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BMC's own CMDB figures - The IT Skeptic

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on Tue, 2008-08-19 10:17. [nid:1075]

9:32 minutes (3.83 MB)

A podcast of the original post a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research

Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB, but nevertheless management want to know what they get for their money, and BMC's own research suggests "not much".

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