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In the doITbetter blog you will find engaging articles on IT documentation, IT service management, IT security management and other exciting topics related to i-doit. Learn more about the latest IT trends and benefit from tips and best practices for your IT documentation and management. With our expertise, you can optimise IT workflows and stay on the cutting edge.

Mar 30, 2023 1:17:40 PM

i-doit pro for Windows - The new Windows-Installer

For more than 15 years, many users have been using the IT documentation software in a classic Linux environment. Repeatedly, we have received requests to make i-doit pro available on a Windows server. Now the time has come. The new i-doit Windows...

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Mar 7, 2023 9:29:00 AM

Emergency Management - Preparation and Response

How important is IT for your business? The answer is the same in most companies: you can no longer do without it. Your IT infrastructure is a core component for business processes. There are few processes that can do without IT. Simply put, the...

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Feb 16, 2023 3:04:49 PM

Automated CSV export with i-doit

Do you often work with CSV files? We have already shown you how to automatically import this CSV data into i-doit. Today we will go the other way around and show you how to automatically export data as a CSV file from i-doit.

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Feb 16, 2023 12:36:55 PM

Using object groups in i-doit

Sometimes it is useful to consider assets with the same or similar properties together. Object groups are a pre-defined object type in i-doit and are used to group assets. For example, clients can be grouped together in the object group "Hamburg...

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Feb 14, 2023 11:45:00 AM

Keybook Add-on: The digital key book in i-doit

During onboarding and offboarding of employees, at the latest, the handover or return of keys must be recorded and documented. Whether these are keys for access to the building, the office or special rooms such as maintenance areas or server rooms....

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Aug 10, 2022 12:15:00 PM

LDAP integration with i-doit

The connection of a directory service to i-doit provides many advantages. Whether Active Directory, OpenLDAP or Novell Directory Services: Almost every common directory service is supported. Users, groups and computers are regularly imported and...

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Jul 11, 2022 12:31:00 PM

IT Baseline Protection with i-doit

IT security is a complex issue that no longer only affects large corporations. Every company has the responsibility to keep the level of information security as high as possible with the available resources. The spectrum of assets to be protected in...

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Jun 2, 2022 8:41:00 AM

i-doit, Zammad and checkmk – The powerful ITSM trio

The realisation of an ITSM system network brings enormous advantages in the monitoring of systems, automatic initialisation of processes and control of information. The i-doit CMDB has numerous interfaces to directly connect third-party applications...

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Mar 8, 2022 8:49:00 AM

OBASHI – The connection of business processes and IT

Recording and modelling services regularly presents companies with a challenge. The big problem: there is no uniform concept! Every employee has a different view of the services and their components. Often, only those components are listed in the...

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Feb 22, 2022 2:57:00 PM

The new i-doit pro Forms add-on

We are very pleased to present you the new i-doit pro Add-on Forms. The new free Add-on offers completely new possibilities to create data in the CMDB by different internal and external organizations, departments, service providers and persons. With...

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Dec 21, 2021 2:58:00 PM

Validation of data and inputs

A CMDB should link information and keep it centrally available for departments and employees. When recording assets, a previously defined quality should of course be achieved and maintained. Ideally, these are documented in the so-called...

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Aug 29, 2021 7:44:00 PM

What is a configuration management plan?

A CMDB project is usually more extensive than most professionals and managers assume at first. In addition to determining the scope of the documentation, it is necessary to clearly define which goals you want to achieve. How should documentation be...

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Aug 18, 2021 2:03:00 PM

IT services with i-doit - Transparency in the IT infrastructure

Complete documentation already brings many advantages for specialists and managers. All relevant technical information about systems and devices can be found there. The linking of software and hardware, locations and people is also a great support....

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Jul 16, 2021 10:12:00 AM

IT Service Management with JDisc Discovery + i-doit CMDB

The i-doit CMDB offers extensive functions for documenting and managing assets. The modelling of services and the representation of dependencies and relationships is included in the scope of functions right from the start. Thus, i-doit has all the...

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Jun 4, 2021 12:08:00 PM

Inventory with QR codes

Inventory is often considered a necessary evil. Equipment and other inventory must be located first. Afterwards, data is collected for hours with pen and paper. Possibly, the data is transferred to an Excel spreadsheet at the end. The i-doit CMDB...

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