Managed Objects BSCM, vCMDB, CMDB360*
Managed Objects has announced a CMDB product (or repackaging) today. I can’t tell from the PR and web information if it’s something new or repackaging of what they were calling Business Service Configuration Manager (BSCM), a vCMDB, or if it’s something completely new.
I’d certainly be interested in learning more on what’s behind the scenes and how they’ll integrate/enable process areas such as change, config, release, incident, etc. or how they federate and reconcile (metadata, schemas, etc.). Has Managed Objects been invited to participate in the CMDB Federation Consortium?
In general for any/all vendor CMDB solutions, how does one assess time to value, ease of deployment, integration or federation? What perspective is applied, the executives, the tools group, or the IT operations/support staff? Is this something that industry practioners should create guidelines for? A checklist or assessment rules of thumb? No IT environment is the same and they all generally have their fair share of COTS and custom applications/software and integration challenges (technology, politics, etc.).
Thoughts?
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[...] I look forward to learning more about the Managed Objects CMDB360* solution as it is developed and released. I was sent an email from their PR firm after posting this a few weeks back, so I expect they’re following the blogosphere and may jump into these conversations. I encourage them to do so! Technorati Tags: Best Practices, BSM, Business Service Management, cmdb, CMDB360*, Implementation, ITIL, ITSM, Just Enough, Managed ObjectsLicenseThis work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. [...]
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