Radar Report:
Free Summary - EMA Radar for CMDB/CMS Use Cases -- Innovation through Diversity: Q2 2011

Date: 06/29/2011

Length: 27 pages

Cost: $0.00

Abstract:
This is a Summary of the EMA Radar for CMDB/CMS Use Cases -- Innovation through Diversity: Q2 2011. The full report can be downloaded/purchased here.

This EMA Radar introduces a new way of looking at value in Configuration Management Database and Configuration Management System (CMDB/CMS) technologies by focusing on these technologies as enablers rather than as a purely separate market in themselves. No one should invest in a CMDB, or begin a CMS, just to have one. Indeed, the whole notion of a CMDB, and in particular a CMS, is revolutionary exactly because it deconstructs traditional management product assumptions and allows for the reconciliation and effective usage of many different sources of service management information to support virtually all IT processes. Through its normalized data sets and potentially federated, reconciled resources, it provides IT with a truly cohesive foundation for decision-making and automation in everything from performance diagnostics, to optimizing infrastructure, to managing change, to portfolio governance in terms of value and cost.

The EMA Radar for CMDB/CMS Use Cases targets three critical use cases typical of most CMDB or CMS deployments. These are:
* Asset management and financial optimization
* Change management and change impact analysis
* Service impact management