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January 22, 2008 | Comments: (0)

mValent advances configuration management

TAGS: Systems management

MValent with its Integrity v5 product for change and configuration management is adding capabilities for provisioning configuration settings to large-scale distributed environments.

Also featured is detection and management of configuration changes and change reporting for IT audit and compliance.

Intended for large enterprises, mValent Integrity v5 offers automated deployment tools that provision configuration settings across multiple hosts and locations, the company said. This alleviates labor-intensive, error-prone manual efforts that can delay rollouts of new applications or upgrades, according to mValent.

Changes can be made to application infrastructure including application servers, Web servers, database servers and OSes. These changes can be sent out to thousands of servers simultaneously, said Jim Hickey, chief marketing officer at mValent.

A Java API featured in v5 enables integration with other tools such as ticketing systems or configuration management databases.

Also featured in Integrity v5 is the addition of analytical capabilities to its "Compare" tool, which pinpoints configuration inconsistencies that can cause downtime. A new automated change dashboard helps IT managers head off change compliance problems.

Available Tuesday, an entry-level configuration costs around $150,000.

Posted by Paul Krill on January 22, 2008 06:32 AM

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