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Key benefits of integrating traditional IT and Data Centre CMDBs
Both traditional IT CMDBs and Data Centre CMDBs are important and necessary in the age of digitisation , but technologies used in a data centre are interdependent and as such , they must be integrated to extract the most value from them .
Cutting-edge data centre teams have realised the enormous benefit of leveraging and integrating both types of CMDBs to drive automation that saves time and improves data accuracy . With a vendor-agnostic data centre management platform that is open and interoperable , integration is fast and easy to accomplish .
A modern Data Centre CMDB will work with what you have and come out of the box with open APIs and user-configurable connectors that simplify integration .
Through one seamless portal , you can integrate CMDBs and facilitate flowthrough operations that enable you to create , read , update and delete assets or attributes through other systems .
For example , if you add a new server in your IT CMDB such as ServiceNow , Cherwell , Jira , or BMC , that server will automatically be created in your Data Centre CMDB , and vice versa .
By integrating CMDBs and enabling automation , your teams will :
• Enable a single source of truth . Integration breaks down information silos and increases the accuracy of all data so users of either system can trust that the additional data they have access to is accurate and up to date .
• Improve workflow and productivity . Integration allows information entered in one system to be automatically pushed to the other , saving you time by not having to update multiple systems or crosscheck data against other sources .
• Enhance collaboration across functional teams . One holistic picture of all available data enables data-driven collaboration and decision-making across all data centre facilities and IT teams .
• Simplify data centre security management . Maintenance of user permissions is simplified to ensure that security policies are adhered to . As some users may only need to access one CMDB , they can still see all the relevant data they need .
Bringing it all together
According to Forrester , 93 % of companies agree that innovative technologies are necessary for companies to reach their Digital Transformation goals . The state of data centre infrastructure management today is one in which automation via integration is required to be successful .
Leading data centre teams have found that deploying and integrating both traditional IT CMDBs and Data Centre CMDBs have allowed them to maximise the value of their data by enabling data-driven collaboration and decision-making to provide the foundation modern businesses need to be agile , innovate and to thrive . ◊
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