HCL BigFix

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HCL BigFix
Headquarters Mysore, Karnataka, India
ProductsBigFix Compliance, BigFix Inventory, BigFix Insights, BigFix Lifecycle, BigFix Modern Client Management, BigFix Remediate, BigFix on Cloud
Number of employees
1
Parent HCLSoftware (HCLTech)
Website www.hcl-software.com/bigfix

HCL BigFix is an endpoint management platform that automates the discovery, management, and remediation of all endpoints, including virtual, cloud, and on-premise endpoints. HCL BigFix automates the management, patching, and inventory of nearly 100 operating systems. [1]

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History

In 2010, IBM acquired BigFix, Inc., [2] a software developer out of Emeryville, California, and its endpoint security platform, which is also called BigFix. [3] Under IBM, BigFix went through a series of re-brandings, including a 2013 release as IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM). Then, in 2018, India-based software company HCL acquired BigFix in a $1.8 billion purchase of select IBM software products. [4] [5] [6]

Relevance language

Relevant language enables authors to query the hardware and software properties of networked clients. Developed for BigFix prior to its purchase by IBM, the Relevance language provides an interface displaying information about a client, such as processor usage or available disk space, and it allows for real-time modifications of all clients in the network. Relevance language abstracts platform-specific query mechanisms like proc filesystems (procfs) and SIM, and it is capable of responding faster than native alternatives, like Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). [7]

ActionScript

ActionScript is a scripting language used in BigFix. ActionScript provides an interface to administer clients. ActionScript abstracts platform-specific scripting differences like directory traversal, script execution, and flow control, allowing an administrator to write a script once and apply it across all platforms. [8]

Platform components

The core HCL BigFix platform can be extended using additional components:

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