You might remember Managed Objects myCMDB announcement from a little while ago. In my view, myCMDB is trying to provide a layer on-top of CMDBs (Managed Objects own, BMC’s, and “custom”) that pulls features from the consumer, Web 2.0 world. As you go through the overview and then demo, you can pull out that the main idea with myCMDB is to get people using the CMDB more. There are other things, of course, like reports a-plenty and activity streams.

Overview

First, Managed Object’s Dustin McNabb gives us a short overview of the state of CMDB in Managed Objects view, and then does a quick intro explaining the ideas and goals of myCMDB:

Demo

Next, Abbas Haider Ali gives us a demo of myCMDB itself. He first highlights the main page with the tag cloud, communties, and activity stream. Then we get into navigating the relationships between each of the items the CMDB tracks and look over the reporting options that myCMDB provides:

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(Novell purchased Managed Objects in 2008.)

Disclosure: Managed Objects is a client and sponsored this screencast.