Some companies adopt configuration management processes for compliance with standards and regulations, rather than for faster deployments -- although no one complains when updates go live sooner.

A configuration management database (CMDB) is a file -- usually in the form of a standardized database-- that contains all relevant information about the hardware and software components used in an ...

In my conversations with customers and partners, there are two topics that are different but somewhat related: compliance and device configuration management. In my latest blog, “Compliant or not?

With the growing interest in adopting best practices across IT departments, particularly according to standards such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), many organizations are ...

Last we spoke, it was about network device configuration management. Let’s move our focus up the stack to applications and management of their configuration. Whether enterprise or cloud-architected, ...

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 ...

We explore some of the best configuration management tools and software for DevOps. Learn about their pricing, features, benefits and more. The following guide will reveal some of the top ...