ComputerWorld: Navy takes central command of IT assets

“The U.S. Navy recently launched its first enterprisewide IT
asset discovery and management initiative, which is expected to
help it make more effective business decisions on the thousands of
disparate systems it has deployed worldwide.

“Since January, the Navy has been using a hosted software
service from Mountain View, Calif.-based BDNA Corp.s to scan the IP
addresses of hardware and software residing on its sprawling MCI
network…”

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