New BDNA Solution Transforms Microsoft® SMS IT Asset Discovery Data Into Usable, Actionable Information
December 8 Webinar to Showcase BDNA SMS Normalization Capabilities and How Enterprises Save Time and Money with Quick Access to Meaningful Data
2009-12-01
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Dec. 1, 2009 – BDNA, the leading provider of agentless IT inventory solutions, today announced BDNA SMS Data Normalization, a new solution that quickly and accurately transforms IT asset data discovered with Microsoft® SMS into usable, relevant and actionable information. Using the industry’s richest IT catalog, BDNA Catalog, discovered products are normalized and categorized in common taxonomy, saving enterprises considerable time and resources.
Whether responding to a vendor software audit, looking to rationalize or consolidate data centers or servers or simply wanting to effectively manage IT assets, the starting point is getting a comprehensive understanding of IT inventory. Microsoft SMS is a powerful solution used by enterprises worldwide for everything from remote control, patch management and software distribution. Despite substantial investments in the deployment and maintenance of their SMS implementations, IT organizations often find it both difficult and labor-intensive to interpret and comprehend the massive amount of raw IT asset data generated by SMS. Unlike normalization solutions from CMDB vendors, BDNA’s SMS solution provides output in a documented, open format that can be exported into any third-party product.
“Tracking IT assets has never been more critical. Are you equipped to survive an audit, and do you have a complete and accurate record of all assets enterprise-wide?” asks Ido Sarig, chief evangelist and vice president of marketing at BDNA. “The new BDNA SMS normalization solution, coupled with the industry’s most comprehensive catalog, gives enterprises the tools they need to leverage existing investments in SMS to quickly and reliably transform millions of lines of data code into usable, actionable IT asset information that will be invaluable in the event of an audit.”
Key features and benefits of the BDNA SMS Data Normalization solution include:
- Normalizes data so different variants of the same name will be rolled into the same category, each product is categorized in the taxonomy;
- Exports data to any third-party tool – not tied to a particular CMDB or asset management solution;
- Detailed product lifecycle information, such as release date, end of life date, support status, energy and power consumption information;
- Transforms Microsoft SMS data into usable information by handling multiple inventory data sources – not just SMS.
BDNA will host a free webinar, titled “Transform your Microsoft SMS Data into Actionable Information Quickly & Accurately,” on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET. Attendees will learn how one of the world’s largest financial service companies used BDNA’s solution to create an accurate and up-to-date CMDB, providing more detailed analysis of their IT environment and enabling more informed decision makinglive demo of BDNA’s SMS normalization capabilities, as well as the BDNA Catalog, the industry’s most comprehensive and complete repository of market and technology information, will be shown. To register for the free webinar, go to: http://info.bdna.com/SMSwebinar.html. at a fraction of the time and cost it would have taken to interpret solely using SMS. Additionally, a
BDNA enables Global 2000 enterprises to implement cost-cutting initiatives, which result in a dramatic reduction of operating budget. The company’s patented solutions uniquely combine agentless, high-speed and detailed inventory of all software and hardware assets with the industry’s most comprehensive and complete technology repository. BDNA Catalog, inclusive of products, vendors, versions, support information, power consumption and much more, accelerates the success of critical IT projects such as data center consolidation, software license compliance and green IT initiatives through increased certainty, relevance and currency of information. Given the IT market is in constant change due to launch of new IT initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, new product release rollouts, end of life for existing technologies, even bankruptcies, enterprises simply can’t afford to not have their latest product information at their fingertips.
About BDNA Corporation
BDNA’s software provides IT organizations the tools to significantly reduce IT spending through a best-in-class agentlessdiscovery, the industry’s best IT products catalog and award-winning IT asset management solutions. Our 350 customers are trendsetters in ROI-driven initiatives; they include HSBC, Lockheed
