<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">The
BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 14 (10.0.14.63)
of BigFix Platform. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The main features in this release are as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Updated API version:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">The API version used by agent to retrieve information
from Azure Cloud was upgraded to Version 2023-07-01.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Upgrade
of the following libraries/drivers:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(23,43,77)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">libssh2 library upgraded to version 1.11.1</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(23,43,77)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Openssl library upgraded to version 1.0.2zl</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Security
enhancements</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Defect
Articles (DA), defect fixes and Serviceability enhancements</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">For
details, see the technical specification section below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Additional
information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The standalone BigFix tools are
published under the 10.0 Utilities section in <a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch14/" style="color:blue">BigFix Enterprise
Suite Download Center</a>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">A Non-Functional Requirements
checklist, covering both performance and security management of your
BigFix deployment, is available at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bigfix-mark.github.io/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix Performance
& Capacity Planning Resources</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">References</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">See the full technical </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-100.txt" target="_blank" style="color:blue">changelist.</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Pre-Upgrade
Considerations</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">This release includes all the
BigFix Platform components. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The unixODBC RPM package is a
prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see <a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_bigfix_server.html" style="color:blue">Server
Requirements</a>). This applies to version 10.0.2 and later.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin
with v9.5.10 or later. For details, see </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">Upgrade considerations</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">For detailed information on the
specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and
databases for BigFix 10, see </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">Detailed system
requirements</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Before getting started with
the upgrade process, stop any active application that is connected to the
BigFix database (such as Web Reports, WebUI, BigFix Inventory, or BigFix
Compliance).</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Useful
links</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch14/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix downloads and release information</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">BigFix 10 documentation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">Home page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">Upgrade considerations</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(23,43,77);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,82,204)">Detailed system
requirements</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)">Upgrade
Fixlets are available in BES Support version </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">1502</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77)"> (or later).</span></p>
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