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configuration management

A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to: (1) identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item; (2) control changes to those characteristics; and (3) record and report changes to processing and implementation status.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Taking this one step further, by offering powerful integrations with EMC's network change and configuration management and service management solutions -- as well the company's automated root-cause analysis and application dependency mapping software -- customers gain total visibility and control across their physical and virtual IT infrastructure.
According to the company, the latest release enables customers to publish virtual applications to their ZENworks Configuration Management zone without leaving the packaging tool.
In too many cases, configuration management is done manually, which is both time consuming and error prone.
"Working with CNT further validates our leadership in the fast-moving Network Configuration Management space and shows that enterprises and Managed Service Providers need more control over what is happening in their networks.
The acquisition will add multi-function device management capabilities to Cupertino, California-based Symantec's portfolio, including deployment, patch management, and configuration management capabilities.
When combined with Ecora's Total Configuration Management (TCM) solution suite, Ecora's customers benefit from an automated approach to securing the IT infrastructure, increasing system availability, and reducing operational costs through multi-platform, enterprise-wide configuration reporting, change monitoring, and patch management.
In Arizona, for example, The Institute of Configuration Management has developed a "how to" process called CMII.
Andover, MA, October 16, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Aras[R], the leading enterprise open source Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solution provider, today announced that the company will present at the Institute for Configuration Management's 2013 International CMII Symposium.
Configuration management; implementation, principles, and applications for manufacturing industries.
Summary: EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today reinforced its market leadership in automated IT management software as the company announced it received high marks for both its application dependency mapping and configuration management database (CMDB) solutions in a new independent customer survey.
According to the company, Interlink Software will provide Serco with real-time and historical Business Service Dashboards, federated Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and Enterprise Systems Management capabilities, delivering visibility of business services and process flows.

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