To effectively oversee and enhance your systems, it is essential to have a precise understanding of the assets present in your IT landscape along with up-to-date and reliable configuration data. By utilizing a well-maintained configuration management database (CMDB), gaining insights into your organization’s IT framework becomes straightforward, especially concerning service impact assessments, asset oversight, regulatory compliance, and configuration management processes. The ServiceNow® CMDB offers a unified record-keeping system for IT, and when integrated with ServiceNow Service Mapping, it transforms into a service-aware database, empowering your ServiceNow applications to also adopt a service-centric approach. With a robust CMDB in place, you achieve comprehensive visibility over your infrastructure and services, which enhances your governance of the environment and supports improved decision-making. Ultimately, this leads to a more streamlined and efficient IT operation, enabling your organization to respond swiftly to changes and challenges.