Patent ID: 8037106

Claim:
A method for managing information technology (IT) data, comprising: creating and maintaining a database utilizing a single integrated database schema; using the single integrated database schema to configure at least one configurable software setting, for each of a plurality of IT management software products associated with a plurality of platforms, each of the at least one configurable software settings comprising a parameter that specifies how a particular one of the plurality of IT management software products operates, and wherein configuring the parameter causes each of the plurality of IT management software products to direct the operation of the plurality of IT management software products associated with the plurality of platforms in accordance with the single integrated database schema such that IT operational data is stored in the database using the single integrated database schema when created by each of the plurality of IT management software products; upon creation of the IT operational data by each of the plurality of IT management software products, storing the IT operational data from the plurality of IT management software products associated with the plurality of platforms in the database, wherein the database is maintained in a single location and stores the IT operational data for the plurality of IT management software products in the single location, each piece of IT management software products associated with the plurality of platforms using the single integrated database schema common to the plurality of IT management software; and accessing the database via the single integrated database schema common to a plurality of IT management software products associated with the plurality of platforms.