Asset Discovery

What's on your network? How many servers, laptops, desktops and other devices do you have at any given point in time? How are they configured? Now for the larger question: how confident are you in that data? The scary truth is that you may be basing your entire IT strategy on inaccurate information about your computing environment.

Networks are dynamic, but unfortunately the tools used to identify and assess the state of the network typically can't keep the pace of that change. By the time a scan is completed or results from disparate management tools are compiled, the data is moldy. Also, while some tools may go "wide", they fail to go "deep" in terms of detailed information on the properties of the asset. For example, computer characteristics such as OS version, installed and running applications, hardware components, attached peripherals, domain/workgroup membership, open network and file shares can provide crucial insight into IT operational problem solving and, without it, many IT staff are flying blind.

BigFix Asset Discovery goes both wide and deep, delivering results in minutes for all your assets - cross-platform, whether they are connected to your network or not.

What is BigFix Asset Discovery?

Included as part of both the Systems Lifecycle Management and Security Configuration and Vulnerability Management suites, BigFix Asset Discovery delivers pervasive visibility and control to IT operations. It ensures organizations truly identify all IP-addressable devices quickly, with minimal network impact. BigFix managed devices can be used to initiate the discovery process, allowing each subnet to be scanned in parallel or independently with results analyzed locally and consolidated for reporting back to the central management server. Newly-discovered endpoints can easily be brought under management with a local deployment of the BigFix Agent in just a few minutes for interrogation and management of tens of thousands of computer settings.

Features and Benefits

• Unique distributed scanning architecture for low-impact, low-latency device detection and reporting
• Fast, complete identification of all IP-enabled devices, whether they run the BigFix Agent or not
• Real-time reporting of open ports and services in use
• Quickly and easily deploy the BigFix Agent to servers, workstations, PCs and mobile devices to query tens of thousands of computer properties
• Immediately identify undocumented and suspicious devices
• Highly scalable with minimal impact on network operations