[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Catalog 20260615 Update published 2026-06-17

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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

Product:
BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20260615.

Published site version:

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 43

Features:

 Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20260615:


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   BigFix Inventory can detect and discover 50+ AI software titles from
   leading manufacturers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Perplexity, Google,
   Amazon, Microsoft, and Windsurf, covering a broad range of emerging product
   categories and giving organizations full visibility into their AI tooling
   landscape. Coverage for Windows and Linux is provided through catalog
   signatures, while Mac OS is supported via a catalog-less mechanism within
   the BigFix Inventory server.
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   Discovery of 400+ new software versions including but not limited to the
   following software manufacturers like Amazon, AutoDesk, Google, Microsoft,
   Open Text, Palo Alto Networks, Salesforce, & VMware
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   Added 20 new Publishers to Catalog
   -

   Added AI Software categories and  License type information for 50+ AI
   Software Components & Products.
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   Publishers and categories for AI software were aligned to support both
   catalog based and Mac OS catalog-less discovery


   -

   Refreshed EOS information for the Adobe software components (14 Added,
   31 Updated)
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   Optimization for Catalog processing by removing old software signatures
   from the BigFix Inventory main Catalog.  Deleted 25+ signatures.



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-20260615-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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