Change and Configuration Management Software

Change and configuration management software provides management of system and peripheral hardware and software assets but not network devices. Software for planning, tracking, and applying system hardware and software changes is also included, as is software distribution, license management, and auditing. The following are representative vendors and products in this market:

• Computer Associates (Unicenter Software Delivery and Unicenter Asset Management)
• HP (OpenView Patch Manager)
• IBM (Tivoli Software Distribution)
• LANDesk Software (LANDesk Management Suite)
• Microsoft (SMS)
• Novell ([a portion of] ZENworks)