The Challenge
At Oracle, visibility into their IT infrastructure had become a problem. They identified four problem areas:

• A source of reliable, authoritative information on which to base purchasing decisions
• IT inventory information from acquired companies is often incomplete
• Reliable sources of inventory data to support Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Software licensing, lifecycle schedules, and asset accounting

The Solution
The IT team ultimately selected BDNA Discover as their asset inventory tool of choice. They based the decision on BDNA Discover’s ability to deliver high accuracy during the inventory process, unrivaled breadth and depth of comprehensive software and hardware information contained within Technopedia, and very short time-to-value with actionable information, especially when assessing new environments during the acquisition process.

The Results
Within 3 months of its deployment, using BDNA, the team realized some very valuable benefits:

• The team achieved a 66 percent reduction in space and power footprint in infrastructure consolidation projects, and a two- to ten-fold increase in computing capacity.
• Oracle can perform accurate information technology inventories early in the corporate acquisition process to enable faster and confident IT decision making.
• For enterprise control, BDNA provides the seed data that is needed to support Oracle Enterprise Manager