by Robert Hansen | Sep 29, 2022 | Blazent Platform, CMDB Data Quality
This is Part 2 of our series on the limitations of standalone discovery scanners. [Read Part 1 here: The False Promise of Discovery Tools]. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how relying solely on discovery tools to populate your Configuration Management Database...
by Robert Hansen | Sep 28, 2022 | Blazent Platform, CMDB Data Quality
Of all the “silver bullets” promised for IT management, the standalone discovery tool is arguably the most oversold. For decades, vendors have promised that if you simply point their scanner at your IT infrastructure, it will miraculously discover...
by Blazent | Apr 20, 2017 | CMDB Data Quality
Improvements in IT data quality and analysis tools have enabled IT management to spend less time looking into the past and more time enabling the dynamic enterprise of the future. This allows them to anticipate business events more accurately, forecast costs and...
by Blazent | Jan 11, 2017 | CMDB Data Quality
A Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is the central nervous system of any IT organization. It provides the single source of truth required to support Service, Asset, Operations, and FinOps management. The data records within the CMDB represent Configuration...
by Blazent | Dec 29, 2016 | CMDB Data Quality
Enterprise IT teams are constantly challenged to maintain data integrity, but in the healthcare industry, the stakes are uniquely severe. In a hospital environment, IT infrastructure decisions can literally mean the difference between life and death. Furthermore,...
