CMDB

IT teams face some of the biggest challenges yet in managing complex, hybrid technology for business. Mixed groups of infrastructure, operations, development, cloud and business stakeholders... Read More

IT change is necessary for all organizations, but it can be difficult to implement, often causing confusion and disruption without clear improvements. However, organizations have to... Read More

Thomas Edison once said, “There’s a way to do it better – find it.” Edison knew change is a good thing and that change is necessary.... Read More

Maintaining the uptime of your key enterprise applications is vital for modern business, so you need to know what is happening in your data center at... Read More

Disaster recovery needs to start with a pinpoint-accurate IT inventory. If you restore from backup–without restoring everything from backup–then it will throw a wrench in your... Read More

So, you’re planning on investing in a change management database (CMDB) tool. Great job! This solution will allow you to save immeasurable amounts of time and... Read More

If you’re experiencing difficulties like your auto-discovery being unable to find resources that you know are there, or being unable to register new CIs, you might... Read More

Implementing a CMDB isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. Gradual deployment is important – move too quickly and you’re likely to end up overwhelming your department or committing... Read More

Unplanned outages are the worst. One quarter of all companies report that an hour of unplanned downtime now costs between $300,000 and $400,000 – and 15... Read More

The Complicated History of CMDBs The one thing all Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) have in common is that for them to be of any use, they... Read More