Software Usage Metrics on the CI Record: Install vs. Usage
A configuration management database (CMDB) shows what is installed across the estate, on every server and endpoint. Each configuration item …
CTOs: Unknown Dependencies Are Unpriced Release Risk
A CTO’s job description covers architecture decisions, delivery timelines, and team leadership. Accountability, in practice, extends further. When a misconfigured …
Hybrid cloud CMDB for Charlotte banking: permanent coexistence on a vendor-gone core
Truist Financial’s core deposits system runs on a COBOL platform built decades ago by a vendor that no longer exists. …
IT Asset Visibility for Bay Area AI Startups: ShadowRay Risk
Bay Area founders are running straight at the AI boom, and commercial real estate is keeping pace. AI firms already …
IT Asset Management for Nashville Hospital Operators
You don’t run a few regional hospitals from Nashville. You run hospitals, clinics, and physician practices scattered from Florida to …
IT Discovery in Hospitality: Track Every Property Device
A ransomware incident hits one hotel in a 40-property portfolio, and central IT cannot say with confidence which POS terminals, …
CMDB in Manufacturing: Tracking Enterprise Systems and Corporate Network Assets
Manufacturing technology looks orderly when architecture diagrams simplify it. Real environments contain many systems with different responsibilities.
ERP platforms manage …
ITAM in Telecommunications: Managing Hardware and Software Inventories Across Large Networks
Telecommunications companies have been managing inventories for decades.
They know where network equipment is installed. They track ports, circuits, logical …
Kratos Is Gone; Its Buyers and Users Remain
On July 20, 2026, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s cybercrime unit (ZIT), working with …
