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Choosing the Right Configuration Management Database Vendor If you are considering a configuration management database (CMDB) for your organization, then this is the story for you. Joe Townsend explores the many vendor offerings and provides insight that will help you in your decision-making process. |
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Why Is the Configuration Management Database Both Praised and Reviled? For the novice the configuration management database (CMDB) can be a daunting task when considered in its entirety. To the seasoned pro and others, however, it might be viewed as a complete waste of resources. Joe Townsend looks at why the CMDB is praised—and yet reviled at the same time. |
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Have a Need for Speed? Move to a Gigabit Internet City Do you pine for the ultrafast Internet service that fiber-to-the-X promises? Instead of DSL service or cable connections, imagine not only your development efforts but online music, movies, and games streaming more than one hundred times faster than the speed of broadband. It's in the Gig City. |
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Should You Embrace Agile Principles at Home? Families struggling to reach a manageable work/life balance are often looking anywhere for help, but few look toward their employers for guidance when the answer may have been there for decades. We all knew agile benefited more than just software teams, but how many have applied it in our homes? |
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Need Another Reason to Consider DevOps? Automation is a critical component of eliminating waste. A large part of the DevOps movement is centered on automating the infrastructure tasks that take away from delivering value. In addition to the obvious cost savings of automation, it can also breed innovation. |
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Is Software Configuration Management Dead? Joe Townsend explores whether software configuration management (SCM) is dead or simply morphing into something else. The world of SCM is very different from what it once was, and SCM professionals need to be aware of this rapidly changing field. |
