Feature of BMC Atrium CMDB: Common Data Model When thinking about implementing a Configuration Management Database (CMDB), it’s a challenge to determine how to best map and store your IT infrastructure data in a manner that will make sense to any IT application that needs to integrate into your CMDB. More importantly, you need a storage environment that supports the building of relationships among IT components, business processes, and users, as well as the business services they support. The BMC Atrium CMDB Common Data Model in the BMC Atrium CMDB unifies the representation of configuration data and handles all types of Configuration Items (CI). These CIs include information about the IT infrastructure, such as computer systems, applications, relationships, and topology, as well as other types of information, such as people, services, and business processes. Key Features and Benefits Conforms to industry standards and is based on the Common Information Model (CIM) from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Provides a uniform and standards-based approach to managing CI relationships Extends data model effortlessly to add new CI attributes, categories of CIs, or additional relationships between IT components Enables a high level of data security through detailed roles and permissions settings

Datasheets BMC Atrium Enabling Technologies (pdf) BMC Atrium Configuration Management Database (pdf) White Papers and Analyst Reports Summit Strategies Analyst White Paper Survey Says: CMDBs Enable Highly Effective Change and Configuration Management (registration required) Asset Management, ITIL, and CMDB Connecting the Dots Between IT Operations and the Bottom Line (registration required) Maintain an Accurate CMDB through Reconciliation A White Paper Prepared by BMC Software (registration required) Federation and a CMDB A White Paper Prepared by BMC Software (registration required) The CMDB Landscape: Market Directions, Vendor Solutions and IT Deployments by Enterprise Management Associates (registration required) What do you need from a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)? (registration required) Webinars The Importance of Integration and the Configuration Management Database (recorded) The Importance of Federation and the CMDB (recorded) Creating an Accurate CMDB Through Reconciliation (recorded)