Archive for May, 2008

What is the big deal about ITIL Manager/Expert certificate? Wait …

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By skepticCertifications in the IT industry are so wimpy that ITIL Manager's looks tough. But stack it up against any undergrad or postgrad IT degree and it is just a test. Perhaps one day soon there will be plenty of ITSM-related degrees for it ... (more)

June 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Managability

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By Justin ZarbWe also discuss how Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes play an important part in ensuring a consistent, repeatable approach to managing the life cycle of management packs ... (more)

Calculating Total Cost of Ownership A basic primer

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By servicexenTCO IN ACTION. With an understanding of how to derive the TCO with the aforementioned formulae, now it can be applied to desktop PCs functioning in the real world. In the first example, the single office desktop PC is examined through ... (more)

Join the TechNet Webcast on 6/11 for MP Lifecycle Management

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

We also discuss how Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes play an important part in ensuring a consistent, repeatable approach to managing the life cycle of management packs. ... (more)

Change Management ITIL

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By GeorgeThe IT Infrastructure Library came into being in the early 1990s as the result of an effort by the UK government to document the best IT practices within its own agencies. PRINCE2 was released in 1996 as a generic project management ... (more)

ITIL Project Manager

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By GeorgeITIL Project Manager The OGC doesn t claim that ITIL s best practices describe pure processes. The operational management stage helps ensure that maintenance occurs. IT Service Management (ITSM) is a discipline for managing information ... (more)

Certification ITIL

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By GeorgeIT Service Management is often equated with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, (ITIL), an official publication of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom. There will always be problems and costs ... (more)

Change Management ITIL

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By GeorgeITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library) is essentially a series of documents that are used to aid the implementation of a framework for IT Service Management. Although ITIL was originally defined in the UK, ITIL is becoming the defacto ... (more)

Where do you go to get good requirements for ITIL?

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By rootIn addition to these formal meetings, you also want to talk to people both inside your organization and in other organizations who are implementing ITIL. All these areas will help you when looking for requirements. ... (more)

Exclude itil role from survey requests

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By littlceUnfortunately, when our itil folks have assigned themselves as callers on a ticket (ie child tickets requesting tasks from other groups) they also get thrown into the chance to get a random survey and sometimes do get that survey ... (more)

IT service management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friday, May 30th, 2008

IT Service Management (ITSM) is a discipline for managing information technology (IT) systems, philosophically centered on the customer's perspective of ... (more)

10 things you should know about ITIL

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By andycheng#1: ITIL stands for the Information Technology Infrastructure Library #2: The organization body that supports ITIL is located in the United Kingdom #3: ITIL consists of a series of books giving guidance and recommendations #4: To be ... (more)

Join the TechNet Webcast on 6/11 for MP Lifecycle Management

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By mgoedtelWe also discuss how Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes play an important part in ensuring a consistent, repeatable approach to managing the life cycle of management packs. ... (more)

Choosing your provider or website!!!

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By DarrenPayne"IT Service Management (ITSM) derives enormous benefits from a best practice= approach. Because ITSM is driven both by technology and the huge range of o= rganisational environments in which it operates, it is in a state of constan= t ... (more)

5 Areas of focus for IT Governance

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By servicexenFundamentally, IT governance is concerned about two things: IT =92s delivery= of value to the business and mitigation of IT risks. The first is driven by= strategic alignment of IT with the business. The second is driven by embedd= ing ... Servicexen Thoughts about IT... (more)

RE: ITIL Certification Tips

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By Teidi TuckerAmir: There is an FAQ on ITIL on the HP Education site. Hope this hel. (more)

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

ITIL, the IT Infrastructure Library, emerged as a collection of best practices that could be used in versatile organizations. Expect the price to drop as GM prepares for Cherys onslaught. Compare treatments and make an informed ... (more)

VMware to acquire B-hive Networks

Friday, May 30th, 2008

VMware to further enhance virtualization platform with application performance management. (more)

New ITIL v3 Publications

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By ITSM PRO(ITSM PRO)It has been a year since ITIL Version 3 launched. Since the publication of the ITIL Service Lifecycle on the 31st May 2007, the core guidance has been followed by Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle, Passing the ITIL Foundation ... (more)

Galileo Group provides Intelligent Data Qualification Module for …

Friday, May 30th, 2008

openPR (press release) - Hamburg,Germany ... one of the leading suppliers of software engineering and consultancy services for heterogeneous ERP landscapes and IT Service Management solutions, ... (more)