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mValent Works for Global Integrity


New version of configuration management tool brings multiple provisioning features

By Jeff Feinman
January 23, 2008 — 
Automated application configuration management tool provider mValent has added the ability to simultaneously propagate sets of configuration data to multiple servers to the latest version of its configuration management tool.

Integrity 5.0, released this week, brings enhanced support for large-scale, globally distributed applications. It can provision application configuration settings to a virtually unlimited number of target host systems, claim company officials. This can be done for any single element in the application infrastructure, including application servers, Web servers or databases.

“If you have a large production environment or a large preproduction environment, and you’re trying to make sure that everything is synchronized, you have the ability to propagate those corrections and new versions of the configuration properties simultaneously out to all environments,” said Jim Hickey, chief marketing officer for mValent.

There is also a “Compare” capability in mValent Integrity 5.0 that can give change detection and analysis on either pre-determined schedules or an ad hoc basis. This automated feature can track configuration differences across time through whole environments.

Updated change reporting capabilities in the tool allow reports to be generated automatically and distributed via e-mail to IT managers.

“What managers want to know on a reporting basis is how much change is happening in the environment, where are the root causes and sources of change, and how much change is in compliance with their defined process,” Hickey said. “Not only do we give them that sort of data, but now we can do that on a regularly scheduled basis. It’s a great feature to help the more senior management understand the level of change in their environment.”

Another new feature in mValent Integrity 5.0 is a Java API that can integrate the tool with other IT service management applications, including BMC’s Remedy Service Management or HP’s Universal CMDB.

According to mValent officials, Integrity targets infrastructure and application support teams that deliver a complex application life cycle and synchronize multiple environments. It is also aimed at teams that uphold the integrity of an application infrastructure for IT audit and compliance needs, and teams that mitigate application performance or stability problems.

Hickey said that a major goal for mValent in 2008 is continuing its growth, the company having doubled in size over the past few years. The company is also coming off its best two-quarter stretch ever, though he would not share exact earnings, as mValent is privately held.


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