Question about Configuration Management covered at kali.training

Mon Mar 5 23:29:11 UTC 2018

Hi there,

My new book Configuration Management: Standard Requirements is out, get it here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/86hqr1454ovgdqw/CM_Configuration_Management.pdf?dl=0

My goal is to get in front of anyone who will benefit from it. - perhaps you will be able to help more people with a link or an article.

I was searching for Configuration Management information and I came across kali.training, and had to reach out to you.

My name is Gerard Blokdijk, I've been in many enterprise data center management and CxO roles over the past 25 years, and spoken to thousands of people at public events and at companies in 23 countries.

And I'm an author.

I have just published my new book, co-authored with Ivanka Menken, called 'Configuration Management: Standard Requirements'. Because I feel this is of interest to you, and to establish mutual ground, I want to give you the book. 

Something straightforward as 'Configuration Management: Standard Requirements' is the Configuration Management guide I wish I had when I needed it; a tool to help develop a detailed vision of all areas impacted by a Configuration Management implementation, and a useful tool for scoring readiness and implementation quality.

It highlights what's important now and in the future for the reader and delivers a Configuration Management roadmap to instantly understand and move forward in the right direction, based on verifiable data. 

7 Sample Requirements:

1. Is an asset management process(es) in place to inventory and manage this new asset (investment) from a property management perspective, to provide Configuration Management support, and to monitor system performance?

2. If a customer complains that service levels are below those agreed in the sla, apparently due to a number of related hardware incidents, who is responsible for ensuring the cause is investigated?

3. Are physical configuration assessments conducted to determine the degree of agreement between the current physical configuration and the configuration depicted in the facility documentation?

4. What percentage of user PCs and servers are included in a centralized software inventory/CMDB (configuration management database); which is populated by a software tracking tool?

5. Have the cis and the exact version or revision that constitutes a particular baseline (documents, source code, problem reports and change documents) been identified?

6. How do you do keep current with a continuously changing codeline, and also make progress without being distracted by your environment changing out from under you?

7. Has the organization established a security configuration management program that is consistent with FISMA requirements, OMB policy, and applicable NIST guidelines?

The book will be available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all major retailers later this month, the full info can be found at https://store.theartofservice.com/cm-configuration-management-standard-requirements/ right now.

You can read and download the PDF version of the book instantly here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/86hqr1454ovgdqw/CM_Configuration_Management.pdf?dl=0

Where you can see this possible, I would appreciate it if you would consider linking to https://store.theartofservice.com/cm-configuration-management-standard-requirements/ - This will help more people with finding the book. 

To make it easy you can use the critical criteria above as input and the following text (or use any text you like): The Art of Service's Configuration Management Standard Requirements Excel Dashboard and accompanying eBook is for managers, advisors, consultants, specialists, professionals and anyone interested in Configuration Management assessment. https://store.theartofservice.com/cm-configuration-management-standard-requirements/

Thanks in advance and if I can assist you with anything else, or return the favor, please let me know.

Gerard Blokdijk
Connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardblokdijk
CEO
The Art of Service
https://theartofservice.com
gerard.blokdijk at theartofservice.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardblokdijk/ 

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