[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Catalog 20251216 Update published 2025-12-18

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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

Product:
BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20251216.

Published site version:

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 32

Features:

 Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20251216:

   -

    Discovery of 110+ new software versions including but not limited to
   the following software manufacturers like Acronis, IBM, Oracle & SAP.
   -

   EOS feed is extended with  new columns “Standard End of Support”, “Extended
   End of Support” and “Release Date” with data for  2150+ components
   belonging to 12 publishers. For more details visit : Catalog_EOS Details
   <https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/Discovery/Catalog_EOS.html>
   .
   -

   New Publishers “TC UP Team” and “Skyhigh Security” are added to Catalog.



   -

   Optimization for Catalog processing by removing old software signatures
   from BigFix Inventory main Catalog.  Deleted 20+ signatures and they are
   replaced with 5 template signatures to enable discovery of multiple
   versions - current and future.



   -

   Delivered Idea (BFINV-I-469
   <https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-469>).


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-20251216-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: BigFix 11 Inventory
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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