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- Build your ITIL Configuration Management system using scope, span, and granularity
- Effective configuration management requires you to capture and track data in your IT environment -- but how do you decide which data to include? This chapter from Implementing ITIL Configuration Management provides a detailed, jargon-free look at how to determine what data should go in your configuration management database (CMDB).Viewing...
- Tags: CMDB, Configuration Management, ITIL, IBM Corp.
- Book chapters 2008-04-25
- AMT-Credit Agricole Uses BMC Configuration Management to Distribute Its Bore@l Workstation and Manage Applications
- To ensure the effectiveness of its rollout of the latest version of its Bore@l workstation, Association de Moyens Technologiques' (AMT's) goal was twofold - benefit from a remote distribution technology to enable the rapid distribution of updates, and authorize "On-demand" distribution and the follow-up on dedicated applications running on Bore@l...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Configuration Management, It Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- Software Architecture and Software Configuration Management
- This paper examines the relations between software architecture and software configuration management. These disciplines overlap because they are both concerned with the structure of a software system being described in terms of components and relationships. On the other hand, they differ with respect to their focus - specific support for...
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, Configuration Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers
- Parallel Branching Strategies in Software Configuration Management
- Software development organizations use branching strategies for many reasons, including post-release maintenance, and component-based or custom development. When establishing a branching and merging strategy there are many things to consider. A primary consideration includes the SCM tool that one chooses to do the branching - for instance, not all tools...
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, Configuration Management, Consideration, Tool, MKS Inc., Productivity, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts
- Release Presentation: Implementer 2005 for iSeries Software Configuration Management
- Implementer 2005 is MKS's premiere solution for software configuration management and deployment on the iSeries and is an integral part of MKS Integrity Suite 2005 for cross-platform Software Configuration Management (SCM). This release offers new and enhanced features to support application modernization and corporate governance initiatives such as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance....
- Tags: Software Configuration Management, IBM iSeries, Configuration Management, MKS Inc., Implementer 2005, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Webcasts
- Featuring Forrester Research: IT Trends 2005 - Software Configuration Management
- This webcast presents a review of the key business drivers and trends for Software Configuration Management in 2005, and will guide one in selecting the right solution for one's enterprise change management needs.
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, Information Technology, Configuration Management, Enterprise Change Management, Forrester Research Inc.
- Webcasts
- Featuring Forrester Research: Trends in Process-Centric Software Configuration Management for 2006
- This webcast discusses the market drivers and trends for process-centric software configuration management solutions in 2006. It discusses the difference between version control tools, base software configuration management tools, and process-centric solutions and the role that Software Configuration Management (SCM) plays within the application life cycle.
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, Configuration Management, Forrester Research Inc.
- Webcasts
- Using NetApp Fibre Channel SAN and NAS Storage to Support a Perforce Software Configuration Management Environment
- With multiple development teams working on separate project components and with teams often geographically dispersed, Software Configuration Management (SCM) solutions can help increase productivity and improve quality. NetApp provides robust unified storage solutions proven to work with the industry's leading SCM platforms. This case study describes a deployment of the...
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, NAS, Network Appliance Inc., SAN, Configuration Management, Fibre Channel SAN, NetApp, Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware
- Case studies
- ITIL Basics - Configuration Management
- Configuration Management is the implementation of a database (Configuration Management DataBase - CMDB) that contains details of the organization's elements that are used in the provision and management of its IT services. This webcast provides information on ITIL Configuration Management.
- Tags: CMDB, Configuration Management, Nextslm.org, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
- Webcasts
- AMT-Credit Agricole Uses BMC Configuration Management to Distribute Its Bore@l Workstation and Manages Applications
- AMT's goal was to benefit from a remote distribution technology to enable the rapid distribution of updates when needed but also to authorize "on-demand" distribution and the follow-up on dedicated applications running on Bore@l workstations across the administrative sites. The solution also should allow AMT to automatically distribute variable data,...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Configuration Management, AMT, It Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- Intasoft Case Study: engage Mutual Assurance
- engage Mutual Assurance (Homeowners Friendly Society, prior to February 2005), is a leading friendly society in the UK with over 250,000 members. The central IT department at engage had used change and configuration management systems prior to using AllChange. The organisation utilised three disparate systems to handle job tracking, software...
- Tags: Software, Configuration Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies
- Intasoft Case Study: Avery Weigh-Tronix
- Avery Weigh-Tronix is one of the world's largest manufacturers of weighing equipment and solutions. Prior to AllChange, the Software Development Department had been using a number of different tools for source code control and configuration management. There was a desire to standardize on a common configuration management system which would...
- Tags: Source Code, Configuration Management, Avery Weigh-Tronix, AllChange, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- National Instruments Engineers Improve Development Processes With Perforce and NetApp Solution
- National Instruments was using a number of different Software Configuration Management (SCM) platforms, including Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS), ClearCase, and various open-source SCM solutions. As the company's development requirements grew to include six separate development facilities spread around the globe, the need to standardize on one cross-platform SCM system became...
- Tags: Software Configuration Management, National Instruments Corp., Configuration Management, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- HP Software Configuration Management Solutions for Your Business
- This webcast explains how to implement best practices in the enterprise, deliver on business agility goals, and meet SLA and compliance requirements with HP's leading solutions for configuration management. The attendee of this webcast will learn how HP's leading solutions for configuration management offer a comprehensive solution to achieve greater...
- Tags: Software Configuration Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Configuration Management
- Webcasts
- Configuration Management and Engineering Change Control
- This paper will provide practical approaches to implementing and managing engineering changes and explore Product Data Management (PDM) or Product Information Management (PIM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be used as a tool to support configuration management and engineering change control. A company may evaluate and process many thousands...
- Tags: Change Control, Configuration Management, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security
- White papers
- CA WORLD 2007 Preview: Application Quality Integrated With Change and Configuration Management
- The viewer of this webcast will learn about the testing tools' common symbolic file and the benefits it provides as one integrates the application development and testing with change and configuration management.
- Tags: Configuration Management, Computer Associates International Inc., Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Taming the Change and Configuration Management Beast: Implementing a CMDB That Works
- This webcast focuses on the significance of the CMDB to the organization and offer guidelines for successful implementation. The webcast will provide the viewer an understanding of the role of the CMDB, the business needs it addresses and the challenges to overcome.
- Tags: Ziff-Davis Media Inc., CMDB, Configuration Management
- Webcasts
- Public Sector: Improving Operational Processes by Automating Application and Server Configuration Management
- In an era where high availability and compliance are core requirements, IT staff is turning to configuration management to manage the complexity that threatens their organization. Configuration management involves the discovery and documentation of IT components and the dependencies that exist between them, and is the core to effective enterprise...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Information Technology, Server Configuration, Server, Configuration Management
- Webcasts
- Momentum Webcast: Making the Transition to Integrated Software Configuration Management (Level 100)
- This webcast explains how to guide the organization's development team through the stages of being a cost center, to a more efficient cost center, to a business enabler, to a strategic asset. This transition can be greatly facilitated by implementing a comprehensive Software Configuration Management (SCM) solution that integrates version...
- Tags: Software, Software Configuration Management, Webcast, Configuration Management
- Webcasts
- Configuration Management Database Population and Dependency Mapping
- The need for and awareness around Configuration Management DataBases (CMDBs) to track infrastructure items and their relationships continues to grow while business demands and mission critical service levels have stretched IT resources. Amidst all the buzz that has been placed on CMDBs and IT Infrastructure Libraries(ITILs), many IT staffers still...
- Tags: CMDB, Configuration Management
- Webcasts
