What You Need to Know about Configuration Management

October 29, 2013 James Michael Stewart Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Configuration management is the managed maintenance of known configurations of EVERYTHING: code, systems, appliances, work flows, facilities, HVAC, etc. Keeping track of, confirming, testing, backing up, verifying, restoring, and documenting configurations across the organization is essential to maintaining stability, consistency, reliability, and security.