CASE STUDY


Managing a Fleet of IT Assets


The US Navy operates not only the world’s largest collection of ships, submarines, naval aviation, and amphibious ground forces, its IT infrastructure of over 400,000 computers spans the globe, going wherever the Navy goes. The Navy runs on computers every bit as much as it runs on sea and air vessels, rendering the task of managing and securing of its IT resources a vital national interest. To improve returns on its $6 billion annual IT budget and bring greater consistency to governance of its global IT infrastructure, the Navy has recruited BDNA Discover and Normalize as its IT asset management conning tower, chart house, and compass.


The Challenge Few of the world’s top enterprises run an IT operation as vast and complex as that of the US Navy. Operating hundreds of locations,


IT infrastructure from smallest to largest.


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