KANAP is now Kadratis
KANAP is now called Kadratis™. The software, its open source license and the hosting and support offer do not change.
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Notes from the field.
Thoughts on AI, IT, and how Kadratis helps CIOs and their teams.
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Kadratis 26.11.1: everything for an easy start
26.11.1 takes care of your first hour in Kadratis: a guided start in a workspace ready to use, Kad answering your questions about using Kadratis and importing your spreadsheets, and one keyboard-friendly way to create every record. A tour of the release.
Release notes 7 min -
Anticipating end of support
Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2016, Ubuntu 20.04: the end of support date is known, what depends on it rarely is. The Kadratis end of support report names the servers and applications affected, early enough to budget the migration.
IT mapping 5 min -
Server clusters in Kadratis mapping
A SQL Server Always On, a vSphere farm: describe the cluster once. Where your applications belong depending on the kind of cluster, what the members inherit, and impact views that count right.
IT mapping 4 min -
Kadratis 26.10.8: Excel import and export, history in every record
26.10.8 adds Excel import / export to every list in Kadratis, making onboarding and bulk data updates easier. A new “History” tab brings the audit log information into each record. Kad gets better. A tour of the release.
Release notes 7 min -
Technologies: the link between servers and applications
SQL Server, vSphere, Active Directory, Entra ID: what runs between your applications and your servers is missing from most IT registries. With a prefilled catalog, Kadratis makes it the link that connects end of support, vulnerabilities, privileged access and costs.
IT mapping 6 min -
The incident register
A year after an outage, the auditor or the insurer asks for details. When it started, who decided what, who did what, whether the right parties were notified. An incident register must be able to answer these questions, and it gets you ready for NIS2 at the same time.
Compliance & continuity 6 min -
Kadratis 26.10.7: each person sees their own share of the budget
26.10.7 lets you limit a person to chosen companies or cost centers, in read or edit, everywhere in Kadratis. Server clusters now host applications and carry connections. A tour of the release.
Release notes 4 min -
Vulnerabilities: from the CVE to the business application
Every week brings its share of critical vulnerabilities. The real question is: which ones affect your business applications, and who has to act? Kadratis can help, from the published CVE to the recorded decision, including identifying the servers and applications affected.
Compliance & continuity 6 min -
Kadratis 26.10.6: technologies and vulnerabilities
26.10.6 adds technologies to Kadratis, a layer between applications and servers, and vulnerability management. Published vulnerabilities and end of support now reach the business applications they affect. A tour of the release.
Release notes 7 min -
Managing currencies in the IT budget
Everyone enters amounts in their own currency, Kadratis consolidates them in the group's: automatic exchange rates, aligned with your budget rates if you wish, and totals you can trust.
Cost & budget 6 min -
IT contract management in Kadratis
Computed deadlines, recorded renewal decisions, commitments compared with the budget: IT contracts under control in Kadratis.
Cost & budget 7 min -
FTE and daily rates: external contractors in the IT budget
Budget a service the way you buy it, in people, days and prices: Kadratis derives the FTE, the cost per FTE and the daily rate, ready for the committee.
Cost & budget 8 min -
OPEX and CAPEX: the IT budget, ready for the finance review
Operating and capital spending in one place: IT builds its budget simply, and comes to the review with finance ready.
Cost & budget 7 min -
Kadratis 26.10.1, the first published version
Kadratis now ships in numbered, dated versions, about one a month, with release notes and a documented upgrade. Here is what that gives you, and a tour of the product as it stands today.
Release notes 6 min -
Classifying your applications: criticality, data, recovery, the groundwork for NIS2
Business and cyber criticality, data, recovery plan: classifying every application is the work that comes before any NIS2 effort. A method and a tool, without the spreadsheet.
Compliance & continuity 5 min -
Your hardware inventory already exists, and it is in Netbox
The infrastructure team keeps Netbox current. Kadratis reads it, keeps its asset records in step without retyping, and adds what Netbox does not know: applications, contracts, costs.
IT mapping 6 min -
A report for every question in the IT department
The CIO, the project manager, the team lead and the engineer each have their own questions. Kadratis' portfolio reports answer them in one click.
Portfolio 5 min -
Analytics dimensions: what security really costs IT
Chargeback says who pays; an analytics dimension says what the spend is for: security, cloud, licences. How to use it in the IT budget.
Cost & budget 5 min -
IT cost chargeback: who pays what, and why
Allocating IT costs across companies and departments with clear, checkable rules, and turning them into chargeback reports.
Cost & budget 5 min -
Presenting the IT budget for approval
The reports that get an IT budget through the committee: key figures, trends, chargeback, then freezing the approved version.
Cost & budget 4 min -
Building next year's IT budget
Next year's budget from the expected landing: copy what does not change, preview the copy, then rework only the lines that matter.
Cost & budget 3 min -
IT budget expected landing, line by line
Firming up the current year's IT budget landing, item by item, so it becomes a solid base for next year's budget.
Cost & budget 5 min