<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 25 (9.5.25.11)
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="color:black;margin:0cm;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="color:black;margin:0cm;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="color:black;margin:0cm;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 8.6.0</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)"><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>
<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-size:11pt;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="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">technical changelist</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">.</span></li>
</ul>
<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)"><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)"><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">Useful links</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><br>
BigFix </span><span lang="IT"><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.5/patch25/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><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">Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center</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)"><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)"><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">1490</span></b> (or later).</span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Discuss this on the <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-platform-9-5-patch-25-is-now-available/48580">forum</a>.</span><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>