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Managed Objects Announces CMDB360; Most Complete, Independent Solution Accelerates Time-to-Value of Any CMDB Project
MCLEAN, Va. --(Business Wire)-- June 14, 2006 -- Managed Objects, the Business Service Management Company, today announced the availability of Managed Objects v4 and CMDB360, its next generation Configuration Management Database (CMDB) solution. CMDB360 combines a ground-breaking federation technology supported by powerful service modeling coupled with intuitive visualization, to deliver the fastest time-to-value for any CMDB implementation - often measured in weeks, not years. The solution's ease of integration with and federation of existing configuration data sources is unmatched by competitive offerings. CMDB360 matures the CMDB into a valuable corporate asset that drives higher IT service quality and fuels corporate expansion.
A Complete Solution
"Not all configuration repositories are CMDBs," said Ronni J. Colville, Research Vice President for Gartner, in CMDB or Configuration Database: Know the Difference, March 13, 2006. "A CMDB is a special-case database that must have four critical functions, which distinguish the CMDB from other tools."
In her research note, Ms. Colville defines these four critical functions as:
-- Federation: bringing in multiple data sources directly and by linking to sources.
-- Reconciliation: avoiding duplicates and enabling matching of configuration items from different sources.
-- Synchronization: ensuring the same version of the truth across integrated systems.
-- Mapping and visualization: enabling a peer-to-peer and hierarchical view of the Configuration Items (CIs).
CMDB360 provides the industry's most comprehensive and open solution to address all these requirements. With over 60 integration points, a fully federated CMDB can be dynamically generated from existing IT configuration data and service models. Drawing configuration information from multiple vendor sources, CMDB360 automatically reconciles and eliminates any duplicate configuration items. Further, CMDB360 automates CMDB synchronization so optimal data quality is assured while ensuring real-time visibility to any change in the IT infrastructure. Intuitive visualization provides powerful and customizable end-to-end service views so users in different roles throughout the organization can see and assess the risk of change within their IT environment.
CMDB360 provides advanced analytics that surpass any other CMDB offering. These analysis and reporting capabilities work in conjunction with a fully integrated Service Catalog to provide customers a complete understanding of not only their IT infrastructure, but the services it affects as well.
"(Many) vendors claim to have a CMDB or a CMDB Strategy," says Colville. "Tools marketed as CMDBs that do not have capabilities for federation, reconciliation, synchronization, and visualization will require significant human resources to build them in." CMDB or Configuration Database: Know the Difference, Ronni Colville, March 13, 2006.
Achieving the CMDB's Full Potential
Deutsche Bank has been using Managed Objects in its production environment for over two years now and implemented Managed Objects v4 during the product beta program. With this latest release they are seeing real benefits by gaining a consolidated view of their IT landscape. Managed Objects allows IT to leverage existing infrastructure monitoring tools and give a more complete view to the business and the IT environment.
Pure-play solution yields fastest time-to-value for any CMDB approach
Typical CMDB implementations follow one of three approaches: top-down, middle-up and bottom-up. Each approach varies in the scope and extent of existing configuration data required for implementation. Regardless of approach, CMDB360's pervasive integration, automation and intuitive customizable visualization accelerate time to implementation and time to value.
"Other vendors' box their customers into a CMDB built only on that vendor's proprietary architecture," said Siki Giunta, president and CEO, Managed Objects. "CMDB360 gives our customers the freedom to choose what, where, and how they implement their CMDB strategy. Our pure-play approach gets clients that tangible value that has long eluded their CMDB projects - and all in days and weeks, not months and years."
About Managed Objects
Managed Objects is the Business Service Management Company. Companies use our solutions to more effectively monitor, manage, and model their IT enterprise. Our unique service perspective overlays existing management tools so complex IT infrastructures can be managed, not as a set of components, but rather as the set of services that IT delivers to the business - services like order processing, e-commerce, online trading, or email. Companies that use Managed Objects realize measurable improvements in IT service quality, cost savings, and increased IT responsiveness.
A venture-backed company headquartered in McLean, VA, with operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific, Managed Objects is consistently acknowledged by the analyst community as best in class. Industry leaders like AIB, Auchan, CSC, Credit Suisse, DISA, Fidelity Investments, JPMorganChase, Progress Energy, Reuters, TIAA-CREF and other global organizations rely on Managed Objects BSM technology. That is why Managed Objects has more BSM implementations in place than any other company. For more information, visit www.managedobjects.com.
Note to editors: All references to CMDB360 should have a degree symbol directly following the term.
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