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What is Configuration Management

Chapter 31
Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business
Configuration management provides functions to exercise control over, identify, collect data from and provide data to network elements.
Published in Chapter:
Basics of Telecommunication Management
Katalin Tarnay (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-194-0.ch031
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a simple understandable approach to the basics of telecommunications management. This chapter is composed of four logically interlaced parts: the background information, the main components of telecommunications management, the future trends, and the conclusion. The background information section reviews the literature. The main part discusses management notions together with a short explanation of basic management systems. These systems include the management functions, the managed objects, the management information base, and the management protocols. The future trends section provides solutions most likely to appear in the future. The conclusion summarizes the fundamental mechanisms of this field.
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Chapter 62
Implementing a Sound Public Information Security Program
This is the management of security features and assurances through the control of changes made to a system. It is a procedure for applying technical and administrative directions and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of an item or system, control any changes to such characteristics, and record and report the change, process, and implementation status.
Published in Chapter: Implementing a Sound Public Information Security Program; From: Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology
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Chapter 17
A Hybrid Intelligent Risk Identification Model for Configuration Management in Aerospace Systems
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Chapter 3
Practical Guidance in Achieving Successful Change Management in Information System Environments
The practice of controlling logical or structural arrangement within an organization to enhance productivity.
Published in Chapter: Practical Guidance in Achieving Successful Change Management in Information System Environments; From: New Perspectives on Information Systems Modeling and Design
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Chapter 15
Conceptualizing the Domain and an Empirical Analysis of Operations Security Management
Activities to monitor and set up the configuration of computer systems and software applications so that they can perform the needed functionality.
Published in Chapter: Conceptualizing the Domain and an Empirical Analysis of Operations Security Management; From: Handbook of Research on Technology Integration in the Global World
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Chapter 12
Cfengine Configuration Management Agent
Refers to controlling the change of system components throughout their life-cycle, reporting the status, and verifying the completeness and correctness of items.
Published in Chapter: Cfengine Configuration Management Agent; From: Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
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