[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Catalog 20251128 Update published 2025-12-03

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Inventory Team is proud to announce the new version of BigFix
Inventory Catalog.

Product:
BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20251128.

Published site version:

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 31

Features:

 Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20251128:

   -

   Discovery of 80+ new software versions including but not limited to the
   following software manufacturers like BellSoft, Dell & Oracle.
   -

   Added software Categories data for 13070 software components and
   software License type data for 36 software products.  This data is powered
   by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and verified in-house for selected vendors
   to provide accuracy close to 90%.
   -

   Updated EOS details for IBM Software.
   -

   Optimization for catalog processing by removing old software signatures
   from BigFix Inventory main catalog.  Deleted 90+ signatures out of which 40
   are deleted as a part of clean up activity (this content is still available
   as custom signatures on demand if needed when requested through the support
   channel) and remaining 50 are replaced with 7 template signatures to enable
   discovery of multiple versions - current and future.


To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in
this application update, refer to the release notes.

Catalog:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20251128-ReleaseNotes.pdf

To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in
BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed:
To apply new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update
Fixlet ( BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then
wait for the next data import.

For more information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix
Inventory application, refer to the user documentation:

https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/welcome/BigFix_Inventory_welcome.html

To find out more about Catalog Updates, visit:  Catalog Overview
<https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/Discovery/Catalog_overview_main.html>

 We hope you find this latest release of BigFix Inventory Catalog content
useful and effective.

 Thank you!

 – The BigFix Inventory Team
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