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Chapter 2: Change management



Companies are investing in change management policies and a CMDB as part of an ITIL implementation in hopes of getting ROI on their data centers. Find out more about what change management means, what a CMDB does and how to implement them in this chapter of our systems management All-in-one guide.
BROWSE SUBCATEGORIES:  Overview (1),  What is change management? (3),  Why invest in CMDB? (2),  CMDB implementation (5),  Change management vendor offerings (6) 
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Reining in change with CMDBs
SearchDataCenter.com | 27 Sep 2007
ARTICLE - IT departments are enlisting configuration management databases to track change and minimize the unauthorized change that causes system downtime in increasingly complex data center environments.
  What is change management?: 1 - 3 of 3

Get to know your data center with CMDB
SearchDataCenter.com | 05 Apr 2006
ARTICLE - Chances are good that your company is already using some form of a -- but you might not know it. A CMDB is a database that contains information about all components in a data center and the relationships between those...
Systems management: Spending tepid, ITIL and CMDB gain credence
SearchDataCenter.com | 13 Jul 2007
ARTICLE - In 2007, only 40% of IT managers plan to spend more on systems management tools. Those making investments are interested in software support for ITIL initiatives and CMDB tools.
CMDB project determination: Do we need a CMDB?
SearchDataCenter.com | 12 Mar 2007
TIP - How does a company determine if they need a CMDB? Systems management expert Jasmine Noel offers suggestions.
  Why invest in CMDB?: 1 - 2 of 2

Change and configuration management cut firm's downtime
SearchDataCenter.com | 13 Apr 2007
ARTICLE - State Street Corp., one of the largest financial firms in the country, implemented change and configuration management software and hasn't had any configuration-related downtime since.
Server configuration tools ease downtime
SearchDataCenter.com | 17 Feb 2006
ARTICLE - Early adopter IT shops and the big systems vendors are investing in configuration management software to alleviate downtime.
  CMDB implementation: 1 - 3 of 5

Best practices for managing application infrastructures
SearchDataCenter.com | 06 Mar 2006
TIP - How do the most effective IT organizations manage and optimize their application infrastructures -- the set of technology components that sits just above the operating system including databases, messaging, applications...
Change management tools become more comprehensive with ITIL v3
SearchDataCenter.com | 23 Jul 2007
ARTICLE - Change management tool releases from Tripwire and Solidcore Systems signal a shift toward more comprehensive approaches to change management.
CMDB success depends on autodiscovery, federation
SearchDataCenter.com | 31 May 2006
ARTICLE - Autodiscovery is the easiest way to populate the topology of a CMDB in large organizations. It's just a matter of figuring out where to begin.
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  Change management vendor offerings: 1 - 3 of 6

APC launches data center infrastructure monitoring software
SearchDataCenter.com | 17 Jul 2007
ARTICLE - APC's Capacity Manager and Change Manager software tools take live power readings and determine the maximum capacity of your data center. The technologies claim to rival Aperture Vista.
BMC boasts business service management bundle
SearchDataCenter.com | 23 May 2007
ARTICLE - With new and upgraded business service management (BSM) software, BMC aims to help companies connect IT to the business.
BMC, CA showdown over CMDB title
SearchDataCenter.com | 19 Apr 2007
TIP - BMC and CA have both been aggressive in the practical implementation and application of CMDB's in production environments, but have differing views on what makes a quality CMDB.
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