[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Catalog 20260913 Update published 2026-09-16

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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

Product:
BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20260913

Published site version:

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 48

Features:

 Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20260913:


   -

   Discovery of 330+ new software versions including but not limited to the
   following software manufacturers  like Amazon, Anthropic, Citrix, DeepSeek,
   Google, Intel, Microsoft, Open Text, OpenAI, Oracle, Perplexity, SAP &
   VMware.
   -

   Catalog enhancements for AI Management dashboard:
   -

      Configuration and product definitions adjusted to provide full
      visibility of discovered AI tools on macOS devices.
      -

      Added discovery for OpenCode and Hermes Agent.
      -

      Added bundling information to 7 Web AI Assistant components and added
      3 new products for Web AI Assistant components.
      -

   Product bundling definitions enhancement:
   -

      Product bundling definitions for the HCL BigFix Platform (version 10
      and 11) components and HCL BigFix Remote Control (version 10)
components to
      the HCL BigFix Platform parent product have been added. This is
a reporting
      improvement designed to help easily localize and filter
information within
      inventory reports.
      -

      Product bundling definitions for the HCL Workload Automation(v10.2),
      HCL Hero(v1.0), and HCL Clara(v2.0) components have been added.
      -

      Metric data has been added for 13 Oracle Database Licensable Option
      components to improve license compliance and utilization reporting.
      -

   Added 9 new Publishers to Catalog
   -

   Delivered Idea BFINV-I-525
   <https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-525>


   -

   Optimization for Catalog processing by removing old software signatures
   from BigFix Inventory main Catalog.  Deleted 30+ 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-20260913-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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