CCMDB is enterprise software designed to make complex IT environments more efficient and easier to manage, said Mike McCarthy, director of strategy for Austin, Texas-based IBM Tivoli. CCMDB collects ...

A big network is a complex system that generates a very large volume of data: log messages, network state data, device state data, device configurations, interface performance data, and application ...

Software-Defined Networking may trump the less-dynamic NCCM approach for keeping your network and applications coordinated. A number of writers have suggested that the primary function of Software ...

Network devices control how traffic can travel across the network and have security monitoring features. Refine and preserve your settings by managing network device configurations. Network devices ...

A review of the configuration management tool, Chef Progress. Learn about its features, pricing, and benefits. Chef (aka Progress Chef) is a configuration management tool that helps organizations ...

Call me biased, but I have to say I love it when management vendors buy network-specific technology and then industry watchers can’t help but talk about how important the network is to application ...

When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...