configuration best practices management cmdb

A Comprehensive Approach to Practicing ITIL Change Management

White Paper Read this Enterprise Management Associates report for information on an emerging solution for this problem: integrating batch service definitions into a Configuration Management Database, or CMDB. Learn about BMC Software's solution to this... [03 Jun 2008]

ITIL's CMDB: Best-Practice Tips for Enterprise IT Professionals

White Paper Over the past 18 months, ITIL's notion of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) has caught on within the industry. In a nutshell, the CMDB provides a common trusted source for all IT data used by the business and holds significant promise as... [13 Dec 2007]

IT Asset Management, ITIL, and the CMDB: Paving the Way for Business Service Management

White Paper Implementation of a configuration management database (CMDB) architecture Adherence to ITIL best practices Many enterprises are developing business service management (BSM) strategies in an effort to better align their IT services with their... [13 Dec 2007]

Configuration Management Database Population and Dependency Mapping

White Paper Amidst all the buzz that has been placed on CMDBs and IT Infrastructure Libraries(ITILs), many IT staffers still have unanswered questions about CMDB implementations and the operational benefits This webcast will present Enterprise Management... [23 May 2007]

Capacity Management and the CDB: BMC Solutions as the Cornerstone to a Capacity Management Strategy

White Paper According to the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the CDB is the cornerstone of a successful capacity management process operating as a subset of a Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB). This paper illustrates how the CDB and supporting... [08 Nov 2006]

BMC Performance Assurance Suite for Mainframes: Capacity Management and the CDB

White Paper According to the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the CDB is the cornerstone of a successful capacity management process when it operates as a subset of a Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB). This white paper illustrates how solutions in the... [08 Nov 2006]

Best Practices for Modeling Business Entities in the BMC Atrium CMDB

White Paper The BMC Atrium Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) has been extended to allow this information to be stored and managed using an increasingly rich collection of integrated software products. Business Service Management (BSM) includes the... [08 Nov 2006]

Asset Management: Finding Success Where Others Have Failed

White Paper Gartner's advice, while always sound, has cycled over the years among Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Return On Investment (ROI), the need for best practices and linking asset management to a Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB). [26 Aug 2006]

Meeting Your CM Goals Through ITIL

White Paper Configuration is usually regarded as the heart of ITIL Service Management because every other process utilizes the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). As a result, it's critical that the CMDB is accurate and updated in a timely manner. [25 Nov 2004]

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