uControlYou can't rationalise an application portfolio you can't actually see.
Application decisions — invest, retire, migrate — depend on knowing what each application is made of and what it depends on. That knowledge usually lives in people's heads.
uControl Insights discovers infrastructure and network flow, and uControl Core assembles single- and multi-tier application models — so you can rationalise the portfolio on evidence.
Executive summary
Application Portfolio Intelligence turns raw discovery into application and service models you can act on. Insights provides discovery and flow; Core assembles no-code, multi-tier application models with dependency paths.
Rationalisation, investment and risk decisions are made against how applications actually run — not a stale diagram.
The business challenge
Portfolio decisions are made blind:
- Application composition lives in tribal knowledge
- Dependencies are undocumented
- Nobody knows the true blast radius of a change
- Rationalisation is guesswork
- Migration and investment carry hidden risk
So the portfolio grows unmanaged and change is risky.
The uControl approach
uControl models applications automatically. Insights discovers the infrastructure and reads network flow; Core detects relationships and assembles single- and multi-tier application and service models with upstream and downstream dependency paths.
How it works
Discovery & flow Insights
Insights discovers infrastructure and materialises real communication paths from network flow.
No-code application modelling Core
Core (uMap) detects relationships and assembles single- and multi-tier application models — no scripting.
Dependency & impact paths Core
Traverse upstream and downstream dependencies to understand blast radius.
Portfolio view Core
See applications, their tiers and their dependencies across the estate.
Continuous monitoring Core
Core monitors modelled applications and tracks drift over time.
Customer journey
- Discover Insights discovers infrastructure and network flow.
- Model Core assembles multi-tier application models.
- Analyse Trace dependencies and blast radius.
- Rationalise Prioritise invest, retire and migrate decisions.
- Monitor Core keeps models current as the estate changes.
Key capabilities
Business benefits
Illustrative scenario
A portfolio review stalled because no one could reliably say what each application depended on.
uControl discovered the infrastructure and flow, and Core assembled multi-tier application models with dependency paths — giving the programme an evidence-based view of composition and risk to prioritise rationalisation.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need to script or draw the maps?
No — Core's modelling is no-code; it detects relationships automatically and assembles the models for you.
Where does dependency data come from?
From Insights discovery and network flow plus reconciled data, so models reflect reality rather than a one-off diagram.
Can models publish upstream?
Yes — modelled applications, CIs and relationships can be published to your CMDB and to BMC Discovery.