Frequently Asked Questions

According to Wikipedia, a CMDB is "a repository of information related to all the components of an information system. Although repositories similar to CMDBs have been used by IT departments for many years, the term CMDB stems from ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). In the ITIL context, a CMDB represents the authorized configuration of the significant components of the IT environment. A key goal of a CMDB is to help an organization understand the relationships between these components and track their configuration."

FireScope CMDB delivers the same enterprise-grade functionality as traditional CMDB's, minus the exhorbitant price tag and pain inducing deployment. For a fraction of the cost of the competition, IT Organizations gain real-time visualization and documentation of their IT infrastructure, along with a complete view of the interrelationships of the software and systems impacting those operations. And all this can be accomplished without the need to hire an army of consultants and mind-numbing planning sessions.

No, an Asset management tool simply catalogs the inventory you may have within your organization. CMDB shows the dependencies and relationships those items have on one another and the impact each has on your organization.

You can download a virtual appliance of FireScope CMBD directly from this site in a variety of formats. The Enterprise-Edition is also offered as a physical appliance with everything preconfigured; just plug it in and go!

FireScope CMDB can be up and running in a few minutes, ready for your to populate information about your infrastructure from FireScope's built-in discovery feature, or by federating data from your existing data repositories.

The FireScope CMDB is deployed in a pre-packaged appliance (physical appliance or virtual appliance) with everything installed and configured. Intuitive wizards and an easy to understand web interface walks you through installation and configuration, which dramatically decreases deployment time.