CMDBuild is an open source web application intended to model and manage the IT asset database (CMDB stand for Configuration and Management Data Base) and support management workflows according to ITIL Best Practices.
CMDBuild goal is to facilitate the operators to keep under complete control their assets, knowing at every time their composition, dislocation, functional relations and to manage their lifecycle in a comprehensive manner.
The CMDBuild configuration tools allow the user to activate a complete CMS (Configuration Management System) to manage the IT Department according to ITIL best practices.
The CMS will manage for example configuration items related to the organizational (people, offices, locations, etc.) and purchasing area (suppliers, orders, etc.), of "client" (computers, peripherals, etc.) and infrastructural type (server, virtualization systems, network equipment, cabling, etc.), telephony, client and server software.