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Server-based discovery system has identified more than 250,000 devices
The U.S. Navy has launched its first enterprise-wide IT asset management initiative, which is expected to help it make more-effective decisions on the thousands of disparate systems it has deployed worldwide.
Since January, the Navy has been using hosted software from Mountain View, Calif.-based BDNA Corp. to scan the IP addresses of hardware and software residing in U.S. facilities on its sprawling MCI Inc. network.
The effort has enabled the Navy to identify and locate more than 250,000 systems installed in some 200 locations, said Capt. Chris Christopher, a leader in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Information Technology in Arlington,...