Compliance is evaluated by defining a configuration baseline that contains the configuration items to be evaluated and settings and rules to describe the level of compliance that are must have. Compliance settings in Configuration Management provides a unified interface and user experience that lets enterprises manage the configuration and compliance of servers, laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices in their organization. It contains tools to help assess the compliance of users and client devices for many configurations, such as accuracy of the operating system versions that are installed and configured in a system.

Critical to the success of other IT processes including provisioning, change management, release management, patch management, compliance and security, the automated configuration management eliminates a lot of manual work while creating greater stability and predictability. Various emerging and already established solution providers are coming up with innovative configuration management technologies to meet all mission-critical IT service outage challenges.

To simplify and help CIOs navigate the software sector landscape, CIOReview is coming up with annual special edition on 20 most promising Configuration Management solution providers 2016 where a distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, analysts including CIOReview editorial board will decide the '20 Most Promising Configuration Management Solution Providers' in the U.S. 

In the process of selecting 20 most promising Configuration Management solution providers 2016, we will analyze the company's offerings, core competency, news/press releases, client testimonials, milestones and other recognitions.

We invite you to nominate companies, which you think are at the forefront of tackling technological challenges in terms of solutions around Configuration Management.