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ALSO CALLED: Change and Configuration Management, Change Management (Systems), Change Management Systems, Change Control Management DEFINITION: 1) Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change, both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level. A somewhat ambiguous term, change management has at least three different aspects, including: adapting to change, controlling change, and effecting change. A proactive approach to dealing with change is at the core of all three aspects. For an organization, … Definition continues below.
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What’s New in VMware vSphere 5: Platform sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore the newest features in vSphere 5.0, and find out how this latest release from VMware builds upon previous versions to extend existing features and capabilities to improve your ability to upgrade, patch and maintain your hosts, virtual machine hardware and tools. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Data Center Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Spirit Incentives sponsored by SunGard Availability Services WHITE PAPER: In this case study, explore how Spirit Incentives chose a cloud service to help it meet evolving business needs. Discover how this move to the cloud was accomplished in 10 days and how it enabled the company to consolidate services, reduce costs and better utilize its staff and applications. Posted: 26 Jan 2012 \| Published: 26 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending

Build a Team Culture Among Your Employees sponsored by Citrix Online Go To Meeting WHITE PAPER: Unleash the the power of human resources in your organization by focusing on 5 core concepts: stability, focus, consistency, teamwork and velocity. Learn how you can transform your company culture, open channels of communication and build a teamwork environment. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Collaboration \| Employee Performance Management (EPM) \| Human Resources Management \| Leadership \| Management Training \| Work Environment

A Guide to Branching and Merging Patterns sponsored by AccuRev WHITE PAPER: In this paper, gain a better understanding of how branching and merging patterns work and how applying them to your projects can have a profound effect on how your development team handles change management and delivers software. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

Data Center Wake Up Call - You Are Running Out of Time to Fix Your Change & Release Processes sponsored by Evergreen Systems WHITE PAPER: IT change and release volume is rising rapidly, driven by agile development, virtualization, cloud, and globalization. Access this resource to learn how automated change and release management tools can transform change management from a reactive, manual, resource- and time-intensive process to a proactive, streamlined, highly-automated process. Posted: 05 Jan 2012 \| Published: 05 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Managers \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Virtual Machine

Data Center Transformation through Database Automation sponsored by Evergreen Systems WHITE PAPER: Learn how forward-thinking IT leaders are taking steps to automate database and middleware administration, yielding significant efficiency gains, cost savings, and improvements in security and time to market. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Managers \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Middleware

Optimizing Service Desk Value sponsored by FrontRange Solutions Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how service management that includes incident, problem, and change management allows you to provide more proactive service that increases efficiencies and lower costs. Posted: 23 Dec 2011 \| Published: 23 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Change Management \| Help Desk Management \| Help Desk Management Services \| Help Desk Software \| Help Desks \| IT Service Centers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Service Level Management

Service Desk to Service Management - IT Service Management Strategies for Success sponsored by FrontRange Solutions Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for insights to help ease the transformation from service desk to service management, including the 4 requirements for an effective IT Service Management (ITSM) platform, how to develop a holistic governance framework to minimize compliance costs, and the underlying principles of the newest version of ITIL (ITIL V3). Posted: 21 Dec 2011 \| Published: 21 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Asset Management Services \| Change Management \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance reporting software \| Configuration Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| ITIL \| Service Level Management \| Service Process Optimization Software

Semantic Integration & The Data Life Cycle sponsored by Progress Software WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover an alternative approach to data integration that ensures that not only is data correct and valid based on your business rules, but more importantly provides the means to fully operationalize those rules in a manner that is both intelligible to business and agile across all segments of the change lifecycle. Posted: 23 Nov 2011 \| Published: 23 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Change Management \| Data Integration \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Source Code Control

Shorten release cycles by bringing developers to application lifecycle management sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the capabilities and benefits that the next phase of application lifecycle management (ALM) must deliver in order to overcome the challenges of application delivery. Posted: 18 Nov 2011 \| Published: 18 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Change Management \| Risk Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Testing

User Virtualization: Beyond Device-Centric Computing sponsored by AppSense WHITE PAPER: User virtualization decouples user-specific settings and policies from the physical or virtual machine, and allows users the flexibility to manage their own preferences across multiple physical or virtual devices. Learn how user virtualization can help to lower support costs, enhance security and risk management, and speed up IT processes. Posted: 08 Nov 2011 \| Published: 08 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Change Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Personalization \| Remote Users \| Wireless Computing

The Three Pitfalls of Business Expansion And How You Can Avoid Them sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to leverage the power of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to overcome the pitfalls of business expansion. Posted: 31 Oct 2011 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Change Management \| Data Integration \| ERP \| Supply Chain Integration

Four EHR Change Management Mistakes (and how to avoid them) sponsored by Intel and HP WHITE PAPER: The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to EHR, but when. Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum. This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common EHR implementation problems. Posted: 16 Sep 2011 \| Published: 16 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Change Management \| EHR (Electronic Health Records) \| Health Care Compliance \| Health Care Industry \| HITECH \| Risk Management \| Strategic Planning \| Training

Successful EHR Change Management sponsored by Intel and HP WHITE PAPER: There are many factors to consider when rolling out an EHR implementation, and one of the most important is getting your people behind the change. This paper provides insight into where your staff may be in terms of resistance to or support for a new EHR system, and the necessary tools, training and support to transition successfully. Posted: 15 Sep 2011 \| Published: 15 Sep 2011 TOPICS: ARRA \| Change Management \| Data Migration \| EHR (Electronic Health Records) \| Health Care Compliance \| Health Care Industry \| HITECH \| Training

vSphere Monitoring: 6 Reports You Might Be Missing sponsored by Veeam Software WHITE PAPER: Remember when virtualization was the hottest technology around? Back then, things were easy. Of course, those were virtualization’s early days, with low-hanging fruit and opportunities for improvement aplenty. But, then, something happened. Read on to learn more. Posted: 08 Jul 2011 \| Published: 08 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Change Management \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SLA \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| VMware

For the Business Analyst, Why Relationships Trump All! sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The business analyst is the central point of contact between executives, operations and IT. Access this resource for an in-depth overview of the business analyst position and how it relates to IT. Posted: 17 Jun 2011 \| Published: 17 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Budgeting \| Change Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Service Level Management

Understanding and Managing the Risk of Change sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: A flexible, adaptable and scalable IT infrastructure means that change is the only constant. Access this exclusive resource for an in-depth definition of change management and tactics for increasing your ROI via the change process. Posted: 17 Jun 2011 \| Published: 17 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Change Management \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Risk Management \| Server Management

Project Management Best Practices for Maximum Performance via Effective Integration sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights how project managers can utilize effective integration of multiple disciplines to achieve maximum performance. A disciplined collaboration between the BA and BPM has become a prerequisite for success. Posted: 17 Dec 2010 \| Published: 17 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Performance Management \| Change Management \| Product Life Cycles \| Project Management \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| SOA

Five Challenges to ITIL Best Practices sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The best practices described by Version Three of the ITIL® represent a de facto standard for IT Service Management and have become very popular in technology organizations over the last several years. This paper will explore each of these challenges, provide real-world examples of each, and present realistic methods for overcoming these challenges. Posted: 19 Oct 2010 \| Published: 19 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Change Management \| CIOs \| Configuration Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Training and Educational Services \| Training Software

Is There Life After Requirements? Tools That Support Business Process Improvement sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: So you have a requirements plan. You have elicited functional, non-functional, and quality of service requirements. You have validated and verified them, and your stakeholders are satisfied. Now what? Read this paper to learn more about the tools needed for business process improvements. Posted: 15 Jul 2010 \| Published: 15 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Business Models \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Change Management \| IT Management

Using Syslog Effectively for Security Troubleshooting sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the numerous ways that syslog messages can be used to enhance the secure deployment of an infrastructure of equipment from Cisco®. Syslog can not only be an essential auditing tool for network and administrative events, but also can be an effective troubleshooting tool. Posted: 25 Jan 2010 \| Published: 25 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring Software \| Reporting Software \| TCP \| Troubleshooting \| VPN

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … change management means defining and implementing procedures and/or technologies to deal with changes in the business environment and to profit from changing opportunities.Successful adaptation to change is as crucial within an organization as it is in the natural world. Just like plants and animals, organizations and the individuals in them inevitably encounter changing conditions that they are powerless to control. The more effectively you deal with change, the more likely you are to thrive. Adaptation might involve establishing a structured methodology for responding to changes in the business …
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