by Robert Hansen | Sep 28, 2022 | Blazent Platform, CMDB Data Quality
Of all the silver bullets promised for IT management, the discovery tool is often one of the most over-sold. “Just point our tool at your IT infrastructure,” the sales rep promises, “and we’ll discover hardware, software, servers, databases, applications, dependencies...
by Michael Nicholas | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog, CMDB Data Quality
What is the most common response from executives when a company experiences a security breach, major outage or disaster situation? “I didn’t think it could happen to us!” When did an executive last make such a statement publicly? You would be hard pressed to find...
by Blazent | Feb 21, 2018 | CMDB Data Quality
Everyone loves the thrill of discovery – finding something new buried in the forest of IT infrastructure, user devices and services. Seasoned service management experts will tell you that the data you discover can be a valuable resource to help your company address...
by Blazent | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog, CMDB Data Quality
2017 was the year of discovery for the ITSM industry. Many ITSM platform providers released enhanced Discovery capabilities. When combined with existing discovery tools from technology providers (such as Cisco, HPE and Microsoft), companies unlocked a great wealth of...
by Blazent | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, CMDB Data Quality
Business change is accelerating at an alarming rate and as it does, IT organizations struggle to maintain the pace. Business users are taking on an increasingly important role in selecting the technology tools they need to perform their jobs – often without consulting...
by Blazent | Jun 27, 2017 | CMDB Data Quality
Your Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is continuously increasing in size and complexity, driven by an endless list of components that need to be improved or new data sets that someone wants to add. You understand that more data doesn’t necessarily translate...
