About Bushido
A free knowledge service for IT operators, MSPs, and the engineers who keep older hardware honest. Operated by Intelligent Automation, LLC, a Managed Cybersecurity Service Provider.
What Bushido does
Type a hardware vendor and model — Dell PowerEdge R740, HPE ProLiant DL380, Cisco Catalyst 9300, Synology DS920+, whatever you have on the floor — and Bushido returns a structured record covering:
- Lifecycle dates — released, GA, end of sale, end of support, end of service life
- Failure outlook — likelihood percentage by age, ordered list of components most likely to fail
- Indicative TPM pricing — annual and monthly across four SLA tiers (9×5 NBD, 24×7 NBD, 24×7×4 onsite, 24×7×4 remote)
- Security advisories — top CVEs from the National Vulnerability Database, with CISA KEV highlighting
- Parts market — secondhand whole-unit pricing and common-part costs for the repair-vs-replace decision
- Modern replacements — direct successor and current-generation links to vendor announcements
- Power, rack, firmware, and BOM — physical specs, latest stable firmware, and the standard bill of materials at GA
Who Intelligent Automation is
Intelligent Automation, LLC is a Managed Cybersecurity Service Provider. We build and operate platforms for managed services, security operations, governance and compliance, and IT documentation under the Argos OS umbrella. Bushido is one of our public-facing knowledge tools — a way to give back to the broader IT community while also opening a conversation with operators who may benefit from our full platform.
Our company values discipline and honesty in operations. Bushido reflects those values: every record carries a confidence score, every estimate is labeled as an estimate, and every disclaimer is plain-spoken.
What you get
- Free, gated access — sign up with name, email, and company. Verify your email. Begin lookups.
- Honest synthesis — every answer is AI-synthesized from public sources, with confidence scoring you can read at a glance.
- No upsell wall — we are not a maintenance company. We do not sell hardware, parts, or support. We do not block the data behind a paywall.
- A continuing knowledge base — read The Path for long-form articles on lifecycle, storage, resilience, networks, defense, and the discipline of maintenance.
What we get
Your signup tells us a verified business operator is interested in the kinds of problems we solve. If Bushido has helped you and you would like to talk about Argos — our PSA, MDR, GRC, IT documentation, or other managed-services platforms — we will reach out. You can decline. You can opt out. We do not sell your information to anyone.
Honest disclaimers
- Bushido is an information service. It is not architectural advice, compliance counsel, or a substitute for vendor support.
- All data is AI-synthesized. Verify before acting.
- Indicative TPM pricing is not a quote.
- Manufacturer names and logos appear for identification purposes only. We are not affiliated with any of them.