A configuration management database architecture in support of IBM service management

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-457

  Madduri, Hari ^a   Shi, Shepherd S B ^a   Baker, Ron ^a   Ayachitula, Naga ^b   Shwartz, Laura ^b   Surendra, Maheswaran ^b   Corley, Carole ^a   Benantar, Messaoud ^a   Patel, Sushma ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SECURITY OF DATA;

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE ARCHITECTURE; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (CO);

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34948903204     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.463.0441     Document Type: Article

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