Configuresoft, the world's leading enterprise server configuration management company, today released the latest installment of its Sound Advice podcast series titled, “Configuration Management: Catalyst for Optimization.” In this podcast as a part of the popular Sound Advice series, George Gerchow, technology strategist for Configuresoft's Center for Policy and Compliance, shares his insight into the history of Configuration Management, the industry and market forces that are hastening Configuration Management’s evolution, the exciting innovations in Configuration Management happening today, and how IT organizations are utilizing new Configuration Management techniques to achieve optimization and automation.

Enterprise IT infrastructure is changing and experiencing pressures never faced before. Regulatory requirements are ubiquitous, complexity is growing exponentially and corporate pressures to lower costs and align IT with business goals have never been stronger. As a result, Configuration Management is being forced to evolve. In this podcast, Mr. Gerchow helps listeners understand the foundation of Configuration Management and the cost, security and compliance concerns putting pressure on the enterprise IT environment.

The popular Sound Advice podcast series tackles issues faced by large, complex IT organizations and offers prescriptive advice from Configuresoft’s Center for Policy and Compliance experts. To date, the series has explored critical issues such as PCI DSS, virtualization and achieving ITIL best practices.

New and archived podcasts from Configuresoft’s Sound Advice and IT Infrastructure Insider series can be downloaded via the podcast application of choice or at www.configuresoft.com/podcasts.

About Series Host George Gerchow

As Technology Strategist for Configuresoft's Center for Policy and Compliance, George Gerchow brings 15 years of IT and systems management expertise to the application of IT processes and disciplines that impact the security, compliance and operational status of complex, heterogeneous computing environments. Mr. Gerchow's practical experience and insight from managing the infrastructures of some of the world's largest corporate and government institutions makes him a highly regarded speaker and invited panelist on topics including, ITIL, configuration management, operational and security compliance and patch strategy. Mr. Gerchow earned a BS degree in Networking from Regis University. He holds the CISSP, CCNA, MCP, SCP and ITIL certifications.