Federated CMDB Whitepaper

Driving IT Service Management Efficiency

The goal for every successful ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) implementation is to achieve an up-to-date, accurate Configuration Management Database (CMDB) on which all the processes can be developed and leveraged.

The reality is not always so simple. Traditionally, maintaining a CMDB is resource intensive and without regular maintenance, may quickly become out of date.

To overcome this challenge, the IT industry is currently witnessing the evolution of a new CMDB model; the federated CMDB. The federated CMDB is updated via connectors which take data from existing asset discovery and network management tools. This reduces implementation complexity and rollout time frames, increases scalability and reduces CMDB maintenance requirements.

This whitepaper explains how implementing an enterprise-wide federated CMDB will help you to achieve significant productivity gains for your business.

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