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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

What to expect in v16.10.00: Improved discovery for legacy midrange and mainframe with additional AS/400 and z/OS features New Discovery support for Huawei FusionServer Device42 knows... 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

Introduction In this fifth and final entry in Device42’s Ultimate Guide to migration, we’ll cover post-migration work. This work mainly comprises the decommissioning of your old... Read More

Introduction Your migration is about to hit its most exhilarating point. The Migration step proves out all the hard work and planning you’ve done prior. The... Read More

If you’re starting to get a data center up and running, it’s likely that you’ll begin organizing it using openDCIM. This is a free, browser-based data... Read More

Catching Up In this Third entry in “Device42’s Ultimate Guide to Migration Planning,” we’ll be covering Migration Preparation & Solution Design. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading... 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