<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 9 Patch 24 (9.5.24.55) of BigFix Platform.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">The main features in this release are as follows:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext">Security enhancements</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext">Defect Articles (DA) and defect fixes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext">Upgraded the following libraries:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">libcURL to version 8.5.0</span></li></ul></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Additional information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 9.5 Utilities section on the </span><span lang="IT"><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">.</span></li></ul><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt">References</span></b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">See the full </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-95.txt" style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">technical changelist</span></a><span style="font-size:16px">.</span></span></li></ul><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt">Pre-Upgrade Considerations</span></b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">All BigFix Platform components are being released in this patch.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Ensure to STOP the WebUI and any other active application connecting to the BigFix database BEFORE starting the upgrade.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_bigfix_server.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Server Requirements info</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">). This applies to version 9.5 Patch 17 and later.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">A manual Server upgrade is required if you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.5.5. Refer to </span><span lang="IT"><a href="https://bigfix-wiki.hcltechsw.com/wikis/home?lang=en-gb#!/wiki/BigFix%20Wiki/page/BigFix%209.5.5%20Release%20Notes" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">BigFix 9.5.5 Release Notes</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> for more information.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Useful links</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><br>BigFix </span><span lang="IT"><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.5/patch24/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">downloads and release</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> information</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center</b></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">BigFix Server on Linux</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">BigFix Server on Windows</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12pt"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version <b><span style="color:black">1487</span></b> (or later).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Discuss this on the <font color="#ff0000"><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-9-5-patch-24-is-now-available/47602">forum</a>.</font></span></p></div>