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BigFix, Inc., was an American company focusing on reducing the cost and complexity of managing networked desktop, mobile, and server computers. From its origins as a PC self-help application, the company’s products expanded to enable delivery of a wide variety of on-demand endpoint management services that include asset inventory/discovery, security vulnerability detection and remediation, software distribution, IT compliance reporting, patch management, software license management, security policy enforcement, and endpoint device power consumption management.〔(Business Journal'' ), November 12, 2008〕 Founded in 1997, BigFix is headquartered in Emeryville, California. On July 1, 2010, IBM announced a deal to acquire BigFix for an undisclosed amount.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32026.wss )〕 According to Bloomberg, IBM paid approximately $400 million in the deal, which closed on July 20, 2010. In 2011, IBM changed the name of BigFix to IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (TEM), but then shortened the name to IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM) in 2013. IBM changed the name back to BigFix on July 7, 2015 due to popular market demand. ==Corporate history== BigFix, Inc., was founded in 1997 in Emeryville, California. The company’s initial product was a user self-service system management application that was marketed to OEM PC manufacturers. In 2002, the company developed BigFix software into a vehicle for enterprise-scale networked desktop, mobile and server computer management. This decisively shifted the focus of the company from consumer to enterprise markets. Initial uses of what became the BigFix platform centered on security patch management, which was identified as a significant pain point at that time for enterprise IT departments. In 2007, BigFix expanded its scope to address specific IT infrastructure management solution areas: security threat suppression (BigFix Endpoint Protection), enterprise security configuration management (BigFix Security Configuration and Vulnerability Management) and enterprise systems management (BigFix Systems Lifecycle Management). In 2009, BigFix entered an exclusive partnership with Trend Micro to deliver the Web Protection Module to protect endpoints against web threats and the Core Protection Module which incorporates Trend Micro's OfficeScan AV security component into the BigFix management architecture. The company now has more than 900 customers, and BigFix products have been licensed to manage more than 9 million computing devices. Key markets for BigFix include: banking, financial services, manufacturing, government, education, and healthcare. Representative customers include:Pitney Bowes, Stanford University, SunTrust Banks, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the US Department of Energy. On July 20, 2010, IBM acquired BigFix, Inc. for an undisclosed sum,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32149.wss )〕 and integrated the BigFix product into its Tivoli Software portfolio under the new name IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager(TEM). On March 5, 2013, IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager was renamed by IBM once again and became IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM). On July 7 2015, IBM changed the name of IBM Endpoint Manager back to IBM BigFix. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BigFix Inc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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