EMA Webinars

CMDB and Change Management: Capturing Service Interdependencies to Optimize Business Value
Wednesday 5/30 @ 2pm Eastern

Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, EMA

Kosten Metreweli, VP of Marketing, Tideway Systems

Avoiding Application Downtime: Best Practices for Ensuring the Availability and Performance of Critical Applications
Tuesday 6/5 @ 2pm Eastern

Andi Mann, Senior Analyst, EMA

Mike Harding, Senior Product Manager, Symantec

Real-World CMDB: 10 Tips for Improving IT Service Quality and Reducing Costs
Wednesday 6/6 @ 4pm Eastern

Hank Marquis, Director of IT Service Management Consulting, EMA

Winning Strategies in CMDB Adoption
Wednesday 6/13 @ 2pm Eastern

Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, EMA

Seven Hidden Challenges in Designing, Deploying, and Operating
Complex Enterprise Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Solutions
Tuesday 6/19 @ 1pm Eastern

Jeff Cotrupe, Senior Analyst, EMA

David Page, CTO, Nexagent

EMA Articles
EMA analysts and consultants are respected IT management thought leaders. Check out this recent article:

Riding the CMDB Tidal Wave, Part 1: Understanding
By Dennis Drogseth - CIO Update –
May 14, 2007

EMA Analysts Speak
Look for EMA Analysts speaking at these upcoming events:

Storage World Conference 2007
Mike Karp
EMA Senior Analyst
June 12-14, 2007
Long Beach, CA

Symantec Vision
2007 Conference
Scott Crawford
EMA Senior Analyst
June 12-14, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

HP Software
Universe 2007
Richard Sturm
EMA Founder and CEO
June 18-22, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Managing IT Service Delivery Summit
Hank Marquis
EMA Director of IT Service Management Consulting
August 14-15, 2007
Boston, MA

Analyst's Corner
CMDB Systems: The Music (Really is) Better Than It Sounds
by Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, EMA

Bill Nye, President Lincoln’s favorite humorist, once said “Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” Nye meant it as a clever putdown of music that, to many American ears, seemed to be overbearing and complex, but which nonetheless was creating a lot of media attention as being revolutionary – the “new wave.”

The same might be said about CMDBs, or what EMA calls “CMDB Systems” – only this time the music truly is better than it sounds through the cacophony of over-inflated marketing and the arcane terminology of ITIL best practices.

New EMA Research in May 2007
Read More About the Latest EMA Research Report - Winning Strategies in CMDB Adoption: What’s Working in the Real-World and What Isn’t, and Why

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Dennis Drogseth, EMA VP and noted CMDB expert, takes an in-depth look at CMDBs in this hot-off-the-press research study “Winning Strategies in CMDB Adoption” – the culmination of months of in-depth quantitative research and nearly 30 hours of focal interview discussions with eighteen CMDB System adopters.

In this report, Dennis explores key points of confusion within the industry, highlights what CMDB Systems are beginning to achieve in the real world, and reviews evolving methodologies for successful CMDB deployment. Additionally, this report covers:

• First phase priorities for CMDB Systems in 2007
• Metrics being applied to measure CMDB success
• ITIL’s role in real-world CMDB and the importance of process
• Evolving trends in IT organizational strategy
• EMA best-practice recommendations for successful CMDB deployments
• And more …

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