Patent ID: 7949744

Claim:
A change management system comprising: a network management object connected to a network, wherein the network management object is associated with network management object configuration information; a datastore, wherein the datastore comprises last known configuration information associated with the network management object; and a core engine connected to the network, wherein the core engine comprises instructions for: polling the network management object for current configuration information of the network management object; receiving the current configuration information from the network management object; making a determination as to whether the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information as stored in the datastore; when the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information, then processing the current network management object configuration information received from the network management object to obtain a new network management object configuration file; identifying an application on a network application server that uses the configuration information of the network management object; and sending the new network management object configuration file to the network application server on which the identified application resides.