Choosing the right CMDB: smart considerations for strategic decision makers

Overview

The promise of a single source of record for the connections both within IT and beyond IT is a decision maker’s dream. It could be said that a true configuration management database (CMDB) is the backbone of business. Much more than a data-gathering repository, a CMDB provides contextual awareness of bits of data that are not obviously related.

The way a CMDB creates that context can be the difference between waiting weeks to receive decision-critical information and securing the same intelligence in five minutes.