New License Management UI
The new License Management features in the Web UI simplify the most common license management activities.
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Misconfigured Subnet Masks
Dear JDisc friends, since its beginnings, JDisc Discovery collects network interface configuration information such as IP addresses and subnet masks. When everything is properly configured, and the subnet masks are correctly set on the interfaces, then everything is fine. But what happens when that is not the case? So let’s assume your company has two…
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New Feature: Antivirus Software Discovery
Dear JDisc friends, based on several customer enhancement requests, we have extended our Security Add-On to scan the list of installed Antivirus software together with its enabled state and its updated state. The updated state defines whether the Antivirus definition files are up-to-date. This new feature offers a good overview over the Antivirus software used…
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JDisc Discovery: 3rd Party Software Components & Licenses
Dear JDisc friends, we continuously extend JDisc Discovery with new features. However, one important obligation and a common request that arises from our customers is to reference all 3rd party software components along with their respective license. By sharing this information with you, we enhance our software transparency. Additionally, this enables your corporate legal department…
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How much Traffic is caused by the Discovery?
Dear JDisc friends,a frequently asked question that arises from customers and prospects is: how much traffic does the discovery put on the network? Of course, it is not easy to answer this question. There are many factors that influence the generated traffic for a device. For instance, the device type is a major criteria. Scanning…
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JDisc Discovery & i-doit CMDB – 1 Solution, 2 Parts
i-doit is a CMDB solution with many add-ons for use cases such as IT service management, IT documentation, IT asset management and Information security management system (ISMS). Since many years, JDisc and i-doit have a close partnership to provide the capabilities of JDisc Discovery to i-doit customers. Both applications are best-of-class solutions in their space…
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Sales Approach: Why the path to a new inventory tool is so important to us.
Just one click to purchase a software. Might be good for us as a software vendor, but that is not what we really want. The entire company is committed to a transparent sales approach. It is our highest priority that our customers always feel comfortable. And this starts already when interest in our software is…
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Network Creation Policy
Dear JDisc users, We frequently get feedback from our users that JDisc Discovery creates IP4 networks that don’t exist. So what’s the reason for that? The reason is that JDisc Discovery tries to determine all IP addresses and subnet masks for a device. The IP address, together with the subnet mask, defines the IP4 network…
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Discovery for Software Bill of Material (SBOM)
The concept of a bill of material comes originally from manufacturing where you have a plan of the piece of hardware on which you list all parts needed to construct and build the asset. A software bill of materials (SBOM) is the same just for software, a list of all components that make up a…
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JDisc Discovery GraphQL API
Did you know that JDisc Discovery has a API for programmatic access of all the discovery data and functionality? In this article we want to introduce this programming interface and have a deeper look at the how to use it with various programming languages. Most often application have today RESTful APIs, that follow the REST…
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