IT Service Management is all about putting the focus on the end user, ensuring they get the service they have asked for and that it is delivered on time and at a price they are willing to pay. But let's look at this from a different angle, and…

The downturn in market conditions resulted in an engineering consultancy having to reduce its workforce. Coffey International, with its headquarters in Sydney, Australia, appointed a new CIO (Chief Information Officer), John Talbot to drive through stability in the IT department following a turbulent eighteen months.   …

An ITSM study undertaken in April and May 2011 by Forrester and the itSMF USA chapter focused not only on ITIL but also covered management software vendors. Below are some of the findings published by Glenn O'Donnell the author.   Some of the findings came as…

A study undertaken in April and May 2011 by Forrester and the itSMF found ITIL has a positive impact on organizational productivity, service quality, IT department's reputation with the Business and operational costs.   Primarily focused in the USA, data was collected from four…

The rise of SAAS (Software as a Service) as a viable ITSM tool is one of the many findings from our 6th Annual IT Service Management Industry Survey.   This article summarizes some of the key findings from this year's survey. A link to the full set of…

Numara Software, Inc independent two year research states: Although 50,000 copies of ITIL Version 3 were sold within the first few weeks of its release in June 2007 less than 10 percent of companies are actually aware of ITIL as a best practice framework and are adopting…