Oracle Extends Configuration Management Capabilities in Oracle(R) Enterprise Manager
December 10, 2008
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
News Facts
* Extending its ability to manage configurations and automate IT
processes, Oracle today announced enhancements to Oracle(R)
Configuration Management Pack, a key component of Oracle Enterprise
Manager (http://www.oracle.com/enterprise_manager/index.html).
* With this release, Oracle Configuration Management Pack
(http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem/pdf/ds_config_pack.pdf),
available for Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware and non-Oracle
systems, adds comprehensive, continuous, real-time detection,
validation and reporting of authorized and unauthorized
configuration changes, across Oracle and non-Oracle environments.
* These capabilities, delivered through the new Configuration Change
Console, enable customers to monitor changes in IT environments more
efficiently while reducing costs, helping to improve service levels
and to meet compliance objectives.
Building on Top-Down Application Management Capabilities
* Oracle Configuration Management Pack enhances Oracle Enterprise
Manager's unique top-down approach to application management by
providing a comprehensive configuration management solution out-of-
the-box. Through proactive change detection and configuration
policies for the entire application environment, Oracle Enterprise
Manager delivers a richer perspective on the health of business
applications.
* Highlights of the Oracle Configuration Management Pack with new
Configuration Change Console include:
o Real-time configuration change detection across the
enterprise -- allows customers to detect and monitor
configuration changes in a broad range of IT components
including servers, databases, middleware, applications and
individual point-of-sale devices;
o Out-of-the-box configuration compliance policies and
framework -- facilitate the customer's ability to define
and implement controls in accordance with regulatory and
industry standards as well as best practices including
Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI and ITIL;
o Discovery and asset tracking -- enables configuration
information to be automatically collected in real time and
accessible from a central console, providing a
comprehensive view of all heterogeneous components in the
data center;
o Analytics and reporting -- provides a consolidated view of
all changes and a rich set of standard and ad-hoc reports
and search capabilities that enable administrators to view
all aspects of configurations across the enterprise;
o Integration with popular Change Management Systems --
enables customers to leverage their existing investments
when using popular change management systems such as BMC
Remedy BMC Remedy IT Service Management. Provides closed
loop reconciliation on change requests identifying
authorized and unauthorized changes; and
o Open and Extensible Solution -- helps customers to greatly
reduce the time and the cost of managing configuration
compliance in heterogeneous environments by utilizing
Oracle Enterprise Manager's extensibility framework, out-
of-box capabilities, user-defined policies and groups to
automate manual scripts, reports and processes.
Supporting Quotes
* "Oracle continues to deliver on its commitment to top-down
application management with the latest release of the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Configuration Management Pack. Customers can now
leverage the additional rich features, like those provided with the
new Configuration Change Console, to help them simplify day to day
IT management activities, ensure systems are compliant and reduce
their overall costs," said Richard Sarwal, Oracle senior vice
president Product Development.
* "Cummins Business Services IT (CBS IT) evaluated Oracle's
Configuration Change Console as part of the beta program. We at CBS
IT especially liked the product's ability to pinpoint exactly when,
where, and what configuration changes were made and by whom. The
product provides out-of-the-box policies, along with an extensible
policy-based framework, that allows an enterprise IT department to
quickly meet compliance requirements. Production deployment of the
product should improve compliance readiness, save administrator
time, and help meet other business objectives such as maintaining
service levels," said Srinivas Yerragolla, IT Manager, Cummins.
* "Ingersoll Rand recently evaluated Oracle's Configuration Change
Console beta version to help us manage our IT configuration as well
as implement corporate policies. Using the Console's dashboards and
built-in reports, our administrators were able to monitor
configurations across our environments. We feel confident that
Oracle Configuration Change Console will save our administrator's
time, help us enforce strict change management controls and reduce
our IT operations overhead while increasing the level of service to
our business units," said Mervyn Lally, Manager, Enterprise
Technology and Architecture, Ingersoll Rand.
Supporting Resources
* About Oracle Enterprise Manager
(http://www.oracle.com/enterprise_manager/index.html)
* Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Management Pack
(http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem/pdf/ds_config_pack.pdf)
* Automating IT Configuration Controls with Oracle Enterprise Manager
Configuration Change Console (http://tinyurl.com/69rnyd)
* Podcast: Oracle Configuration Management Pack
(http://tinyurl.com/59q5dl)
* Configuration Management Allows Dell Easy Access To Systems
Worldwide
(http://www.oracle.com/pls/ebn/live_viewer.main?p_shows_id=5528724)
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