Aldon CMDB's latest module is a key component of the company's IT service-management solution. It provides visibility of all IT assets across an enterprise, performs compliance auditing, enforces approved configurations, and integrates seamlessly with entire service and application lifecycle management processes. It also identifies dependencies across all assets, issues, and tasks and offers an intuitive visual impact analysis of any changes to an infrastructure. "As more and more shops become a combination of 'System i and something,' CMDB will become mission-critical to proper management and best practices across that dynamic IT environment," reports Sarah Johansen, Aldon's public relations manager. "For those shops, the System i boxes are one of the many key assets they manage. Although the System i rarely goes down, CMDB helps them better manage the software, licensing, maintenance, and SLAs associated with the System i."

--Vicki Hamende, application development & database editor