Building the technology components catalog
To address the CTO's concerns about redundant and unused technology, we need information in our repository for all equipment at ABC Trading. From the repository, we will identify the services provided by each technology. Where two or more technologies provide the same service, we have a potential duplicate. We can then analyze the usage of each technology to determine whether we might be able to eliminate one of them. First, let's look at what the technology components catalog is.
Defining the technology components catalog
Simply put, the technology components catalog is a list of all hardware, system software, and equipment in use at ABC Trading. Examples of hardware include servers, storage devices, networking devices, and so on. Examples of equipment include server racks, coolers, humidifiers, sensors, and much more.
System software includes such things as operating systems, database software, storage or backup systems...