<html><body><p><font size="2" face="Arial">This update contains features that extend software discovery, enhance license reporting and address security scenarios. The key features include:</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Reporting license usage for Adobe Creative Cloud products on Windows (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><br>
<ul><font size="2" face="Arial">BigFix Inventory reports utilization of the Registered User metric for Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe CC) products. The information is extracted during regular software scans directly from computers where Adobe Creative Cloud products are installed. Based on the scan results, the Registered User metric is displayed on the All Metrics report. Detailed information about users is shown on the Software Users report.</font><br><br><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Thanks to this feature, you can track licenses for Adobe CC products to analyze trends, define thresholds and optimize costs by identifying users of unused instances.</font><br></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Tagging software for more flexible categorization</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">You can now tag software components, or instances of the discovered software to classify them. The tags might, for example, emphasize the ownership of a software product, categorize it as a test or free of charge instance, or mark it as blacklisted or approved.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> The reports allow more flexibility and can be customized to carry additional information about software products that are specific to your business.</font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Reporting license usage for IBM Rational portfolio</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Information about the usage of Floating User metric is now available on the All Metrics report for IBM Rational products. The calculations are available thanks to the integration with IBM Rational License Key Server. The usage is provided in the .slmtag files.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> License consumption for IBM Rational portfolio can be monitored and analyzed.</font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Preview: New dashboard and reporting</font></b><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">New dashboard is now available in License Metric Tool </font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The new dashboard presents an improved overview of your inventory and license metrics. Additionally, it contains a quick search that allows you to browse the software inventory by the component name. To view the new dashboard, click Go to New Dashboard & Reporting on the home page.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Extension of the new dashboard and reporting in BigFix Inventory</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The newest additions to the new BigFix Inventory dashboard include the summary of the most important inventory data, recent changes, discovery gaps, and security issues in one place.</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The dashboard is also extended with quick search that allows you to easily find information related to file hashes, file names, vulnerabilities and software components.</font><br></ul></ul><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Improved dashboard experience that makes the summary of the most important information available at a single view.</font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Preview: Detecting malware threats based on SHA-256 file checksums thanks to integration with IBM X-Force Exchange (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">By comparing the classification of the SHA-256 checksums with the information from IBM X-Force Exchange portal, BigFix Inventory displays the reputation of the discovered files on the Scanned Data report. Thus, you can quickly identify which files in your environment pose malware threats.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Thanks to the information about file reputation, you can better identify malware threats in your environment.</font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Migrating software classification with REST API</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">You can use a new REST API request to migrate software classification, for example, when moving agents between the instances of the BigFix servers.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Thanks to the new REST API, you can easily migrate the software classification.</font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Discovery of new components from Citrix, Oracle and SAP (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The software catalog is extended to discover new components from Citrix, Oracle and SAP. To discover the components, ensure that you upgrade BigFix Inventory to version 9.2.14.</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Below is the list of the most important newly added components. To learn about their exact versions, use the Software Catalog widget in BigFix Inventory to browse the catalog content.</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for Citrix products</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Citrix Diagnostics Facility</font><br><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Citrix PowerShell Snap-In</font></ul></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for Oracle products</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Oracle Discoverer</font><br><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Solaris</font></ul></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for SAP products</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">SAP PowerBuilder</font></ul></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for Adobe CC 2019</font><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Improved usage reporting for Java products</font><br></ul><br><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> More visibility into deployed products and components and better license management without the need to develop custom signatures.</font><p></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Information about the end of support dates for Microsoft products (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><font size="2" face="Arial">The end of support dates are automatically populated for Microsoft software that according to information provided on 20 November 2018 is announced to be out of support between 30 November 2015 and 1 November 2021.</font><br><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits: </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial">The information about the end of support dates for the Microsoft software used in your organization is up-to-date and thus, you can prepare for the forthcoming software updates. </font><p></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Security enhancements</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The following components are updated to maintain the highest security standards: </font><p><ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">On the server side:</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">To maintain security, Java is upgraded to the newest version: </font><font size="2" face="Arial">8.0.5.25</font><font size="2" face="Arial">.</font><br><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">WebSphere Application Server Liberty is upgraded to version 18.0.0.3.</font><ul></ul></ul></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">On the endpoint side:</font><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Courier New">o </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Update of the Xerces library to version 3.2.1 on Solaris Sparc and Solaris x86 to keep the scanner secure and reliable.</font><p></ul></ul></ul></ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Support for new virtualization technologies</font></b><ul><ul><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">SLES 11 for PowerVM on Power9 in Power8 compatibility mode.</font><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">SLES 12 for PowerVM on Power9 in native mode.</font><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">SLES 15 on Power9 with disconnected scanner in P9 native mode.</font><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Oracle VM Server for x86, version 3.4.x.</font><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Solaris Kernel Zones on x86 without nested virtualization (not yet announced as IBM subcapacity eligible).</font></ul><br></ul></ul><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Action to take</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">To learn how to get the application update and deploy it as well as to view the full list of new features and APARs that were fixed in this application update, see the following links:</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">BigFix Inventory: </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/bfi_update_9214"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/bfi_update_9214</font></u></a><p><font size="2" face="Arial">License Metric Tool: </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/lmt_update_9214"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/lmt_update_9214</font></u></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Questions</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">If you have any product-related questions, please post them on one of the following forums:</font><p><a href="https://ibm.biz/BFI_Forum"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/BFI_Forum</font></u></a><p><a href="https://ibm.biz/ILMT_Forum"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/ILMT_Forum</font></u></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><p><BR>
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