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  • Blog Post

    ITIL: What goes in a Configuration Management Plan?

    December 12, 2011 4:30am PST

    Configuration management is one of the few processes that overarch all other process and service lifecycle phases in ITIL V3. Wthout it, the effectiveness of the rest of your processes will be in...

    2 Latest comment by dwleach1

  • Blog Post

    10 questions on managing business technology: An interview with Bill Keyworth

    March 8, 2010 9:16am PST

    Bill Keyworth pioneered the development of IT service management as a means of maximizing business value. In this interview, he discusses that experience and shares his views on various tech and...

  • Blog Post

    Sanity check: Seven hot acronyms IT pros are talking about

    February 3, 2008 11:44pm PST

    IT professionals adore acronyms and shorthand. That's part of the reason why normal people think IT pros are speaking a foreign language when we talk amongst ourselves. If you want to "be in the...

    137 Latest comment by SObaldrick

  • Discussion Threads

    How to implement a CMDB

    February 2, 2006 1:59am PST

    How to implement a CMDB I have read a lot of documentation about general aspects of the CMDB implementation but there's no specific information or any guide about the CMDB structure. I have the...

    6 Started by lmanas@...  |  Latest comment by steve277

  • Discussion Threads

    Is Microsoft attempting to patent ITIL CMDB?

    December 14, 2006 3:09pm PST

    Maybe they want the IT standards to all say: 'Use Microsoft servers and desktop software for all....' :) Is Microsoft attempting to patent ITIL CMDB? I dunno but it seems plausible to me: see

    2 Started by twohills  |  Latest comment by Dr Dij

  • Discussion Threads

    ITIL and Configuration Management: Where to begin

    April 19, 2007 11:01am PDT

    ITIL and Configuration Management: Where to begin article root Good article SMBs in particular often don't have any coherent policy in regards to configuration management. And I find this is a...

    8 Started by Dr Dij  |  Latest comment by pschoorl@...

  • Discussion Threads

    ITIL - Change & Release Management

    August 2, 2007 1:59am PDT

    ITIL - Change & Release Management Hi All, I?m looking at making some improvements in my current Change Management process and part of this will review the relationship with Release Management...

    7 Started by Vawns  |  Latest comment by bamitabh@...

  • Discussion Threads

    A five-step model for configuration management

    November 14, 2007 8:59am PST

    A five-step model for configuration management article root Configuration Management Documents While maintaining the documentaion baseline is implied in the article I wanted explicitly state that...

    3 Started by hallen@...  |  Latest comment by Lost_in_NY

  • Discussion Threads

    Start Building Your CMDB

    December 17, 2007 11:38am PST

    Start Building Your CMDB Where should you start when building your CMDB? Many consultants and vendors suggest purchasing a tool before beginning the building of the CMDB. However, this is...

    1 Started by ITSM Consultant  |  Latest comment by ITSM Consultant

  • Discussion Threads

    See benefits for your organization using "ITIL Lite"

    April 4, 2008 7:25am PDT

    See benefits for your organization using "ITIL Lite" article root The benefits of "ITIL Lite" Many people in smaller organizations would like to use the ITIL model but feel that the whole thing...

    25 Started by Tig2  |  Latest comment by johnreiling@...

  • Discussion Threads

    Sanity check: The top 10 products from Gartner ITxpo 2008

    October 20, 2008 1:47am PDT

    Sanity check: The top 10 products from Gartner ITxpo 2008 article root Are you interested in any of these products? Original post: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=869 Which ones could...

    24 Started by jasonhiner  |  Latest comment by jfederline@...

  • Discussion Threads

    implementing change management

    November 20, 2008 1:35pm PST

    implementing change management Am new to Itil and have become the change manager in our firm. does anyone have any tips/advice on how to implement change management. thank you David, this is a...

    13 Started by davidapkelly@...  |  Latest comment by ITSM Consultant

  • Q&A

    CA.com (Computer Associates)'s Service Management solution, How much, USD?

    November 29, 2008 6:27am PST

    CA.com (Computer Associates)'s Service Management solution, How much, USD? Hi I was researching online to get an overview of the solution cost, of the service management. I'm interested in more...

    3 Started by HiSoC8Y  |  Latest comment by brucewcameron@...

  • Q&A

    Utilising CMDB for IT Cost Management

    April 8, 2009 8:00am PDT

    Utilising CMDB for IT Cost Management How can the CMDB help in identifying IT costs and track spend?

    1 Latest comment by DawnCuthbert

  • Q&A

    How to define and selecet CMDB CI

    October 30, 2010 5:45am PDT

    How to define and selecet CMDB CI We are at my company are in progress of implementing BMC CMDB, we are looking for the best way of selecting the CI

    1 Latest comment by nsa81@...

  • Discussion Threads

    Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

    November 1, 2010 6:18am PDT

    Configuration Management Database (CMDB) How o select configuration items (CIs) ?

    1 Started by nsa81@...  |  Latest comment by nsa81@...

  • Q&A

    Is CMDB relevant for virtualization?

    November 14, 2010 5:23am PST

    Is CMDB relevant for virtualization? With the speed and volume of change involved in virtualized environments, is CMDB still a relevant approach for IT efficiency? I would think even more so...

    2 Started by evolven  |  Latest comment by robo_dev

  • Webcasts

    Atrium Core Implementation Best Practices

    June 30, 2009 12:00am PDT

    The presenter will provide best practices for the CMDB Usage focusing on common CMDB use cases and deployment sessions, CMDB Implementation lessons learned and Features/Demo of Atrium CMDB 7.5.

    Provided by: BMC Software

  • Webcasts

    What's New in BMC Atrium 7.5

    April 22, 2009 12:00am PDT

    The attendee of this webcast will learn how the latest innovations in the new BMC Atrium 7.5 release can bring new energy to the infrastructure and the ITIL processes. This webcast will show how...

    Provided by: BMC Software

  • Webcasts

    ITIL's CMS in Context and What It Means for You

    September 17, 2008 12:00am PDT

    The concept of the Configuration Management System (CMS) in ITIL v3 is potentially a game changing catalyst in planning and shaping CMDB deployments. In parallel, and at least eighteen months...

    Provided by: BMC Software