With the advancements in semantic technologies, CMDBs are moving out of the depths of IT Infrastructure and Operations organizations and into areas of businesses that are further up the value chain to help solve complex knowledge management problems. Being able to do this requires a very clear understanding of CMDBs. This publication covers what a […]
Understanding Discoverable versus Non-discoverable CI Types for CMDBs
When it comes to populating CMDBs, most IT professionals think that they’ll simply be able to install Auto-Discovery Tools (ADTs) which will collect Configuration Item (CI) Types, CI Instances, and CI Relationships. To often, they think that dealing with Non-discoverable CI Types will be easy. Almost always, the push dealing with Non-discoverable CI Types to […]
Configuration Management – Understanding CI Types
If you are about to embark on or have embarked on the development and/or loading of a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) it is important to know and understand the different Configuration Item Types (CI Types) that are expected to be loaded into your CMDB. If you’re in a rush, you can simply download the Enterprise […]
