Patent ID: 7949628

Claim:
A system for managing an information technology network, the system comprising: a computing processor; a computing memory communicatively coupled with the computing processor comprising: an input component for collecting information from data sources, wherein the information is related to the modification of at least one of the data sources; a relationship component, wherein the relationship component: determines hierarchical dependency relationships among the data sources via interconnectivity of the information technology network; identifies relationships of the data sources to a business process, wherein the business process is affected by a modification to the data sources; and identifies at least one business process that may be impacted by the modification of the at least one of the data sources within a configuration management context; a trending component that trends incidents related to the modified data source, wherein the trended incidents are used to perform preventative maintenance for the information technology network; an interface component for communicating with a configuration management database; and an output component for providing an indication of the modified data source, wherein the indication is a hierarchical depiction of the modified data source and the at least one business process that may be impacted.