IT Asset Management Tools vs CMDB: What’s the Difference and Do You Need Both?
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How to Make the Best Out of Your IT Discovery Tool
IT discovery allows businesses to stay on top of their game by providing them with an overview of the current …
CMDB TCO Analysis: The Real Cost of Inaccurate Data
CMDB inaccuracy is well understood in IT operations circles. In the boardroom, it almost never shows up as a line …
What Is CI-to-Hardware Asset Auto-Linking and Why Does It Matter for ITAM Accuracy?
CI-to-hardware asset auto-linking is the automated process of creating a persistent, auditable relationship between a configuration item (CI) in a …
What Happens to CIs When IT Assets Are Decommissioned? A CMDB Best Practices Guide
TLDR
- Decommissioning a CI changes its lifecycle status to retired without removing the record or its history
- Deleting a CI
CMDB Implementation: A Step-by-Step Guide
Most CMDB implementations don’t fail because of a bad tool choice. They fail because the foundational decisions were wrong before …
What Is a CMDB? A Complete Guide for IT Teams
When something breaks in your IT environment, every minute counts. You need to know which system failed, what depends on …
