photography. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

There's an exciting new release of BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation which JUST came out and we're talking to Aram Eblighatian, BigFix Product Manager, and Liz Thi, BigFix Product Design Lead for the product about what's new and exciting in the release, and how we worked with our customers to deliver a design that's geared to their needs.Additional references: - Episode 13: BigFix Version 10 - One Year In:  https://bigfix.buzzsprout.com/1248878/8360421-bigfix-version-10-one-year-in - Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ8rqCPoAGw  - Learn more on our Product Page: https://www.hcltechsw.com/products/bigfix/ivr-home - Contact BigFix:  https://www.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/contact-us - Contact Liz Thi:  elizabeth.thi@hcl.com BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

The BigFix Community gets together several times a year for BigFix Days Virtual User Conferences. In this episode, we recap the sessions held during BigFix Days Americas held April 19-20, 2022. Resources BigFix Days Americas April 2022   BigFix Days Americas April 2022 Session Replays BigFix Days Sessions Covered: Windows IOT / Raspberry Pi with @Mossman Zero Day content history at BigFix with @JasonWalker Inventory for Containers with @zanesand and Bruce Clayton Fun With Relevance with @brolly33 How to Use the BigFix REST API - BESAPI Python “SDK” with @jgstew Alternate Method to Retrieve Compliance with @DaveT Automated Printer Installation / Uninstallation with @hp3 Generating ServiceNow Tickets with BigFix with Gary Louw and @mschwarz Click the titles above to view the full session recordings with presentations and demos included. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Kristin Hazlewood, VP & GM for BigFix, joins our podcast to talk about BigFix, being a senior woman leader in the technology field, and what kind of smart home technology passes muster in a house full of kids. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Brian Shorey, VP of Engineering for BigFix, tells us how he got involved in technology, how he made it to BigFix, his hopes for the BigFix product, and how he's tackling IOT in car engines! BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

The BigFix Best Practice podcast series brings the best minds at BigFix to your ears to teach you how to get the most out of your BigFix investment.    This episode is the third in a series on how to optimize your BigFix relay infrastructure; this one is for those hard core folks who just want to do fun stuff with BigFix and those practitioners who need the advanced stuff to make their capabilities perform in the best possible manner.  BigFix Relay Resources  BigFix Capacity Planning Guide  BigFix Relay Efficiency Blog  BigFix Relay Scaling Blog BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

The BigFix Best Practice podcast series brings the best minds at BigFix to your ears to teach you how to get the most out of your BigFix investment.  This episode is the second in a series on how to optimize your BigFix relay infrastructure, expanding on Episode 20 where we talked about getting started with relays.BigFix Relay Resources BigFix Capacity Planning Guide   BigFix Relay Efficiency Blog   BigFix Relay Scaling Blog BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

The BigFix Best Practice podcast series brings the best minds at BigFix to your ears to teach you how to get the most out of your BigFix investment.  This episode is the first of a series on how to optimize your BigFix relay infrastructure.  We're starting at the beginning here folks, so dive in for the refresher topics or to find out about what you might be missing...even if you're a seasoned pro.  BigFix Relay Resources BigFix Capacity Planning Guide BigFix Relay Efficiency Blog   BigFix Relay Scaling Blog BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Rosario Gangemi, BigFix Master Architect, tells us about coding in hexidecimal, creating a strobe light with solder for him and his friends to party to, and his journey to BigFix.  He'll also speak to the exciting new directions the BigFix Product is going in this October 2021 interview.NOTE: We had some trouble recording this episode. The audio quality is not as high as it typically is. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Dexter Liu, BigFix WebUI and Unified Endpoint Management Development Lead tells us about his journey to BigFix, including qualifying BigFix for patch management while still in college, and the exciting new features he and his team are working to bring to life in this July 2021 interview. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

This episode is what we call a Rewind...the audio only portion of content that was originally created in another form – a webinar, conference speech, or product demonstration - that we wanted to share with you here.   BigFix released version 10.0.4 in July of 2020.  This rewind uses the original audio from a webinar held on 29-July hosted by Dan Wolff and including Matt Mangan and Zane Sanderson talking through the capabilities, including a demo. The visual part of the demo starts at ~17:00 and ends at ~38:00 if you want to skip that part. Look for chapters, including one that can be skipped for the demo if you have a podcast player that supports episode chapters.  Original webinar content link here.     BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Have you ever wondered how you can get training on BigFix usage and how we're evolving our offerings in this space?  Wonder no more!  Join us for this Inside BigFix conversation with Mark Leaphart, BigFix Enablement and Training Lead, where we discuss all things training.  You'll get to know some of our instructors and get some insight into where we're going next!Resources BigFix Training & Enablement BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

This episode is what we call a Rewind...the audio only portion of content that was originally created in another form – a webinar, conference speech, or product demonstration - that we wanted to share with you here.   We love our customers at BigFix, and we’re really happy when they love us enough to participate in Customer Focus Interview sessions which we can share with you.  This Customer Focus session, BigFix Customer Focus: UC Berkeley, includes a one-on-one conversation with Clifton Hom from UC Berkeley. We'll discuss how BigFix Lifecycle and Inventory help solve their endpoint management problems. Resources Original webinar content link here.   BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

Dante Fasciani, BigFixer and Product Owner focused on our BigFix Platform and Cloud product development tells us about his journey to BigFix and the exciting new features he and his team are working to bring to life in this February 2021 interview. BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube

It's been nearly a year since BigFix Version 10 was released.  It was a big release with a lot of new capabilities and we've only continued to innovate since then.  In this March 2021 panel discussion, we're diving into the features we started with, how BigFix has evolved, and our path forward for 2021 and beyond.BigFix Version 10 Topics: Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) Modern Client Management (MCM) Multi Cloud BigFix Resources BigFix Website BigFix LinkedIn BigFix Forum BigFix Slack BigFix YouTube