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Glenn O’Donnell Senior Analyst Forrester Research February 19, 2009 Cracking The CMDB Enigma Hint: There is no “CMDB”
CMDB
CMS
Questions to be Answered ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What  IS  this thing we call a CMDB? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Change Configuration Release Incident Problem Availability Service Level Capacity Financial Continuity Use Service Delivery Service Support Discovery Changes Use Use Use Use Use Use Use CMDB CMDB
The Configuration Management System ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],HR DB Servers Network Service Catalog Storage Virtual Servers CMS Known Errors Incidents Apps Data Whse
CMDB: What’s possible and what’s not? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Possible Difficult / Impossible Isolated pockets of the truth  are better than unified ambiguity!
A simple federated CMDB example local data Service Catalog service A service B service C Service MDR customer service owner application A Customer MDR organization ID contact person IT_customer_rep HR DB employee ID name organization ID Application MDR client network server Server MDR manufacturer model storage Client MDR manufacturer model user Network MDR manufacturer model num_ports Storage MDR manufacturer model capacity 100% metadata mix of metadata and local data
The CMDB “Butterfly Effect” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Punitive Outsourcing Operational Excellence Process Refinement Status Quo CMS “ Nudge” Disadvantage Delayed Start Collapse The very future of the organization rides on trustworthy information!
Discovery Yields the Truth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Difference
CMDB process maturity 1 2 3 4 5 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
CMDB becomes the CMS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepare for the new CMDB (the CMS) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Information is not just data, it is useful data with intelligence! 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
How to do CMDB right! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Avoid the monolith! There can be no single CMDB!
Thank you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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