I stumbled across this 2013 presentation published at BrightTalk.com by Pink Elephant's George Spalding on the differences and relationships between configuration management and asset management.
When we migrated to Universal Discovery for asset discovery, we made sure we took the Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMDB) course first, which introduced us stupid asset managers to configuration items. And while to those of us who managed assets, this seemed an infuriating way to learn, it was invaluable to have that background, especially today, when asset and configuration management databases are likely to be shared (and in the spirit of keeping data in ONE place, should be).
I really can't improve on this presentation. It was a timely reminder of lessons learned some time ago, and I didn't have to sit through that 5 day UCMDB course again!
If you're interested in the subject, this is a great primer.
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