IT Asset Management Tools vs CMDB: Do You Need Both?
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AWS Lambda, App Runner, and Batch in CMDB: Why Serverless Assets Need Configuration Management Too
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Serverless does not mean infrastructure-free. AWS Lambda functions, App Runner services, and Batch compute environments are configuration items with …
IT Asset Management for Financial Services: Compliance and Risk Management in 2026
IT asset management for financial services has become a regulatory problem, not just an operational one. When auditors arrive, they …
Manufacturing IT Asset Management: Managing OT and IT Infrastructure Convergence
Manufacturing IT asset management is facing a problem that most ITSM vendors were never built to solve. Your environment is …
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 …
