How to scale your SCCM infrastructure for third-party patching, remote client operations, and application management via a single plug-in ?

Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) delivers an "umbrella" approach for patch and application management, but when it comes to third-party application management and system management operations the process is still tiresome. SCCM current branch allows you to subscribe to third-party catalogs, publish updates to your software update point (SUP), and then deploy them to…