Product configuration systems (PCSs) are sophisticated IT frameworks that enable companies to manage product customisation and complexity by structuring and controlling the vast variability inherent ...

(1) In a network, a system for gathering current configuration information from all nodes in a LAN. (2) In software development, a system for keeping track of large projects. Although version control, ...

HP today introduced HP Configuration Management System (CMS) 10, a broad update designed to give more types of IT leaders better insight and control over everything from discrete IT devices to ...

Version control woes are still a real issue. Of course, control system integrators try to manage all the content associated with your projects, but sooner or later things can get out of hand and they ...

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The human nervous system is one of the most complex systems in the human body. Though the nerves and brain are small in comparison with the mass of bones and muscles, without the work performed by the ...

I was proudly wearing one of my Salt Stack shirts the other day when my daughter asked me, "What is Salt Stack?" I began by explaining the problem it solved. If you have multiple servers and want to ...

Cfengine is known by many system administrators to be an excellent tool to automate manual tasks on UNIX and Linux-based machines. It also is the most comprehensive framework to execute administrative ...

The frenzy of activity triggered by a network attack requires a new approach to threat management, one that makes the network and its resources a partner in its own defense and allows security and ...

Microsoft last week showed off how System Center Configuration Manager will show Windows 10 servicing details. Microsoft has implemented a somewhat complex Windows 10 update release scheme for ...