To gain deeper insight into the extent of the application infrastructure configuration management problem, mValent surveyed senior IT managers at large enterprises and asked about their configuration management practices and the associated costs.

This white paper defines and explains seven best practices that very effective IT organizations use to manage application infrastructures. Apply the ones that make sense for your organization.

This white paper describes key metrics in application infrastructure management and how to analyze and improve them, specifically using capabilities in mValent Integrity.

In this white paper, EMA examines the configuration management database (CMDB) market and assesses the advantages and pitfalls of the industry movement towards this next-generation architecture.

In this white paper, IDC Research Director Sandra Rogers provides recommendations and best practices for increasing the speed and rate at which applications get to production by easing and automating tasks related to initial set-up, maintenance, and replication of highly complex infrastructure configurations.

In this white paper, vice president Mary Johnston Turner provides an assessment of configuration management products being offered by new and established vendors. Application configuration automation is an emerging IT management software category aiming to reduce cost and improve performance by linking applications and infrastructure across the full breadth and depth of the IT design, implementation and operating lifecycle.