Currently, the nuclear industry and governmental organizations are showing an increasing interest in the implementation of Configuration Management (CM) processes as an effective way for limiting ...

When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Ever had a situation where you don't know what code is actually in production? How about when you need to do a hot fix and you break production software? Usually, this is the result of an unstructured ...

The human nervous system is one of the most complex systems in the human body. Though the nerves and brain are small in comparison with the mass of bones and muscles, without the work performed by the ...

Configuration management – the “C” in “FCAPS” (fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security) – has been much neglected, largely left to in-house improvisation and element-centric ...

Serena Software announced this week the release of Serena Dimensions Express, a developer-focused software configuration management tool that is intended to be easy to use. With the product, advanced ...

Product configuration systems (PCSs) are sophisticated IT frameworks that enable companies to manage product customisation and complexity by structuring and controlling the vast variability inherent ...

Reader Tracy Southworth has very kindly allowed me to quote an interesting message she wrote to me last year: “The [newsletters] on security are very interesting and have offered many ideas over the ...

If the Control Panel and the System Configuration tool are something you use frequently then how about adding the latter to the former? By tweaking the Windows Registry, you can add the System ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Over the last 30 years, vehicle configuration complexity has increased almost exponentially.