Standardization: The x Factor in Streamlining Windows 7 Migrations
Windows 7 migration projects create an opportunity to rationalize hardware and software applications, as well as streamline deployment images. This paper describes the mPower Standardize™ Service which uses normalized data provided by BDNA to accelerate migrations and to drive down complexity, software along in addition to lowering desktop management costs.
Strengthened Security Through Visibility
Whether in the physical realm or the digital, security professionals understand that one of the most important elements of strengthening one’s defenses is visibility. A thorough and detailed picture of one’s IT estate is key to the ability to protect that infrastructure from both outside and inside threats. Learn about: Rogue Assets, the Rise of Compliance, Security Tool Visibility, and the BDNA Visibility Advantage
Putting Windows 7 Migration on the Fast Track
Windows 7 is the single biggest release since Windows XP and will have a major impact on your enterprise. From management, to security, to virtualization to application development--every aspect of your IT infrastructure will be affected. Whichever path you take--upgrading an infrastructure over a multi-year refresh cycle or installing Windows 7 on existing computers--it’s critical to gain complete visibility into your infrastructure to ensure a smooth and cost effective upgrade to Windows 7.
As spending on software approaches 25% of business IT expense, organizations are urgently looking for ways to reduce software expense, without impacting the normal course of business that software enables. Yet, without accurate information on software inventories, effective management of software is nearly impossible. This white paper examines how BDNA’s Discovery solution, powered by Technopedia, provides IT decision makers with a comprehensive and authoritative source of facts about all assets and layers of IT in order to support the procurement process.
Mine the Gold in Microsoft SCCM Configuration Data
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is the leading solution for enterprise system management used by many of the largest, most IT intensive organizations world-wide. BDNA helps customers refine raw SCCM asset configuration data into human-readable structured information for strategic decision making. Learn how to:
- Automate normalization and data synthesis utilizing Technopedia; the library of 90,000+ IT hardware, software, & devices
- Integrate non-Microsoft operating systems, applications and non-Intel hardware
- Incorporate non-discoverable Market data such as name changes, end-of-life information, support levels, etc., which adds context to the asset information
Businesses today depend heavily on technology, and expect transparency and accountability from the IT organization. But CIOs attempting to measure and manage the business of IT struggle with a significant ‘data deficit’ when it comes to the technology distributed throughout the enterprise. Little is known about exactly what technology is deployed, where it resides and how it is used. Essential, strategic decisions are often based on incomplete information and best guesses, not measurement and analysis.
BDNA Discover solves this problem, providing the Office of the CIO and IT management with a single, communicable version of the truth: the BDNA FactBase. The FactBase becomes a trusted system of record for all assets and layers of IT resources. It is created by deploying high-speed, 100% agentless discovery technology. This paper discusses the core discovery technology that enables the rapid and comprehensive verification of technology assets throughout the enterprise.
Planning, Implementing and Maintaining Successful, Cost-Effective Virtualization Initiatives
If not managed properly, virtual environments can become a liability. To effectively manage the business of IT in today's increasingly virtualized environment, CIOs need visibility and relevant insight into the IT environment spanning physical and virtual machines throughout the enterprise. You will learn:
- How to identify virtualization opportunities
- How to prevent virtual sprawl
- How to maintain compliance in the virtual environment
- How to manage virtualization complexity.
Planning, Implementing and Maintaining Successful, Cost-Effective Virtualization Initiatives
If not managed properly, virtual environments can become a liability. To effectively manage the business of IT in today's increasingly virtualized environment, CIOs need visibility and relevant insight into the IT environment spanning physical and virtual machines throughout the enterprise. You will learn:
- How to identify virtualization opportunities
- How to prevent virtual sprawl
- How to maintain compliance in the virtual environment
- How to manage virtualization complexity.
The Parallel Worlds of Federal Real Estate and IT Asset Consolidation
Walker White, CTO, BDNA, published an article on CTOEdge.com comparing efforts to consolidate physical real-estate in the Federal Government with similar efforts in IT infrastructures.
BDNA—Asset Content for Business-Oriented Service Management; by Ptak, Noel & Associates
Remember the dictum "content is king" that was pervasive during the internet's early stages? When dealing with issues of complexity in managing the ever-changing IT infrastructure, content is still king. One "content" fundamental for any business-oriented server management (BSM) strategy involves what IT assets exist, what assets are being used, and how assets fulfill business purposes. Yet, the process of obtaining the IT asset content required for BSM purposes remains elusive. The recent announcement of Technopedia™, as part of BDNA's IT Genome Center, addresses part of that elusive need.
Optimize your IT Environment for Service Delivery; by EMA
IT services and the hardware and software infrastructure supporting them have become increasingly critical to enterprises and mid-tier businesses – as they are producing competitive advantages in productivity, revenue generation, and enabling new, more effective business models. At the same time, cost pressures from macro-economic factors are constraining IT budgets and IT resources dramatically. Clearly then, proceeding with traditional approaches to managing and optimizing infrastructure, software and operational assets and services can’t answer all the demands of this brave new world.
As a result, there has never been a better time for new and innovative technology solutions to help enable more effective ways for communicating, monitoring and managing IT and business infrastructure, hardware and software investments.
