Who is the software catalog provider of SUA

Usage and Config BFI
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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Does anyone know which company provide software catalog in SUA? Is this data source in a standard format?

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

The base catalog is provided in a proprietary schema to IBM by Apptria Technologies. We then do a number of things to the data, including adding additional data, to produce our own catalog schema when we process the base catalog for use within SUA.