Talk:HCL BigFix

Renaming this page

 * BigFix was acquired by HCL Technologies in 2019, and now the product is Trademarked as HCL BigFix. The page title needs update, as current title is misleading. 142.112.7.44 (talk) 15:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Performing the page move as the owner has changed to HCL. (talk) 16:07, 13 Sept 2023 (UTC)

Updating this document
I'll be updating this document to add references for the claims and try to make it sound less like an ad. If you have any issues with the edits please let me know/revert them and we can discuss them here. Thanks Strawgate (talk) 19:58, 18 June 2015 (UTC)


 * BigFix was acquired by HCL Technologies in 2019, and now the product is Trademarked as HCL BigFix. The page title needs update, as current title is misleading. 142.112.7.44 (talk) 15:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

- Adding the same categories as the SCCM document Also -- I think we can probably now rename it to IBM Endpoint Manager Strawgate (talk) 22:51, 18 June 2015 (UTC) Tivoli Endpoint Manager → IBM Endpoint Manager – Since version 9.0, "IBM Endpoint Manager" is the new official name of the product(as also the Article itself says), replacing "Tivoli Endpoint Manager".

I have redone the architecture and components sectionsStrawgate (talk) 22:51, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I'd also like to remove the advertisement and list tags on the article. Thoughts? Strawgate (talk) 02:37, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Article reads like an ad
Parts of this article were taken directly from the Tivoli endpoint managers administrators guide v8.1 page 1:

IBM® Endpoint Manager aims to solve the increasingly complex problem of keeping your critical systems updated, compatible, and free of security issues. It uses patented Fixlet technology to identify vulnerable computers in your enterprise. With just a few mouse-clicks you can remediate them across your entire network from a central console. Fixlet messages are powerful, flexible, and easily customized. Using Fixlet technology, you can:

http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/Tivoli_Endpoint_Manager_Administrators_Guide_81.pdf

Note, this material is copyrighted IBM

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was no consensus. --BDD (talk) 18:03, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Tivoli Endpoint Manager → IBM Endpoint Manager – Since version 9.0, "IBM Endpoint Manager" is the new official name of the product(as also the Article itself says), replacing "Tivoli Endpoint Manager". --Relisted. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:52, 8 May 2014 (UTC) Andybergon (talk) 17:30, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now. Per WP:AN the article names follow names that are used in independent reliable sources, not the official names. For now there is no single reliable independent source in the article, thus no indication that this subject is worth article under any name at all. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk•track) 12:23, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Consider switching away from a company infobox
It doesn't seem like BigFix has been a company in a while, could we consider switching to another infobox template? Jaidenstar (talk) 17:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)