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…

December 2008, Compuware conducted a survey of 107 IT professionals in Australia, 49 percent stated they had already adopted the ITIL V3 Service Operation component - the component most in common with ITIL V2.   In a similar survey conducted a year earlier, the results found…

A survey by Service Desk Institute (SDI) of 159 service desk managers across eleven market sectors found that : First-level resolution rates have increased from just to 21 per cent to 60 per cent between 2004 and 2008 Adoption of ITIL standards has…

by Deirdre McArdle Public sector IT departments are feeling the squeeze when it comes to hiring skilled staff, with 90.5 percent saying they are facing headcount restrictions.   That's according to a survey conducted by recruitment firm IT Force, which shows that IT…

We are on the lookout for ITIL related surveys, so we can collate and present them all in one place.  Let us know if you come across any....

(Nov 07) 74% believe better prioritization of IT spending based on business needs to be a critical IT management goal primary drivers for alignment is a desire to avoid spending that yields a low ROI, and the need to ensure fulfillment…