Supported technology

To give you a clear roadmap of what a modern enterprise discovery engine like OpenText Universal Discovery maps, here is a structured list of core infrastructure and application technologies categorized by layer, alongside their dominant market vendors.

Physical & Virtual Infrastructure Layer

The foundational hardware, computing instances, and virtualization fabrics that host all enterprise workloads.

• Physical Servers (Bare Metal):
• • Examples: Dell Technologies (PowerEdge), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE ProLiant), Lenovo (ThinkSystem), Cisco (UCS).
• Virtualization Hypervisors:
• • Examples: VMware (vSphere/ESXi), Microsoft (Hyper-V), Red Hat (KVM/RHV), Nutanix (AHV).
• Storage Infrastructure (SAN/NAS):
• • Examples: NetApp (ONTAP), Dell (PowerStore/Isilon), Pure Storage (FlashArray), HPE (Alletra), IBM.
• Network & Security Devices:
• • Examples: Cisco Systems (Catalyst/Nexus), Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5 Networks (BIG-IP Load Balancers).

Cloud & Container Infrastructure Layer

Ephemeral, software-defined infrastructure typical of modern cloud-native deployment patterns.

• Public Cloud Platforms (IaaS/PaaS):
• • Examples: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Container Orchestration:
• • Examples: Kubernetes (Native), Red Hat OpenShift, Suse Rancher, Amazon EKS, Microsoft AKS, Google GKE.
• Private & Hybrid Cloud Frameworks:
• • Examples: VMware Cloud Foundation, HyperV, KVM, XEN, Nutanix Cloud Platform, OpenStack.

Database & Data Management Layer

The data tier responsible for managing structured, semi-structured, and cached enterprise data.

• Relational Databases (RDBMS):
• • Examples: Oracle (Database 19c/23c), Microsoft (SQL Server), IBM (Db2), PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• NoSQL & Big Data Databases:
• • Examples: MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Couchbase, Amazon DynamoDB.
• Cloud Data Warehousing & Analytics:
• • Examples: Snowflake, Databricks, Teradata, Google BigQuery.
• In-Memory Databases & Caching:
• • Examples: Redis, Memcached, SAP HANA.

Middleware & Application Runtime Layer

The connective tissue that hosts application code, routes messaging, and manages runtime environments.

• Application Servers (Java/JEE & .NET):
• • Examples: Oracle (WebLogic), IBM (WebSphere), Red Hat (JBoss EAP), Apache Software Foundation (Tomcat), Microsoft (.NET Core / IIS).
• Message Brokers & Integration Middleware:
• • Examples: Apache Kafka, IBM (MQ), RabbitMQ, MuleSoft (Anypoint), TIBCO Software.
• Web Servers & Reverse Proxies:
• • Examples: Nginx, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft IIS, HAProxy.

Enterprise Enterprise Applications Layer (Layer 7)

The core business software systems supporting corporate operations, typically containing the most critical configuration items. With latest AI features, Universal discovery is capable to automaticaly populate topology from business service to supporting infrastructure.

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP):
• • Examples: SAP (S/4HANA), Oracle (Fusion Cloud/NetSuite), and others.

Discovery Note: A robust Universal Discovery platform leverages dedicated "Content Packs" to keep its signatures up to date, ensuring it can read the configuration attributes unique to each vendor listed above. Content packs are updated quarterly

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