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Technopedia is the world’s largest categorized repository of information on enterprise software and hardware. It represents the intellectual property treasure chest of BDNA that we share with our customers, partners, and the broader IT community. Technopedia data can be accessed easily – either from the web or within the enterprise.
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200,000+
Current Software Products
Software Products
Whether you want to simply negotiate a better agreement with a strategic vendor or to achieve vendor consolidation through strategic sourcing, you need current and relevant insight into IT. By delivering transparency and visibility into the enterprise-wide IT infrastructure, BDNA solutions help procurement teams measure and manage the effectiveness of their strategies for optimal IT investments. As spending on software approaches 25% of business IT expense, organizations are urgently looking for ways to reduce software expense, without impacting the normal course of business that software enables. Technopedia categorizes and aligns over 190,000 software products to deliver consistent, accurate, business relevant information. Daily updated market data from Technopedia ensures the most complete picture of the IT estate. This results in accurate analysis for better business decisions.
- Categorization
Categorization
BDNA aligns every product in the catalog to a two-tier categorization system. Whether you need a streamlined method to define your IT functions or to research products in a specific category, BDNA can help.
Software Properties
To manage software effectively, you need to know more than the name of a product. You need contextual information to determine its value and risk. BDNA provides this context with over 28,000,000 data points such as:
- Suite Information
Suite Information
Is the product part of a suite? If so, what are the other components in the suite? BDNA provides this information, making it easy to determine product relationships, depencies, and cost.
- Licensability
Licensability
Is the product free or licensed by a vendor? Is the product licensed by the number of total users or concurrent users, or another metric such as the number of CPUs, cores, PVUs, etc? Are there other licensing options? This information is invaluable when choosing new technologies or negotiating with vendors and it's all in the Technopedia catalog.
- Application Compatability
Application Compatability
Is the product compatible with Windows 7 or Windows 8? How about Windows Server 2008 or 2012? Can you deploy it on virtualization technologies from VMware and Citrix? All of this information is in the Technopedia catalog.
- Support Information
Support Information
When was this product released and when will the vendor stop providing updates and patches? Risk assessments and enterprise planning are dependent on this information and it's all in the Technopedia catalog.
- Common Platform Enumeration
Common Platform Enumeration
Security teams rely on Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) values to find vulnerabilities in their environment. Technopedia provides pre-generated CPE values for every product in the Technopedia catalog, ensuring security professionals are able to accurately define the risk associated with any deployed products.
Hardware Products
Technopedia categorizes and aligns over 300,000 hardware products, delivering consistent and accurate information that’s business-relevant and vital to IT operations. Your enterprise can integrate this master data set with IT tools such as asset discovery software, enterprise architecture systems, procurement applications, and the like. This integration can be a potent mix, driving long-term benefits through cost savings, data center optimization, and a reduction in energy consumption. Technopedia is updated daily to ensure your decisions are driven by the most accurate and up-to-date information.
- Categorization
Categorization
BDNA aligns every product in the catalog to a two-tier categorization system. Whether you need a streamlined method to define your IT functions or to research products in a specific category, BDNA can help.
Hardware Properties
To manage hardware effectively, you need to know more than the basics. You need contextual information to determine its size, operating system compatibility, power consumption, and more. BDNA provides this context with over 28,000,000 data points such as:
- Physical Dimensions
Physical Dimensions
How many rack units will this product require? In what form factors is it available (Tower, Desktop, Rack, Floor etc.)? If I virtualize all of a particular model, how will that affect my footprint? Hardware dimensions are critical when planning, migrating, or consolidating data centers. BDNA ensures you have all available dimension data for every hardware product.
- Lifecycle
Lifecycle
When was this model released and when will the manufacturer stop selling it? Determining whether to standardize on an existing platform or migrate to another requires intimate knowledge of the product lifecycle. In the Technopedia catalog, you will find all available lifecycle data.
- Power Attributes
Power Attributes
How much power does this model require? How much cooling will the data center require if we standardize on a specific model? How much can I save in cooling and power if I virtualize a specific model? Does the model have an EPEAT or Energy Star certification? The information required to answer these questions is in the Technopedia catalog.
- OS System Requirements
OS System Requirements
Is this model designed for server or client operating systems? What are the minimum, recommended, optimal, and maximum configuration requirements? This vital information ensures you can run an efficient, optimized IT environment.
- IBM Licensing Models
IBM Licensing Models
Are you running IBM products in your environment? Do you have the information to caculate the PVUs to determine the licensing costs? The hardware PVU count required to determine your licensing costs when running IBM software on distributed processor technologies is provided in Technopedia.
- Common Platform Enumeration
Common Platform Enumeration
Security teams rely on Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) values to find vulnerabilities in their environment. Technopedia provides pre-generated CPE values for every product in the Technopedia catalog, ensuring security professionals are able to accurately define the risk associated with any deployed products.
300,000+
Current Hardware Products
13,000+
Current Manufacturers
Manufacturers
BDNA is one of a very few specialized providers of IT product master data. Technopedia categorizes and aligns over 500,000 products from over 13,000 manufacturers to deliver consistent, accurate, business relevant information. Technopedia is an extensive, curated data set consisting of hardware and software vendors, their products, release versions, a categorization taxonomy, and availability/end of life/obsolete indicators. The data is rigorously cleaned and normalized; "Oracle" appears just as "Oracle" without variants such as "Oracle Inc" or "Oracle Corporation." Hardware data includes weight, dimensions, power consumption and thermal metrics, and other essential information for data center planners. BDNA also offers SLAs on how often the data will be validated and updated.
- Company Details
Company Details
Yearly revenue, corporate headquarters location, contact information, and other details provided in the Technopedia catalog help you make informed decisions about the manufacturers you choose to do business with.
- Offerings
Offerings
A complete picture of the products provided by a manufacturer provides insight into their primary business and core competencies.
- Offerings
Manufacturer Properties
Determining whether to buy from a specific manufacturer is a big decision. Often, the decision is based on the manufacturer's size, revenue, or product portfolio. The Technopedia catalog provides the information required to research manufacturers and ensure you make an informed decision. This information includes:
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- Lifecycle
- Physical Dimensions
- Licensability
- Suite Information

