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DEFINITION: Configuration management (CM) is the detailed recording and updating of information that describes an enterprise's computer systems and networks, including all hardware and software components. Such information typically includes the versions and updates that have been applied to installed software  … 
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Configuration Audit and Control: 10 Critical Factors to CCM Success
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Change and Configuration Management (CCM) tools and processes have become rather commonplace in today's business community as an effective way to gain control of dynamic IT environments.
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 | Published: 14 Oct 2008
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Application Virtualization Security Best Practices
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: One of the biggest challenges today for infrastructure administrators is how to provide a secure environment. This white paper provides administrators with the starting place for designing security into the App-V infrastructure.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5 ADM Template
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides administrators with the steps necessary to deploy configuration for the App-V client with Group Policies.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Enterprise Change Management with Telelogic Change
sponsored by Telelogic, An IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: Enterprise Content Management (ECM) should be applied across the enterprise as a whole. This paper offers a disciplined, pragmatic approach to predicting and managing change across an enterprise, while delivering proven cost benefits and efficiency.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Empower Siebel 8.0 Users with New Simple-to-use Rules Engines
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
PODCAST: Siebel CRM 8.0 takes user empowerment to the next level with the addition of a simple-to-use rules engine, making industry-leading business rules easily accessible from Siebel.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2008
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Geek Speak Webcast - Reduce Network Firefighting
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
WEBCAST: Watch SolarWinds Head Geek, Josh Stephens, as he discuss best practices for combining fault, performance, and configuration management into a single, unified approach for improving the overall health and efficiency of your network.
Posted: 05 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Align Finance with Lean Manufacturing: 9 Actionable Items
sponsored by Infor
WEBCAST: In this webcast the expert speakers tries to identify the widening gap between modern accounting and manufacturing.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Piece of Mind
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Poor change control can send your organization's security tumbling. Follow these 5 steps for a strong change management program.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Streamlining IT Deployment in an Ailing Economy
sponsored by KACE
WEBCAST: A poor economy does not mean consumers will stop buying, but IT administrators are being challenged to fight for their buyers.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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An Innovative Approach to Managing Software Requirements
sponsored by MKS, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a thorough and detailed examination of a comprehensive requirements management solution. It summarizes the high level benefits of an effective requirements management approach and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 | Published: 28 Aug 2008
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TFTP Server
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE: SolarWinds free TFTP Server is a multi-threaded TFTP server commonly used to upload and download executable images and configurations to routers and switches. Download your free trial today.
Posted: 18 Aug 2008 | Published: 18 Aug 2008
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Federal Desktop Core Configuration: Achieving Compliance with the Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
sponsored by Lumension Security
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how the differences between different FDCC automation tools affect security and IT costs. It also includes a description of Lumension Security's Vulnerability Management Solution, which has received (SCAP) validation.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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System's Management Buyer's Guide for Medium Enterprises
sponsored by KACE
WHITE PAPER: Medium enterprises continue to struggle in their efforts to find and deploy an effective systems management solution scaled to their needs. KACE has developed this guide to help articulate that buyer's criteria.
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008
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Key Criteria for Developing a Successful IT Deployment Strategy
sponsored by KACE
WHITE PAPER: How an IT department addresses infrastructure changes has a direct impact on the value it brings to the business. In this white paper, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) examines how organizations can develop effective deployment strategies.
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008
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Configuration Management Simplified
sponsored by Tail-f Systems
WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how NETCONF and YANG can be employed to make next-generation configuration management systems considerably simpler, more understandable, and more robust than current systems.
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008
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Configuration Control: Helping the Financial Services Industry Stay Compliant
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Tripwire combines configuration assessment with change auditing to achieve and a known and trusted state, this ensures the integrity of your IT configurations by comparing them against internal policies, compliance standards and security best practices.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Published: 13 Aug 2008
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Best Practices for MiFID Compliance
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the major categories of security requirements and compliance under MiFID and how they relate to Tripwire.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Published: 13 Aug 2008
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Podcast: Key Issues in Managing Change in 5 System SAP Landscapes
sponsored by Revelation Software Concepts
PODCAST: This podcast will explore some of the key issues in managing changes across 5 system SAP landscapes, discuss current manual methods of managing these changes, and look at the value of change control technology in these situations.
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 11 Aug 2008
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Forrester White Paper: Assess Your Enterprise Agility (SAP6264)
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: While firms have used different business strategies to insulate themselves from the effect of change, CEOs are beginning to recognize the need for their firms to become more agile in detecting and making the changes to strategy, operations, and products.
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 12 Nov 2007
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Driving Business Success with Software Reuse
sponsored by Telelogic, An IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts.
Posted: 30 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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What SAP Project Managers Need to Know about Managing Changes across a 5 System Landscape
sponsored by Revelation Software Concepts
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a high-level overview of a range of change control challenges specific to 5 system landscapes and offers a safe and flexible approach to managing change using Rev-Trac change control technology.
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Network Change and Configuration Management: Optimize Reliability, Minimize Risk and Reduce Costs
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: View this white paper and learn how Network Change and Configuration Management is helping to reshape infrastructure management toward a more strategic, process-aligned discipline with a range of benefits.
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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ESG: A Phased Approach to Network Access Control (NAC)
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Symantec Network Access Control can provide the secret to NAC success by offering a practical, phased implementation approach and by aligning NAC with business requirements.</
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Putting Security First in the Newly Virtualized World
sponsored by Lumension Security
WHITE PAPER: At Lumension Security are experts are in tune with the latest security problems posed by virtualization. In a new and largely untested IT world it is necessary to apply security at every stage of the process, keeping it safe from hackers and data breaches
Posted: 25 Jul 2008 | Published: 07 Jul 2008
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LogRhythm and NERC CIP Compliance
sponsored by LogRhythm, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: LogRhythm has extensive experience in helping organizations improve their overall security and compliance posture while reducing costs, it automatically performs the first level of log analysis and also ensures you to meet your reporting requirements.
Posted: 25 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  packages and the locations and network addresses of hardware devices. Special configuration management software is available. When a system needs ahardware or software upgrade, a computer technician can accesses the configuration management program and database to see what is currently installed. The technician can then make a more informeddecision about the upgrade needed.

An advantage of a configuration management application is that the entire collection of systems can be reviewed to makesure … 
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