--- title: Latest blog & updates | Apex Configuration Group | Kinga Staniszewska description: Configuration Management Consultant at Apex Configuration Group, based in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area. 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Kinga specialises in operating the day-to-day processes of configuration management and guiding clients on how to implement and run their own processes. Posts by Kinga Staniszewska ## [Three Plants Down For Two Hours And No Owner To Call](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/firmware-change-plants-no-ci-owner) A firmware upgrade on one small component stopped three manufacturing plants for two hours at an automotive manufacturer … [Read Story](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/firmware-change-plants-no-ci-owner) [![Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kinga-staniszewska.webp?width=40&height=40&name=kinga-staniszewska.webp)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) by [Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) 3 min read Sep 26, 2026, 9:00:01 AM [![Two engineers in high-visibility vests look at a tablet on an automotive plant floor with a robotic line behind them](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Quiet%20Factory%20Floor%20With%20Engineers%20Reviewing%20Tablet.png?width=720&name=Quiet%20Factory%20Floor%20With%20Engineers%20Reviewing%20Tablet.png)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/firmware-change-plants-no-ci-owner) [Case Studies](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/case-studies) [CI Ownership](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/ci-ownership) [ServiceNow](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/servicenow) [Change Management](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/change-management) ## [What Happens When CI Owners Leave?](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/succession-planning-for-ci-ownership-what-happens-when-owners-leave) Succession on configuration item (CI) ownership means that when an owner leaves or changes role, every CI and service th … [Read Story](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/succession-planning-for-ci-ownership-what-happens-when-owners-leave) [![Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kinga-staniszewska.webp?width=40&height=40&name=kinga-staniszewska.webp)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) by [Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) 4 min read Sep 19, 2026, 9:10:47 AM [![](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Man%20in%20Suit%20with%20Bindle%20and%20We%20should%20have%20hired%20Apex%20Paper.png?width=720&name=Man%20in%20Suit%20with%20Bindle%20and%20We%20should%20have%20hired%20Apex%20Paper.png)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/succession-planning-for-ci-ownership-what-happens-when-owners-leave) [Configuration Management](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/configuration-management) [CMDB](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/cmdb) [CI Ownership](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/ci-ownership) [ServiceNow](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/servicenow) [Vulnerability Management](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/vulnerability-management) ## [Unknown CI Owners Are Driving Up IT Spend](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/unknown-ci-owners-are-driving-up-it-spend) If you’ve ever tried to stop an IT renewal and found nobody could confidently say “we still need this”, you’ve seen the … [Read Story](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/unknown-ci-owners-are-driving-up-it-spend) [![Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kinga-staniszewska.webp?width=40&height=40&name=kinga-staniszewska.webp)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) by [Kinga Staniszewska](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/author/kinga-staniszewska) 8 min read May 31, 2026, 2:14:44 PM [![Finance manager frowning at a printed invoice beside a tall stack of paperwork and an open laptop](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Stressed%20Manager%20Reviewing%20Invoices%20In%20Modern%20Finance%20Office.png?width=720&name=Stressed%20Manager%20Reviewing%20Invoices%20In%20Modern%20Finance%20Office.png)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/unknown-ci-owners-are-driving-up-it-spend) [CMDB](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/cmdb) [CI Ownership](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/ci-ownership) [ServiceNow](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/servicenow) [IT Cost Optimisation](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/blog/tag/it-cost-optimisation) [![APEX CONFIGURATION GROUP](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Act3%20child/images/ACG-logo.png?width=135&height=93&name=ACG-logo.png)](https://www.apexconfiguration.com/) ServiceNow CMDB specialists delivering enterprise-grade implementation, remediation, and managed services. 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