Configuration management and asset management move in the same orbit -- the management of an organization's systems and services -- but they have different purposes and goals. One focuses on managing ...

IT asset management is the process of accounting for the location and condition of all business assets. The goal is to optimize asset use, so that all asset lifecycles are as long as possible and the ...

Organizations require capable change management tools; configuration management databases and asset management platforms are two common choices. There is some functional overlap. These are markedly ...