BIGFIX BENEFITS
Manage Mobile Computers
Policies executed by a BigFix Agent stay in force even when a managed device leaves an enterprise network. This is particularly important for managing mobile/laptop/notebook computers. Not only can mobile computers stay “in policy” as they roam, BigFix customers can maintain visibility and control over mobile computers by creating enterprise website DMZ areas for BigFix management communications. Any time a BigFix-managed mobile computer connects to the Internet, it automatically connects to the DMZ to report configuration changes and/or receive new policies and content (software, patches, anti-virus updates etc.) from the BigFix Console.
Single Source of Truth
BigFix real-time visibility means that compliance-related information is always ready for reporting without tasking IT departments to undertake time-consuming and inaccurate time-lapsed infrastructure-wide scans. This not only ensures accuracy, but reduces staff workloads, compliance costs, and can take the pain out of an audit. With BigFix you have a single source of truth for inventory, vulnerability, and asset status data for your critical compliance reporting.
BigFix Existing Infrastructure
Customer experience proves that adding BigFix to enhance incumbent IT security and management solutions often results in return on investment gains that exceed the cost of the BigFix license. Whether it’s “BigFixing” Microsoft SMS, Cisco NAC, or managing and reporting on third-party antivirus and anti-spyware products, gains can result in ensuring that they are functioning properly, that they’re up to date with the latest versions, and that the actions they report as “done” have actually taken effect on all your endpoints.
Think Global, Act Local
Regardless of the curveballs that get thrown your way, you can be fully prepared for any eventuality with BigFix. Because you can now directly query your entire infrastructure you can ask questions and get answers to almost anything in seconds and minutes without manual intervention. Need to know battery serial numbers for a manufacturer’s recall? Just ask. Need to know who’s got Adobe Acrobat installed but not using it? Just ask. Need to find out who’s going to be affected by a daylight savings time bug? Just ask. You get immediate answers that eliminate the guesswork and manual costs from your IT equation.
Maintain Business Continuity
BigFix Discovery 7 adds new abilities to configure back-up BigFix Consoles and Servers to maintain infrastructure-wide visibility and control in the face of natural and unnatural disasters. This not only fortifies the availability of BigFix in the face of disruption, but also helps to quickly assess the damage while keeping multiple network segments fully secure and under management until the primary Console can be brought back on-line.
Multinational company reports average patch remediation actions completed in 45 minutes on 20,000 endpoints.
Increasing first pass remediation rates from 70% to 98% saves pharmaceutical manufacturer $750,000 per year.
One $6,000 server manages over 180,000 endpoints at a US West Coast healthcare provider.
Financial services provider reduces FTE administrators required for server patching from three to one, upgrading affected employees to higher value activities.
Major university reports that BigFix has saved it $300,000 in clean-up costs by preempting malware attacks.
Within 90 days of implementing a BigFix solution, global electronics contract manufacturer installed 1,300 ERP software packages (331 Megabytes each) at remote locations.
