2023-08-24 Thursday - Researching Alternatives to Flexera Technopedia

Flexera Technopedia References: 

This blog post is a placeholder to organize some of my research on possible alternatives to Flexera's Technopedia.

1. https://www.flexera.com/flexera-one
   
1. https://www.flexera.com/flexera-one/it-asset-management
   
2. https://resources.flexera.com/web/media/documents/Datasheet-DP-Technopedia.pdf
3. https://community.flexera.com/
1. https://community.flexera.com/t5/Data-Platform-Forum/bd-p/Data-Platform-Discussion  
2. https://community.flexera.com/t5/Data-Platform-Forum/Data-Platform-Information/td-p/281524
   



[source: flexera.com, screenshot of post, 2023-09-01]


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Flexera YouTube Channel:

1. https://www.youtube.com/@FlexeraSoftware
   
2. IT Visibility – Technopedia Catalog and Identification
    

Glossary of Terms:

• End-of-Life (EOL)
  
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 

 

Possible Sourcing Alternatives:

1. (vendor's own product support web site)
   
2. https://www.wikipedia.org/
1. NOTE: There are quite a few software/technology product pages that provide some good EOL and Lifecycle information, or links to the vendor site.
2. For example, Java Development Kit (JDK)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Development_Kit
1. https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html
   
3. https://www.oit.va.gov/Services/TRM/SearchPage.aspx
   
1. https://www.oit.va.gov/Services/TRM/TRMHomePage.aspx
   
2. https://www.oit.va.gov/Services/TRM/TRMHomePage.aspx
   
4. https://endoflife.date/
1. NOTE: As of 2023-09-01, there are only 253 products listed

Backlog to research: 

1. Zluri
2. Augmentt 
3. Zylo
4. BetterCloud
5. Binadox
6. ManageEngine
7. AssetSonar
8. Ampliphae
9. Cledara

 

 

Background Notes:  

Technopedia used to offer an URL where you could lookup information on a given technology. However, sometime prior to 2021 - that URL was deprecated:

https://community.flexera.com/t5/Data-Platform-Forum/Technopedia-Lookup/m-p/172940

 

[image credit: flexera.com]