Configuresoft and Leading IT Analyst Host Webinar Sharing Insight into Best Practices for Change Management Processes.Configuresoft's Technology Strategist George Gerchow and Ptak, Noel & Associates Analyst Audrey Rasmussen Discuss Four Benefits of Closed-Loop Change COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence[R], today announced that Ptak, Noel & Associates Analyst Audrey Rasmussen and Configuresoft Technology Strategist George Gerchow will host a free educational Webinar titled "PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT: Closing the Loop on Change." The Webinar will provide real-world examples of improved availability, security and policy compliance achieved by closing the change management loop. One ongoing challenge for IT is internal visibility into and controlling "invisible," ad-hoc or unplanned changes that bypass the approval process. If not checked, it remains invisible unless there is a problem. Up to 80 percent of operational failures are due to unapproved changes. The Webinar will feature: * Information on how linking configuration and change management processes improves overall enterprise and component systems availability, security and policy compliance * The four organizational benefits of closing the loop on change * Methods to apply reconciliation and audit verification of change in order to measure the effectiveness of an organization's change management process What: "PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT: Closing the Loop on Change" Who: Ptak, Noel & Associates Analyst Audrey Rasmussen and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Certified Practitioner/Configuresoft Technology Strategist George Gerchow When: Wednesday, December 5, 2007, Noon EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy (10:00 am MST See micro systems technology. ) To Register: http://www.configuresoft.com/webinar_registration_web.aspx About Configuresoft Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence[R] to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 13 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve , HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. , and industry standards such as ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft and VMware ESX Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com. |
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