BigFix White Paper Sample

Certain projects offer IT organizations the greatest opportunity to increase operational efficiency and save company dollars. These include power management, which provides both actual energy cost savings and per-asset utility rebates; patch management, which reduces staffing requirements and eliminates second-pass remediation; software asset management, which avoids inflated licensing costs by enabling you to use only what you need; and infrastructure consolidation, which reduces the number of consoles and number of Full-Time Employees (FTEs) needed to manage them.

BigFix solutions and technologies help IT managers work within budget constraints by offering an unparalleled combination of fast implementation, high Return on Investment (ROI), and low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). With BigFix, one $5,000-10,000 server can manage up to 250,000 endpoints. BigFix administrators enjoy full control of the computing assets at their fingertips and are capable of handling the work of several administrators. Other BigFix benefits include the following:

• Our Power Management solution enables IT organizations to enforce power management settings through a single-console, single-agent infrastructure.
• Our Software Asset Management solution helps enterprises identify under-used software to manage costs. Thorough reporting and analysis functions ensure the best return for your dollar spent.
• BigFix Patch Management can provide cost savings for a variety of IT tasks, including software updates, configuration changes, vulnerability fixes, and software patches.
• BigFix Security Configuration Management delivers cost-effective compliance reporting, facilitating internal and external audits, and streamlining change control processes.