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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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Information Security Magazine November 2009: Stay in Control sponsored by Information Security Magazine EZINE: Unmanaged changes to IT systems and networks can recklessly increase risk to enterprises. The key is rolling out an accepted change management process, and sticking to it. Read this magazine and find out how a consistent change management process puts you in charge. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Phishing \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Spam

A Practitioner’s Guide to More Efficient Network Management sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the four key initiatives for attacking network management inefficiency and how automation solutions from HP can help. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Processes \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Management \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Performance

Optimizing Business Service Management (BSM) in a Challenging Global Economy: Delivering Service Quality While Improving IT Efficiency sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Service Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO

Tivoli Beat Article: Seamlessly Link IT Development and Operations sponsored by IBM TECHNICAL ARTICLE: This executive brief reviews the benefits of integrated asset management between development and operations and provides a concrete example of the impact analysis benefits of having a unified catalog of services and assets. Posted: 12 Nov 2009 \| Published: 12 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| IT Service Management

The Big Book of SAP Upgrades: Real World SAP Upgrade Tips from the World's Leading SAP System Integrators sponsored by Panaya, Inc. EBOOK: In August 2009, hundreds of SAP system integrators were asked to contribute their best upgrade tips for upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0. We took the best tips we received and compiled them in this eBook for you. Read this eBook to learn over 60 tips on upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0. Posted: 10 Nov 2009 \| Published: 10 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product) \| Software as a Service \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Upgrades

Fixing the SAP Upgrade Process: Nine Best Practices sponsored by Panaya, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper takes a new look at the SAP upgrade process in light of emerging best practices and new technologies. This report offers a discussion of the value of both technical and functional upgrades as well as a discussion of some of the best practices to enhance the value of your SAP upgrades while lowering overall cost. Posted: 10 Nov 2009 \| Published: 10 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product) \| Software as a Service \| Software Best Practices \| Software Maintenance \| Software Upgrades

49 Do's, Don'ts, and Customer Lessons for SAP Upgrades: Going beyond the SAP Upgrade Clichés sponsored by Panaya, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this article, the best advice on upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0 is compiled into a list of SAP upgrade do’s and don’ts for your reading enjoyment and practical use. Also included are some customer lessons from those who have upgraded to ERP 6.0 and have stories to tell. Posted: 10 Nov 2009 \| Published: 10 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| NetWeaver \| SAP (Product) \| Software as a Service \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Testing \| Software Upgrades

IT Survey Results: Top Priorities Through 2010 sponsored by BMC Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: What will be most important to IT organizations over the next 12 months? It's probably no surprise that cost control or reduction in spending is the key priority. This white paper looks at the near-term activities of the IT organizations surveyed by TechTarget, along with their constraints, issues, motivating factors, and strategies. Posted: 09 Nov 2009 \| Published: 09 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Change Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Server Virtualization

E-book: Automate configuration changes and save your data center millions sponsored by BMC Software, Inc EBOOK: Manual configuration changes are the no. 1 cause of service disruptions. In this article, customers, analysts and IT experts share strategies to help automate your manual processes and ensure that changes are applied according to configurations – every time. Download the ebook. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Published: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management

Best Practice Insights: ITIL Service Operation sponsored by BMC Software, Inc SCREENCAST: Service Operation, the fourth book in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version 3 publications, assists readers in developing management practices to ensure customers are satisfied and receive the value they expect. BMC experts have compiled an overview based on Service Operation, including valuable commentary, practical guidance and examples. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ITIL

eBook: HP IT Service Management - Optimizing Service Lifecycle Delivery and Cost sponsored by HP EBOOK: Many IT professionals are looking to IT Service Management (ITSM) to deliver quality IT services that meet the needs of the business under these tough conditions. Regardless of the size of your business, you can deliver superior service quality to your business with the HP approach to ITSM and the HP software and services that support it. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Asset Management (Finance) \| Business IT Alignment \| CFOs \| Change Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Spending \| ITIL \| Software as a Service

Change Management: The Challenge of Organizational Culture sponsored by SearchSecurity.com PRESENTATION: This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference focuses on change management and keeping change from creating unnecessary risks. The slides offer tips on getting people to accept change, participate in change, and finally manage change. Read on to learn more about managing change to mitigate risks. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies

Fact or Fiction: Enforcing Change Management and Configuration Management with Tools and Technologies sponsored by SearchSecurity.com PODCAST: This podcast educates information security and IT pros on the right tools and technologies to create a solid process that provides the data, insight and metrics you need to meet your compliance and business objectives. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Information Security \| Network Security \| Patch Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Strategic Planning \| Vulnerability Management

Implementing Robust Change Management sponsored by SearchSecurity.com VIDEO: Change management: Information security professionals have been known to cringe when they hear these words. But the change management process doesn't have to be as complicated as it might seem. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Information Security \| IT Management \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Managers

Reduce Downtime by 70% - Without Spending a Dime: Applying Best Practices of Successful IT Organizations sponsored by Marathon Technologies WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn Niel Nickolaisen's proven model for strategic and tactical alignment of IT with business objectives - enabling IT to do more for the business with less. By implementing all four components of Niel's model, IT can dramatically reduce system downtime and closely align their efforts and investments with business priorities. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Downtime \| High Availability \| IT Best Practices \| IT Spending \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software \| Windows Server Software

Solutions for Small to Medium Data Centers sponsored by APC WHITE PAPER: APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes. Posted: 23 Oct 2009 \| Published: 23 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Downtime \| Systems Management Software

Taking Network Configuration and Change Management to the Next Level sponsored by Dorado Software EGUIDE: This E-guide addresses configuration and change management in a partially virtual environment. Topics include: reporting on and managing virtual servers, the effects of physical changes on servers, how to extend change management processes like ITIL to cover the SAN, and handling human problems between the networking, datacenter, and storage teams. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Published: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Hardware Configuration Management \| ITIL \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| SAN \| Server Virtualization

CIO Decisions Ezine Volume 9 - Virtualization 2.0: Preparing for a Virtual World sponsored by CIO Decisions EBOOK: A tsunami of change is riding into the data center on the back of virtualization. In this eBook, you'll learn where it is today, and how to keep up with management, licensing, and much more. Posted: 14 Oct 2009 \| Published: 14 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Change Management \| CIOs \| Desktop Virtualization \| Disaster Recovery \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Software Licensing \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Change Management Best Practices for the Engineering and Construction Industry sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this white paper is to highlight best practices of identifying and managing changes that might occur on a construction project, and provide a process to effectively manage changes on construction projects. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Change Management \| Construction Industry \| Contract Management \| Contracts \| Project Management

Improve Server Configuration Control: Meet PCI Quickly and Without Added Staff sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how Tripwire provided this subscription billing service company achieve broad PCI compliance and helped them become proactive in handling security and compliance issues. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Published: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Data Security \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Software as a Service

Seven Practical Steps for Federal Cyber Security and FISMA Compliance sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides seven practical steps any information security organization can take to improve information system security and achieve compliance with relevant regulations, standards and internal security and operational policy. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Published: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Configuration Management \| Cybersecurity \| Cyberterrorism \| Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 \| Information Security \| Security Policies

Optimize your Technology Infrastructure Podcast Series sponsored by IBM PODCAST: Companies with a flexible IT infrastructure credit their success to an ability to adapt to change. Listen to find new ways to lower IT complexity and improve operating efficiency in your company. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ROI \| TCO

Managing the IT Infrastructure: Ensure Security and Improve Compliance sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WEBCAST: Tune into this webcast to discover why Tripwire should be your go-to solution for managing the configurations of your physical and virtual IT infrastructures. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Configuration Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Mainstreaming the vSwitch: HP Network Automation Extends Control to Virtual Computing Environment sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Management Protocols \| Network Performance \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| VMware \| VMware ESX

Simplify and Automate: Building Your Roadmap to Improve IT Delivery and Support - A free one-day virtual seminar brought to you by BMC Software, Inc. sponsored by BMC Software, Inc VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Find out how you can build a plan for IT simplification and automation and get practical advice for your complex challenges around areas such as: business service management, service desk and self-service, mainframe cost optimization, virtualization and cloud computing. Posted: 22 Sep 2009 \| Published: 22 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Service Management \| Change Management \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| IT Governance \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Mainframe Operating Systems \| Regulatory Compliance

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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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