BDNA announced BDNA Insight 5.0, adding several new features, support for virtual environments, and a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model. Providing a complete system of record of networked resources, as well as analytics for security, procurement, and operations, BDNA Insight gives executives in the Office of the CIO the comprehensive business view required for managing today’s complex and changing IT environments.

BDNA Insight combines agentless, high-speed, and detailed verification of all software and product assets with corporate ownership information and a product catalog containing more than 100,000 records of public market data. Within days, customers gain the most comprehensive and accurate view of their IT environment.

In addition, BDNA Insight delivers analytics designed specifically for the Office of the CIO, while complementing the traditional operational systems required to monitor system health and performance. The overall solution helps organizations save millions of dollars and mitigate the business risk on key initiatives, such as data center and server consolidation, virtualization, standardization, outsourcing, and license optimization.

“Running IT operations like a business provides significant benefits, including raising IT credibility, but success requires significant commitment and perseverance,” said Patricia Adams, research director at Gartner. “By proving that IT organizations have control over ‘the business’ of IT, they become participants in the larger design goals of enterprise strategies.”

“No other solution supports the level of accountability and transparency required by today’s enterprise CIO, who is directly responsible for keeping a pulse on the business of IT,” said Ray Homan, CEO of BDNA. “In response to market needs, we designed BDNA Insight to enhance executive confidence in the decisions driving cost reduction while improving risk and security management.”

New features in BDNA Insight 5.0 include:

• BDNA FactBase
• Virtual Environment Support
• SaaS Delivery Model